By Monica Slanik, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy
Each year, the McGill University Faculty of Medicine’s School of Physical & Occupational Therapy (SPOT) commemorates the Health Sciences Convocation with a Strawberries & Champagne Awards Reception, celebrating the School’s graduates at the BSc, Masters and PhD levels. This year over 26 awards, prizes and fellowships were handed out during the reception (see the complete list below, group photo of all recipients above).
Full list of SPOT award winners:
Judith Kornbluth Gelfand Paediatric Fellowship: Marie-Eve Bolduc
Barbara Rosenthal Prize: Anne-Marie Levesque
Kavita Kulkarni Memorial Prize in Rehabilitation Science: Stephania Palimeris
Margherita Rapagna Memorial Prize in Rehabilitation Science: Catherine Demers
Dr. Beverlea Tallant Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Research Award: Stephanie Tremblay
Dr. Alice Chan Yip Multiculturalism Award: Tayseer Verican
Richard and Edith Strauss Fellowships: Jaqueline Roberge-Dao, Caroline Elfassy and Elianne Dionne
Gevorg Chilingaryan Award of Excellence: Marika Demers
Gloria Gilbert Chronic Pain Award: Daniel Flegg
Helen M. Gault Award (OT): Jaclyn Stevenson
Helen M. Gault Award(PT): Pavitha Selvarajah
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists’ Award: Miranda Giambra
Edith Aston-McCrimmon Professional Award (OT): Liam Bienstock
Edith Aston-McCrimmon Professional Award (PT): Orville Li
Nicol Korner-Bitensky Altruism Award: Julianne Brown
Nicol Korner-Bitensky Altruism Award: Alicia Allen
Carol Rutenberg-Silver Memorial Award: Mireille Hakim Algharib
Sandra Perlamn Memorial Prize: Jenna Sarjeant
L’Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec (OPPQ) Clinical Prize: Rabia Mirza
Canadian Physiotherapy Association Award: Charlie Fougères
Canadian Physiotherapy Association Leadership Award: Zachary Weber
L’Ordre des ergothérapeutes du Québec Award Clinical Prize of Excellence: Dina Lepiane
Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation-Future Scholar Award: William MacCaul, Veronika Svistkova, Angelique Tran, and Sevia Raelson
Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physical Therapists (CAMPT) Award: Catherine St-Pierre
SPOT Alumni Fund Travel Award (OT): Melissa Lamble, Hannah Wooley, and shared between Sevia Raelson & Veronika Svistkova
SPOT Alumni Fund Travel Award (PT): Alexandra Leclerc-Valade
Congratulations to all!
Photos of all recipients can be found here after June 6th: https://www.mcgill.ca/spot/alumni/photogallery
May 31, 2019