{"id":42879,"date":"2025-05-06T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/sections\/hospitals\/awards\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:45:53","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/hospitals\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychologists in Hospitals and Health Centers: Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"header-menu\" style=\"padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 14px;\">\n<ul style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/hospitals\/\">PHHC Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/hospitals\/executive\/\">PHHC Executive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/hospitals\/section-business\/\">PHHC Section Business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/hospitals\/awards\/\">PHHC Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/hospitals\/psychology-services-evidence-based-reviews\/\">Psychology Services Evidence Based Reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/sections\/hospitals\/newsletter\/\">PHHC Newsletter Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<article style=\"-webkit-column-width: 450px; -moz-column-width: 450px; column-width: 450px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-top: -14px;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: bolder; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"#Excellence\">Excellence in Hospital and Healthcare Psychology Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bolder; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"#BobMcIlwraith\">Bob McIlwraith Early Career Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bolder; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"#StudentResearch\">The PHHC Section Best Student Research Presentation Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bolder; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"#StudentTravel\">The PHHC Section Student Travel Award<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/docs\/File\/Sections\/Hospital\/PHHC%20Section%20Student%20Awards%20Eligibility%20(2023).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHHC Section Student Awards Eligibility \u2013 2023 (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a id=\"Excellence\" style=\"display: block; position: relative; top: -150px; visibility: hidden;\" name=\"Excellence\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Excellence in Hospital and Healthcare Psychology Award<\/h2>\n<p>This award\u00a0recognizes an established psychologist who has made significant contributions to psychology in hospitals and health centres in Canada. The nominee should be 10 or more years since receiving their doctoral degree in clinical, counselling or neuropsychology. The individual being nominated does not have to be a member of the PHHC Section; the nominator will be a member of the Section. An individual can only receive the award once; subsequent nominations would not be able to be considered.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination includes a current curriculum vitae (CV) of the nominee and a nomination letter from an individual or individuals familiar with the nominee\u2019s contributions.\u00a0 The nomination letter will describe, in addition to exemplary service, how the nominee has contributed to psychology in hospitals and health centres in one or more of the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Significance of contributions to psychology as a profession<\/li>\n<li>Impact of contributions on patient access to psychological services<\/li>\n<li>Impact of contributions on the hiring and retention of psychologists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nominees who do not receive the award\u00a0in a given year can be carried forward for consideration the following year.<\/p>\n<p>The call for nominations typically goes out in February with a due date of early May for submission of the nomination letter and CV to the Section\u2019s Past Chair.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a id=\"BobMcIlwraith\" style=\"display: block; position: relative; top: -150px; visibility: hidden;\" name=\"BobMcIlwraith\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Bob McIlwraith Early Career Award<\/h2>\n<p>This award recognizes an early career psychologist employed in a publicly funded hospital or health centre setting who exemplifies leadership in the practice of psychology in the organization. The nominee should be less than 10 years since receiving their doctoral degree in clinical, counseling or neuropsychology and have demonstrated early contributions in psychology leadership (practice, administration, training, or research) within hospitals or health centre settings. The individual being nominated does not have to be a member of the PHHC Section; the nominator will be a member of the Section. An individual can only receive the award once; subsequent nominations would not be able to be considered.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination includes a current curriculum vitae (CV) of the nominee and a nomination letter from an individual or individuals familiar with the nominee\u2019s contributions.\u00a0The nomination letter will describe, in addition to exemplary service, the candidate\u2019s emerging contributions in promoting\/leading the practice (intervention, assessment, consultation, training, research) of psychology within their organization.<\/p>\n<p>Nominees who do not receive the award\u00a0in a given year can be carried forward for consideration the following year.<\/p>\n<p>The call for nominations typically goes out in February with a due date of early May for submission of the nomination letter and CV to the Section\u2019s Past Chair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Bob McIlwraith (1951-2021)<\/strong>\u00a0was instrumental in the establishment of the CPA Section of Psychologists in Hospitals and Health Centres (PHHC) and served as one of the early Section Presidents. He provided leadership with the Canadian Psychological Association in numerous capacities, including as a member of and chair of the Accreditation Panel for Doctoral Programs and Internships, a frequent accreditation site visitor and trainer of site visitors,\u00a0 and as a founder of the Rural and Northern Psychology Section. Bob worked his entire career as a hospital psychologist based at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, serving many roles, including Residency Training Director and Department Head. He was a passionate advocate for psychological services and access in the health system. Bob was a generous mentor for residents and early career psychologists and was genuinely delighted to facilitate the professional development of his colleagues.