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Community Service Award

New in 2024-25, the CAG Community Service Award is awarded to a CAG member who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to volunteer work or community service (e.g. establishing clinical or academic programs in underserved communities nationally/internationally, advocacy work to advance the care of patients with GI conditions).


 2025 Award Recipient

James Gray, Vancouver General Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia


 

Selection Process

Candidates must:

  • Hold an appointment at a Canadian university, hospital or research institute
  • Be a Canadian citizen or a landed immigrant resident in Canada

Step One: Nomination

  • Nominators and Nominees must be CAG members in good standing for at least 3 years. 

Submission Requirements

  • Nominations must be submitted by September 15 11:59 PM ET
    • Submissions received after the deadline will be considered for the following year.
  • The Nomination form must be completed in a single session with the required documentation, it will not save your information to return to at a later time.

Required documentation to be uploaded:

  1. Letter of Support
  2. Nominee CV

Nomination Form

Upon successful submission, you will be redirected to a confirmation page and will receive a confirmation email. If this does not occur, please contact the .

Step Two: Review

CAG Clinical Affairs will review the nominations and make recommendations to the Board, who will make the final decision regarding recipients. 

The review committee will assess and score nominations on demonstrated achievements in the following area(s):

  • Commitment to Volunteer Work or Community Service
  • Establishment in Clinical or Academic Programs in Underserved Communities
  • Advocacy Work to Advance Patient Care
  • Innovation in Advocacy
  • Community Impact and Recognition

Step Three: Approval

Only the award recipient will be notified by email. The recipient will be presented at the CDDW™ Conference, and it is expected they will formally accept it at the Opening and Awards Ceremony.