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Award Guidelines | Award Winners
The deadline for nominations for the 2022 Awards is December 1, 2021. The CARA Awards are presented at the national meeting each year. Please read the Awards Guidelines - Nomination & Selection Procedures Form, before submitting the award nomination letter () attached next to each award to Sarah Lampson or Michel Kafrouny.
This award is named for Walter Hitschfeld, a founding member of CARA, in recognition of his dedicated and outstanding contribution to the organization. This award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated an exceptional impact on the enhancement of the research management setting in Canada. Award holders are granted Honorary Lifetime Membership in CARA.
This award is presented to a passionate leader in the CARA community whose efforts have strengthened the community through membership engagement efforts, welcoming and facilitating the integration of newcomers or other forms of leadership specifically advantageous to helping members connect to the broader CARA community.
Named in memory of Dan Chase, who played an active role in the Association over a number of years, the Dan Chase Distinguished Service Award has been established to recognize CARA members whose services have been of significant benefit to the entire organization.
This award has been established to recognize CARA members whose services have been of significant benefit in advancing one or more of CARA’s priority initiatives in a given year. For 2020 - 2023, the priority initiatives from the strategic plan are:
- Professional excellence
- Professional development
- Communities of practice
- Sustainable CARA
This award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated an exceptional leadership commitment.
Directors' Award for Inter-Institutional Collaboration
The recipient(s) for this award will be chosen by a panel of Directors from various Canadian institutions. This award is presented to an individual or team who has demonstrated leadership and creativity in working collaboratively and effectively to achieve a shared goal in research management. Examples of collaboration could include the harmonization of standards, templates or policies, creation of a resource or tool that advanced the profession of research management through improved communication, greater efficiency, or by addressing a barrier to success at an individual, institutional or regional level.
This award is presented to an individual or a group who has demonstrated leadership and creativity in an innovative project in our field. The achievement can be as tangible as a research paper or other publication or may be leading discussions in a previously under-recognized area or issue in research management with the objective of impacting practice.
Established in 2018, this award recognizes an individual, institution, team or project that established and maintained public engagement with research through an innovative approach.
This award will be presented to an exceptional research manager who has made outstanding contributions to the profession through innovation, creativity, hard work, and dedication.
Established in 2018, this award recognizes a project, program, or long-term collaboration that has had a significant economic impact or other positive local, national, or global implications.
Established in 2018, this award recognizes an exceptional research project manager who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of research administration and management through the adoption and implementation of project management excellence within a project, team, department or institution and/or a significant contribution to fostering project management excellence in the field of research administration.
Established in 2019, the Spirit of Kindness Award acknowledges CARA members for outstanding kindness and compassion towards colleagues in their workplaces, the CARA community, and/or the international research administration community.
This award was developed to recognize the hard work and dedicated efforts of CARA non-Executive members who are as yet unrecognized by the membership. These individuals have ‘stepped up to the plate’ and chosen to become involved by volunteering for CARA.
The 2019 People's Choice and Judge's Choice poster competition, sponsored by Process Pathways winner is Theresa Burley, "Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Research: Practical Strategies". Congratulations!
Anonymous Student/Graduate
Shawna Sadler ORCID Engagement Manager, Americas
Michelle Moldofsky
Anita Chiu
Deborah Parfett
Deborah Parfett
Erica Conte
Tom Barber
Jenna Slobozian
Naomi Bedek
Sarah Musavi, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Lily Liew, UBC
Michelle Moldofsky, LL.B., LL.M. Moldofsky Professional Corporation
Murray Daku, University of Regina
Alex Karabanow, University Health Network Chair, Accreditation Council, Human Research Accreditation Canada
Britney Duncan, Research Coordinator, University of Saskatchewan
Sarah Musavi, Student Mohawk College, Research Administration Certificate
Pam Giberson, Research and Innovation Development Officer NSERC
Lukie Yuan, University Health Network
Sarah Musavi
Lauren Gogo, Hamilton Health Sciences
Elizabeth Russell-Minda, Research Development Officer, Western University
Dr. Kes Morton, PIsces PRM, Executive Director of Casrai
Julaine Hall (Western University) and Tom Barber (University of Waterloo)
Katie Porter, Hamilton Health Sciences
Francis Chandler
Danielle Connell, St. Thomas University
Daniela Bianco, Hamilton Health Sciences
Crystal Noronha, McGill University
Patricia Tait
Crystal Noronha, MSc Research Assistant McGill University
Kristin Smart
Jacqueline Dockray
Gwen E. Hill, MA, Research Development Coordinator, Royal Roads University
Gwen E. Hill, MA, Research Development Coordinator, Royal Roads University
Sanjukta Choudhury, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan
Gen Clark, Research Facilitator
Anita Sharma, Research Grants Development Officer, Thompson Rivers University
Toni Tidy about the Contracts & Reporting Course in the Research Administration Certificate
Simonette Wood Research Administration Certificate
Dr. Greg Anderson, PhD Research Administration Certificate
Theodore Konya Certificate in Research Administration
Frances Chandler
Katie Porter
David J Phipps
Carla DeMarco, University of Toronto
Dean Smith
Karen Mosier, University of Saskatchewan
Dean Strickland
Karin Dupeyron
Nur Eisma UBC / C&W Coordinator, Pre & Post Awards | Office of Research Services (ORS) & Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI)
David J. Phipps, Ph.D., MBA Executive Director, Research & Innovation Services | Division of Vice-President Research & Innovation Office of Research Services YORK UNIVERSITY
Katie Porter, MBA, MA, B.Ed Director of Research Administration | Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Angela Zeno, BA, CPA, CGA Manager, Research | Accounting York University
Deepak S. Gupta, D. Sc., P. Eng. (AB) Director, Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Services (ARIES) | Centennial College
Sandra Crocker Associate Vice-President | Carleton University