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Education Excellence Award

The Education Excellence Award is awarded to a CAG member who has made an outstanding contribution to education on a national or international basis. The contribution may be in the areas of direct teaching, research in education or the development of educational programs.

The recipient of this award will be invited to give a lecture at Canadian the Digestive Diseases Week™ (CDDW™) conference.


2025 Award Recipients

Nicola Jones, The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario

Derek McKay, University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta

Bruce Vallance, University of British Columbia

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 Education Affairs will review the nominations and make recommendations to the Board, who will make the final decision regarding recipients. Selection will be based on the education records of candidates.

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.

 

Previous Award Recipients

YearNameLocation
2024 Leanna McKenzie Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta
2023 Adriana Lazarescu University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2022 Maitreyi Raman University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2021 Brian Yan Western University, London, Ontario
2020 Jean-Eric Ghia University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019 Elena Verdu McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
2018 Catharine Walsh University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
2016 Alaa Rostom University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
2015 Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2014 Nathalie Vergnolle University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
2013 Sylvain Coderre University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2012 Connie Switzer University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2011 Eldon Shaffer University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2010 Norman Marcon University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
2009 David Armstrong McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
2008 Desmond Leddin Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2007 Alan Thomson University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2006 Lloyd Sutherland University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2005 Kursheed Jeejeebhoy University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Ivan Beck Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
2003 Claude Roy Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec