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2025 Call for Nominations for the Dr. Charles Burns Award

Deadline for Nominations: Friday, February 28th, 2025

Nominations may be submitted by any TAC member to: info@traumacanada.org

The Dr. Charles Burns Board Recognition Award was created in 2015 to recognize and honour the visionary leadership of  the late Dr. Burns. In 1983, Dr. Burns became the first President of the Trauma Association of Canada.  Dr. Burns’ hard work and volunteer efforts, combined with his unrelenting passion to make a difference to the care of trauma patients and their families resulted in a significant contribution to the creation of TAC, bringing together and strengthening the network of trauma specialists who care for the injured patient.  Dr. Burns was highly respected for his efforts in developing, maintaining, and sustaining the Trauma Association of Canada over many years. The TAC Board of Directors created the award to recognize those that exemplify the spirit of Dr. Burns by demonstrating outstanding leadership, endless passion, a spirit of volunteerism. vision and innovation in the field of trauma care.

Eligibility Elements

The Board of Directors will consider the following elements in the selection of candidates for this prestigious award:

• An active Member or Affiliate of TAC for a minimum of five (5) years
• Aminimum of five (5) years of trauma care experience.
• Registered to practice in Canada (or has been)
• Demonstrated volunteerism and a significant contribution to TAC at the local, provincial, national or international
• Promoted and/or conducted basic science and clinical trauma research.
• Promoted the adoption of best practices in trauma care in their organization/region.
• Demonstrated a leadership role or has held a key leadership position in an organization related to the specialty of trauma care.
• Demonstrated political advocacy to promote legislation designed to reduce the incidence of injury.
• Built coalitions with key partners in trauma care and injury prevention
• Promotes the highest standards of interprofessional care of the trauma patient.
• Effectively engaged, encouraged, collaborated with others in the speciality of trauma care
• Role modelled commitment to professional self-development and lifelong learning

Application & Selection Process:

Nominations may be submitted by any TAC member to: info@traumacanada.org

The nomination must speak to any of the elements that apply to the candidate. Additional information highlighting the candidate’s suitability for this award will be welcomed by the Board for their consideration.

Upon receiving the application, a Director on the Board (Past President), will present the candidates to the full Board of Directors for consideration.

The BOD by majority vote will select the individual for the Award.

Candidate Notification:

The Candidate will be notified of the Recognition Award by the President of TAC for acceptance.

The Award

The Candidate will be invited to attend the TAC Annual Scientific Meeting and Conference to receive their Award on Friday, March 20th at the Hilton Lac-Leamy Hotel in Gatineau, QC.