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a id=\"StudentTravel\" style=\"display: block; position: relative; top: -150px; visibility: hidden;\" name=\"StudentResearch\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The PHHC Section Best Student Research Presentation Award<\/h2>\n<h3>The PHHC Section Best Student Research Presentation Award ($300) | La Bourse \u200b\u200bde la meilleure pr\u00e9sentation de recherche \u00e9tudiante de la section PHHC (300 $)<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Amount | Montant :<\/em><\/strong> An award of $300 CAD | une bourse de 300 $ CA.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Information:<\/em><\/strong> An award for a PHHC Section student member who delivers the best research presentation at the CPA annual convention (either a poster or oral presentation). The winner will be determined by the Executive Committee at the annual CPA convention.<br \/>\nUne bourse de merite de la Section PHHC, \u00e9valu\u00e9e \u00e0 300 $, sera pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00e0 une membre \u00e9tudiant de la section PHHC qui pr\u00e9sente une affiche ou donne une pr\u00e9sentation orale (comme partie du Symposium des \u00c9tudiants Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9s ou une pr\u00e9sentation orale\/poster). Le gagnant sera d\u00e9termin\u00e9 par le Comit\u00e9 Ex\u00e9cutif au congr\u00e8s annuel de la SCP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To be eligible, students must | Pour \u00eatre admissible, les \u00e9tudiants doivent :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presenting author on a poster or oral presentation <strong>accepted by the PHHC Section <\/strong>for the CPA annual convention<br \/>\n\u2022 Avoir une affiche ou pr\u00e9sentation accept\u00e9e pour le congr\u00e8s annuel de la SCP.<\/li>\n<li>Be a\u00a0<strong>student member of the PHHC Section <\/strong>, and must, therefore, also be a student member of the CPA<br \/>\n\u2022 \u00catre\u00a0<strong>\u00e9tudiant membre de la section PHHC<\/strong>, et doit, par cons\u00e9quent, \u00eatre aussi un membre \u00e9tudiant de la SCP.<\/li>\n<li>Be a Canadian citizen or attending a Canadian university<br \/>\n\u2022 \u00catre citoyen canadien ou \u00e9tudiant \u00e0 une universit\u00e9 canadienne.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>All\u00a0<\/em>PHHC student members<em> who have an accepted poster or oral presentation at the annual CPA convention can be considered for this award. If students meet the above eligibility criteria, they are asked to contact the PHHC Section Student Representative <a href=\"mailto:phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com\">phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com<\/a> to confirm their student status and provide their email contact information at least a month before the CPA conference.<br \/>\nTous les <\/em>membres \u00e9tudiants du PHHC<em> qui ont accept\u00e9 une affiche ou une pr\u00e9sentation orale au congr\u00e8s annuel de la SCP peuvent \u00eatre automatiquement pris en consid\u00e9ration pour ce prix. Si les \u00e9tudiants r\u00e9pondent aux crit\u00e8res d&#8217;admissibilit\u00e9 ci-dessus, ils sont pri\u00e9s de contacter le repr\u00e9sentant \u00e9tudiant de la section PHHC, <a href=\"mailto:phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com\">phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com<\/a>, pour confirmer leur statut d&#8217;\u00e9tudiant et fournir leurs coordonn\u00e9es par courriel au moins un mois avant la conf\u00e9rence de la SCP.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The scoring Rubric considers data collection (with new data, rather than for example, a review or secondary data analysis, ranked higher), students\u2019 level of involvement in the work, originality\/novelty of the research, relevance to PHHC Section, presentation\/poster quality, and quality of delivery of the oral\/poster presentation. If you have any questions about either award, please contact the Student Representative of the PHHC Section: <a href=\"mailto:phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com\">phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0.<br \/>\nLa grille d\u2019\u00e9valuation consid\u00e8re la collecte de donn\u00e9es (avec nouvelles donn\u00e9es, plut\u00f4t que, par exemple, une revue ou analyse de donn\u00e9es secondaires, mieux \u00e9valu\u00e9es), niveau de participation de l\u2019\u00e9tudiant dans le projet, originalit\u00e9\/nouveaut\u00e9 de la recherche, pertinence \u00e0 la section PHHC, qualit\u00e9 de la pr\u00e9sentation ou affiche, et qualit\u00e9 de la prestation de la pr\u00e9sentation orale ou de l\u2019affiche. Si vous avez des questions \u00e0 propos de ces bourses, veuillez contacter l\u2019\u00c9tudiant Repr\u00e9sentatif de la Section PHHC : <a href=\"mailto:phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com\">phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Please note: Submissions for the PHHC Section\u2019s Graduate Student Symposium are submitted to the PHHC Student Representative a few weeks before the standard CPA conference deadline.<br \/>\nVeuillez noter : Les soumissions pour le Symposium des \u00e9tudiants dipl\u00f4m\u00e9s de la section PHHC sont soumises au repr\u00e9sentant \u00e9tudiant de PHHC quelques semaines avant la date limite standard du congr\u00e8s de la SCP.<\/p>\n<p><!