Life Membership
Life Membership is an honour reserved for members who have made a significant contribution to the CPS. Life members have demonstrated tremendous dedication to advancing the health of children by supporting the work of the CPS.
Recipients receive complimentary life membership in the CPS (effective the next membership year), complimentary registration to the CPS Annual Conference for life, complimentary registration to the Lifelong Learning in Paediatrics courses each year, as well as all other membership benefits enjoyed by Fellow members of the CPS.
The award is presented during the CPS Annual Conference.
Current recipient(s): Dr. Stacey Bélanger
We are delighted to award Dr. Stacey Bélanger with a CPS Life membership for her years of work developing CPS guidance documents and or being a most reliable and accessible media spokesperson on our behalf. As an associate professor of paediatrics at the University of Montreal and paediatrician at Sainte Justine Hospital, her professional life was already plenty busy, but her unique skills and stature, both in hospital paediatrics and developmental medicine, have made her an irresistible resource. Dr. Bélanger’s contributions to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, which she chaired, and to three task forces-- Mental Health, Caring for Kids New to Canada, and Digital Health-- have been invaluable. Dr. Belanger also represented Quebec on the CPS Board of Directors. She is a superb medical educator, and is a widely published and recognized authority on child and youth mental health, with specific focus on global developmental delay, ADHD, sedentary behaviors and mental health, and digital media use.
Current recipient(s): Dr. Mike Dickinson
Dr. Mike Dickinson is receiving CPS Life Membership for his leadership of and commitment to the CPS, and for being such a positive and forward-looking advocate and friend over many years. For much of his career, he’s headed a small but mighty department of one-and-a-half paediatricians in Miramichi, which has nonetheless expanded its capabilities over time to include chemotherapy, oral allergy immunotherapy, and infusion of biologics. Mike joined, then chaired the CPS Action Committee for Children and Teens and served as CPS President in 2017-18. He’s also been a member of the Public Education Advisory Committee, the Paediatrics & Child Health Editorial Board, and the Leadership Development Committee. He is about to serve on the Board of Healthy Generations, and look forward to continuing work in education and advocacy.
Current recipient(s): Dr. Mark Feldman
Dr. Mark Feldman is being recognized with Life Membership for CPS leadership in tough times. As VP he advocated hard during COVID, alongside fellow members, for a safe return to in-person learning and reopening playgrounds, sports fields, and other recreational spaces. Other efforts called for back-to-school planning, the restoration of cancelled extracurricular activities, and increased funding to support recovery strategies and meet the mental health needs of children and youth impacted by educational disruptions. His expertise on mental health issues equipped him for these tasks and the next one, which was to oversee our own pandemic recovery period as CPS President in 2023-23. Dr. Feldman served most recently served on the Paediatric Health Human Resources Working Group to help meet a new CPS strategic priority in difficult times. He is a consultant paediatrician at SickKids and St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto, and the Director of Continuing Education and Community Paediatrics at SickKids/U of T, where he teaches.
Current recipient(s): Dr. Kent Saylor
We are privileged to award CPS Life Membership to Dr. Kent Saylor, the first Indigenous paediatrician in Canada, who worked in primarily for the Mohawk communities of Kahnawake, Kanesatake and Akwesasne. He was first a defining member, then chair, of the CPS First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health Committee, beginning in 2005. His ground-breaking achievements in education and advocacy were recognized with a Healthy Generations bursary named in his honour in 2022 . Leading a planning committee of physicians and allied professionals, Dr. Saylor also led development for a recent online module on providing culturally safe care for Indigenous children and youth. This course evolved from an in-person teaching curriculum for paediatric residents that Dr. Saylor had developed with the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health in 2020. Dr. Saylor was also a paediatrician with the Northern and Native Child Health Program at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, and worked extensively with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill on Indigenous health issues.
Nominations
The Executive Committee of the board will judge candidates based on:
- Time spent volunteering on the CPS board, committees, and/or sections;
- Volunteering as a spokesperson for the CPS;
- Advocating on behalf of the CPS;
- Promoting the CPS and its work.
Nominations will be held for two consecutive years but must be formally resubmitted following the two year period to be reconsidered. A maximum of two life memberships will be granted per year.
Current voting members of the CPS Board of Directors and Membership Subcommittee are not eligible.
Submissions
Submissions must include:
- Letters from both the nominator and seconder, both of whom are CPS members, describing how the nominee meets the above criteria.
- An updated curriculum vitae for the candidate.
Submit your nominations using the Submit Nomination button.
Past recipients
Dr. Khalid Aziz
Dr. Kimberly Dow
Dr. Glen Ward
Dr. Minoli Amit
Dr. Mark Awuku
Dr. Ellen Wood
Dr. Catherine Farrell
Dr. François Boucher
Dr. Paul Thiessen
Dr. Robin Walker
Dr. Robert Moriartey
Dr. Reg Sauve
Dr. David Smith
Dr. Debbi Andrews
Dr. Bob Hilliard
Dr. Andrew Lynk
Dr. Robin Williams
Dr. Marie Gauthier
Dr. Susan Tallett
Dr. Ann Jefferies
Dr. Heather Onyett
Drs. Joanne Embree, Scott Halperin, Dorothy Moore and David Scheifele
Drs. Jean-Yves Frappier and Richard Stanwick
Drs. Noni MacDonald, Douglas McMillan and Gary Pekeles
Dr. Bob Issenman
Drs. Emmett Francoeur, Danielle Grenier and Denis Leduc
Drs. Jack Holland and John Watts
Drs. Elizabeth Ford-Jones, Elizabeth Hillman and Diane Sacks
Drs. Judith Hall and Gilles Delage
Drs. Robert Haslam and John Godel
Drs. Alexander Allen and Ron Gold
Drs. Maurice Bouchard and James Carter
Drs. Barrett Adams, Eugene Outerbridge, and Claude Paré
Ms. Nicole Menzies
Dr. Nicholas Steinmetz
Dr. James Strain
Dr. Pamela Fitzhardinge
Drs. Clarke Fraser and Morag Gilchrist
Last updated: May 26, 2025