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INDEPENDENT SENATORS GROUP
GROUPE DES SÉNATEURS INDÉPENDANTS
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- Discovery Award: Professional of Distinction Finalist (Discovery Centre Nova Scotia) - 2019
- Distinguished Service Award
(Doctors Nova Scotia) - 2019
- Doctoris in Legibus Honorary Degree (St Francis Xavier University) - 2019
- Naomi Rae-Grant Award for creative and innovative work in community intervention, consultation, and prevention (Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) - 2018
- Champion of Mental Health
(Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health) - 2018
- Award for Creative Professional Activity
(Association of Chairs of Psychiatry of Canada) - 2017
- Nova Scotia Champion of Public Education
(The Learning Partnership) - 2016
- Distinguished Alumni Award
(McMaster University) - 2015
- Order of Nova Scotia
(Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia) - 2014
- Excellence in Education Award (The Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) - 2014
- John Ruedy Award for Innovation in Medical Education
(The Association of Faculties of Medicine in Canada) - 2013
- Paul Patterson Education Leadership Award
(Canadian Psychiatric Association) - 2012
- Robert Bortolussi Research Mentorship Award (IWK Health Sciences Centre) - 2012
- Goodwill Ambassador
(Counselling and Youth Development Centre for Africa) - 2012
- Dr. John Savage Memorial Award (Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University) - 2011
- Dr Michael Smith Award
(Schizophrenia Society of Canada) - 2011
- J.M. Cleghorn Research Award (Canadian Psychiatric Association) - 2010
- Physician Health Promotion Award (Doctors Nova Scotia) - 2008
- CCNP Gold Medal
(Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology) - 2008
- Paul D. Steinhauer Advocacy Award for his advocacy for young people at a national and international level (Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) - 2008
- Lifetime Achievement Award
(Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation) - 2005
- Honorary Lifetime Member
(Turkish Association of Psychopharmacology) - 2005
- Champion of Mental Health
(Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health) - 2004
- Jim Britten Sr. Recognition Award (The Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia) - 2004
- Special Achievement in Development of Guidelines
(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) - 2004
- Recognition of Achievement
(Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) - 2003
- Special Achievement Award
(Nova Scotia Hospital Foundation) - 2003
- Award for Valuable, Unselfish and Constant Contribution to the Organization of Clinical Research in Cuba (Ministry of Public Health Cuba) - 2003
- Charlotte and Norbert Rieger Award
(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) - 1991
- R.O. Jones Award
(Canadian Psychiatric Association) - 1990