---- ALSO POSTED ON: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/etudiants\/studentawards\/#PHHC\">PHHC Section Student Awards Eligibility \u2013 2023<\/a><\/strong>------------><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a id=\"StudentTravel\" style=\"display: block; position: relative; top: -150px; visibility: hidden;\" name=\"StudentTravel\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The PHHC Section Student Travel Award<\/h2>\n<h3>The PHHC Section Student Travel Award ($250 each) | La Bourse de Voyage \u00c9tudiante de la Section PHHC (250 $ chacun)<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Amount | Montant :<\/em><\/strong> Up to two awards of $250 CAD each | Jusqu&#8217;\u00e0 deux prix de 250 $ CA chacun.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Information:<\/em><\/strong> The PHHC Section Travel Award was designed to help PHHC section students from across Canada travel to the annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association. All student section members who have posters or oral presentations accepted by the PHHC Section can be considered. This award is separate from the travel bursaries granted by CPA to students traveling long distances.<\/p>\n<p>La bourse de voyage de la section PHHC a \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7ue pour aider les \u00e9tudiants canadiens de la section PHHC participant aux conf\u00e9rences annuelles de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne de psychologie (SCP). ous les \u00e9tudiants dont les affiches ou les pr\u00e9sentations orales sont accept\u00e9es par la section PHHC peuvent \u00eatre pris en consid\u00e9ration. Ces bourses sont distinctes des bourses de voyage accord\u00e9es par la SCP pour les \u00e9tudiants voyageant sur de longues distances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To be eligible, students must be | Pour \u00eatre admissibles, les \u00e9tudiants doivent \u00eatre :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presenting author on a poster or oral presentation <strong>accepted by the PHHC Section <\/strong>for the CPA annual convention<br \/>\n\u2022 Avoir une affiche ou pr\u00e9sentation accept\u00e9e pour le congr\u00e8s annuel de la SCP.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>student member of the PHHC Section\u00a0<\/strong>at the time of submission, and must, therefore, also be a student member of the CPA<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<strong>\u00c9tudiant membre de la section PHHC<\/strong>\u00a0au moment de la soumission, et doit, par cons\u00e9quent, \u00eatre aussi un membre \u00e9tudiant de la SCP<\/li>\n<li>A Canadian citizen or attending a Canadian university<br \/>\n\u2022 Citoyen canadien ou \u00e9tudiant \u00e0 une universit\u00e9 canadienne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Priority will be given to students who attend Universities 500 km or more from the city in which the conference is being held.<br \/>\nLa priorit\u00e9 sera accord\u00e9e aux \u00e9tudiants qui r\u00e9sident pr\u00e9sentement plus loin de la ville o\u00f9 se tient la conf\u00e9rence.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To be considered for the Student Travel Award |\u00a0 Pour \u00eatre admissible \u00e0 la bourse de voyage \u00e9tudiante :<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If students meet the above eligibility criteria, they are asked to contact the PHHC Section Student Representative <a href=\"mailto:phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com\">phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 to confirm their student status and where they are residing and provide their email contact information, at least a month before the CPA conference.\u00a0 Award recipients will receive the funding after the conference and may need to provide travel receipts.<br \/>\nSi les \u00e9tudiants r\u00e9pondent aux crit\u00e8res d&#8217;admissibilit\u00e9 ci-dessus, ils sont pri\u00e9s de contacter le repr\u00e9sentant \u00e9tudiant de la section PHHC (phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com) afin de confirmer leur statut \u00e9tudiant et leur lieu de r\u00e9sidence, et de fournir leurs coordonn\u00e9es \u00e9lectroniques, au moins un mois avant le congr\u00e8s CPA. Les laur\u00e9ats recevront le financement apr\u00e8s le congr\u00e8s et pourraient \u00eatre amen\u00e9s \u00e0 fournir des preuves de frais de d\u00e9placement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0If students meet the above eligibility criteria, they are asked to contact the PHHC Section Student Representative <a href=\"mailto:phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com\">phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com<\/a> to confirm their student status and provide their email contact information at least a month before the CPA conference. Award recipients will receive the funding after the conference and may need to provide travel receipts.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Si les \u00e9tudiants r\u00e9pondent aux crit\u00e8res d&#8217;admissibilit\u00e9 ci-dessus, ils sont pri\u00e9s de contacter le repr\u00e9sentant \u00e9tudiant de la section PHHC, <a href=\"mailto:phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com\">phhcstudentscpa@gmail.com<\/a>, pour confirmer leur statut d&#8217;\u00e9tudiant et fournir leurs coordonn\u00e9es par courriel au moins un mois avant la conf\u00e9rence de la SCP. Les laur\u00e9ats recevront le financement apr\u00e8s le congr\u00e8s et pourraient \u00eatre amen\u00e9s \u00e0 fournir des preuves de frais de d\u00e9placement.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner will be determined by lottery, with higher odds for those further away from the conference location. | Les chances de gagner seront plus \u00e9lev\u00e9es pour les personnes r\u00e9sidant plus loin du lieu de la conf\u00e9rence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!---- ALSO POSTED ON: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/etudiants\/studentawards\/#PHHC\">PHHC Section Student Awards Eligibility \u2013 2023<\/a><\/strong>------------><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3627,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/no-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42879","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42879"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47804,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42879\/revisions\/47804"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}