Awards & Bursaries

The Canadian Association on Gerontology awards and bursaries provide opportunities to recognize those individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of gerontology and to the CAG itself as well as to support and encourage students who will play a significant role in the future of this field.

The CAG has five awards and two bursaries.

Awards

• CAG Distinguished Member Award
• CAG Award for Contribution to Gerontology
• CAG Honorary Membership
• Evelyn Shapiro Mentoring Award (awarded every 2 years, beginning in 2006 )
• Betty Havens Award in Longitudinal Research (awarded every 2 years, beginning in 2007)

Bursaries

• CAG Donald Menzies Bursary
• CAG Margery Boyce Bursary

Past Recipients

Distinguished Member Award

Honorary Member

† deceased

Award for Contribution to Gerontology

2007 Holly Tuokko
2006 Réjean Hébert
1999 Jean Kozak
1999 Ken Rockwood

Betty Havens Award in Longitudinal Research

2007 Lynn McDonald

Evelyn Shapiro Mentoring Award

2008 Victor W. Marshall
2006 Norah Keating

Margery Boyce Bursary

2009 Sherry Dahlke
2008 Caroline Thomson
2006 Anthony Kupferschmidt
2005 Sherry Klymyshyn

Donald Menzies Bursary

2009 Florian Bobeuf
2008 Paulette Hunter
2007 Lynn Gauthier
2006 Sander Lorne Hitzig
2005 Sebastien Lord