Awards, Grants, & Bursaries
Student and Clinician Bursaries
The GHD Global Physiotherapy Bursary, valued at up to $500, is awarded annually to up to 2 successful candidates, both clinicians or students, who are members of the GHD. The funding must be used for one of the following:
- Attending an educational event (in-person or virtually) related to global health (eg. CPA Congress, World Physiotherapy Congress)
- Engaging in socially responsible global health volunteering, work, or research which may include, but is not limited to:
- Humanitarian work abroad
- Emergency preparedness/response
- Inner city health
- Vulnerably housed populations
- Rural and remote health
- Work with newcomers to Canada health
- Indigenous health
- Social justice or health equity projects
If selected as a bursary winner, the candidate will be required to contribute a post or video to the GHD blog, or the Global Physio Podcast within one month of attending the event or completing the volunteer, work, or research initiative.
Application Opens: December 1st
Application Deadline: January 31st
Recipients announced: March
See application form (download here) for further details.
Clinician Bursary Winners
2024 – Phil Sheppard and Noémie Tito
2018 – Hilary Crowley – Congress Montreal18
2017 – No Award Granted
2016 – Elizabeth Harvey – Nicaragua
2015 – Andrea Mendoza – India
2014 – Karen Penwell – Nepal
2012 – Gillian Coates – Nepal
2011 – Michelle Pieke – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
GHD Champions
The Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) Global Health Award is presented annually to a CPA member who has augmented the profile of physiotherapy globally. The GHD seeks to recognize previous CPA Global Health Award winners and other Canadian Physiotherapists who have made a substantial impact on global health.
CPA Global Health Award Winners
2020 – Dr. Matthew Hunt
2019 – No Award Granted
2018 – Robin Roots
2017 – No Award Granted
2016 – Michelle Fraser
2015 – No Award Granted
2014 – Stephanie Nixon
2013 – No Award Granted
2012 – No Award Granted
2011 – Beth Langille
2010 – Shaun Cleaver
2009 – Hilary Crowley
2008 – Kathy Mulder
2007 – Julie Hard
2006 – Nicole Charlebois-Refae
2005 – Marion Current
2004 – Michel Landry
2003 – Mary Martin & G. Elizabeth Tata
2002 – Kenneth Hill
CPA Enid Graham Memorial Lecture Award Winners
2020 – Dr. Michel Landry – “What’s Past is Prologue” Lecture
2013 – Hilary Crowley – “Grasping the Nettle” Lecture
CPA Life Membership Award Winner
2020 – Hilary Crowley
WCPT International Service Award – Practice
2015 – Dr. Michel Landry
WCPT International Service Award – Education
2015 – Mary Martin
Blog Contributor Bursaries
GHD members who are clinicians who contribute content to our website will be entered to win a FREE MEMBERSHIP to the GHD for the following membership year. Provide us with a posting for our website by December 31st and you will be entered into the draw.
Clinician Free Membership Winners ($35)
2019 – Lisa Pearson – Malawi & Ethiopia
2017 – Natalie Langstaff – Ukraine
– Anik Goulet – St. Lucia, Haiti
2016 – Nicholas Simatos Arsenault – Canada
2015 – Kerra Quinn – Botswana, Tanzania
Student Free Membership Winners ($35)
2016 – Rachelle MacDonald – India
2015 – Corey Kim – South Africa
2014 – Geneviève Sirois-Leclerc – Mexico
2013 – Naomi Casiro- Argentina
Other Funding Sources
Drs Buski Lakhani International Travel Bursaries
Rotary Club of Edmonton Mayfield (Edmonton, AB)
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