CDA Award Winners Announced for 2004
April 13, 2004 — Ottawa — Each year, the Canadian Dental Association recognizes individuals for outstanding service to CDA and for their contribution to the dental profession. Many of the awards listed below will be presented on April 23, 2004 in Ottawa in conjunction with the CDA Meetings of the General Assembly and Strategic Forum.
CDA will recognize exceptional individuals from among the following award categories:
Honourary Membership
Distinguished Service Award
Award of Merit
Oral Health Promotion Award
Friend of Dentistry Award
Honorary Membership
This year, CDA's highest award, the Honourary Membership, goes to Dr. David Peters of St. John's, Nfld., and to Prof. George A. Zarb of Toronto. The award recognizes an outstanding contribution to the art and science of dentistry or to the dental profession over a sustained period of time.
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Dr. Peters — who is now celebrating his 55th year in practice — is a past president of CDA (1972-73). He has also served as chair of the Canadian Fund for Dental Education and most recently was the recipient of the Dentistry Canada Fund's Outstanding Philanthropy Award for Dentistry. At the provincial level, Dr. Peters is a former president of the Newfoundland Dental Association. He is a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy and of the International College of Dentists. |
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Professor Zarb is head of prosthodontics at the University of Toronto's faculty of dentistry. He has received many national and international awards over his 35-year academic career, including CDA's Distinguished Service Award in 1991. Since then, he has served as president of the International College of Prosthodontists and of the Academy of Prosthodontics, received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and been named an Honorary Member of the Israeli Dental Society, among several other tributes. |
Distinguished Service Award
CDA's Distinguished Service Award is given in recognition of an outstanding contribution in a given year or outstanding service over a number of years. Receiving the awards in 2004 are Dr. Peter Fendrich of London, Ont.; Dr. Claude Lamarche of Montreal; and Dr. Michael Lasko of Winnipeg.
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While maintaining a private practice, Dr. Peter Fendrich is also a clinical lecturer at the University of Western Ontario's Department of Oral Medicine and chair of the Canadian Collaboration on Clinical Practice Guidelines in Dentistry. He is a former member of CDA's Board of Governors (1991-95) and a past president of the Ontario Dental Association (1992). Dr. Fendrich received CDA's Award of Merit in 2001. |
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Dr. Lamarche is the dean of the University of Montreal's Faculty of Dental Medicine, president of the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC) and vice-president of the Order of Dentists of Quebec. |
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Dr. Lasko has been the registrar at the Manitoba Dental Association since 1982. He has served on CDAC and the Conference of Dental Regulatory Authorities. In 1997, Dr. Lasko received the Certificate of Merit from CDAC. |
Award of Merit
The Award of Merit is given in recognition of outstanding service in the governing of CDA or a similar outstanding contribution to Canadian dentistry. Receiving the award this year are Dr. John W. Blair of Calgary; Dr. Susan E. Sutherland of Toronto; and Col James Taylor of Ottawa.
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Dr. Blair is a former member of CDA's Board of Governors and has served on CDA's Executive Council, Council on Education, Council on Constitution and By-Laws, Consumer Product Recognition Committee, and Ethics Committee. |
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Dr. Sutherland is chief of dentistry at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre. She is currently a member of CDA's Committee on Community and Institutional Dentistry and Sub-Committee on Hospital Dentistry. |
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Col Taylor is with the Canadian Forces Dental Services and is the commanding officer of 1 Dental Unit. He is a past president of the Association of Prosthodontics of Canada (APC) and APC liaison to CDA. LCol Taylor is also an assistant professor of prosthodontics at Dalhousie University's Faculty of Dentistry. |
Oral Health Promotion Award
The Oral Health Promotion Award recognizes individuals or organizations that seek to improve the oral health of Canadians through oral health promotion. This year, the award was presented to the Ontario Dental Association's Oral Health Strategy and Happy Teeth: Happy Children - An Oral Health Promotion Program for an Urban Minority Population of Preschool Children in British Columbia.
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Phase one of the ODA's Oral Health Strategy is the Oral Cancer Awareness Campaign, launched in June 2003. This integrated public relations campaign is aimed at raising awareness of the link between oral health and overall health. The message, which focused on the role of the dentist in detecting oral cancer in the early stages, reached millions of Ontarians through a comprehensive media campaign. |
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The Happy Teeth: Happy Children program is the brainchild of Dr. Rosamund Harrison and Dr. Tracy Wong of Vancouver. It began in 1994, when the Vietnamese immigrant population surged in B.C. Reports from service providers in Vancouver's inner city public health clinics indicated that preschool Vietnamese children had extensive dental treatment needs that were not being met. The program's aim was to promote improved oral health by providing one-to-one counseling to Vietnamese mothers during well-baby visits to a local health clinic. Happy Teeth: Happy Children has since been made available to mothers from other cultural groups. |
Friend of Dentistry Award
The Special Friend of Canadian Dentistry Award is given in appreciation for assistance to CDA.
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This year, the award went to Colgate Palmolive,
for its many joint efforts with the Association in recent months,
including the 2003 and 2004 National Oral Health Month campaigns,
sponsorship of the Pacific Dental Conference/CDA Convention, New Dentistry
Package and Dental Information System Booklets, and regular advertising
in JCDA. Colgate Palmolive products also received CDA's Seal of Recognition for their high quality and effectiveness in maintaining good oral health. |
