Deadline:  January 4, 2006

The basic premise for this award is excellence of leadership and excellence in contributions made to the Canadian Dermatology Association (CDA) over many years. These excellent and outstanding contributions can be made locally, provincially, regionally, and nationally. International contributions to promote the CDA and Canadian dermatology can also be considered. The contributions can be in all or some of the following: clinical and research activities, in teaching, in organizational and administrative ability and in community services.

Eligibility
This Award is open to living CDA members.

Procedure
Nominations should be sent to the Membership and Awards Committee (MAC) and include a current and complete curriculum vitae and three supporting letters indicating why the nominee deserves the Award. The MAC will consider the nomination and pass its recommendation on to the Board of Directors. Only one nomination would be considered yearly, and it is visualized that in many years there would be no nominees. Deadline for submissions is January 5, 2006.

Comment
The more stringent the qualifications for an award, the more that award will mean to the person receiving it, and the more respected the award will be. In keeping with this philosophy it is necessary that the number of members receiving this award never exceeds 5% of the total membership of the CDA.