Michel Weber Education Award

Established in 2008, the Michel Weber Education Award recognizes a CPS member whose work in medical and/or inter-professional education has had a significant and positive impact on learners in child and youth health.

Recipients receive both a commemorative plaque and a cash award of $1,000 to be presented at the CPS Annual Conference. The recipient will have all appropriate travel expenses and conference registration covered and will receive complimentary CPS membership for one year. 

About Dr. Michel Weber

Dr. Michel Weber was a passionate paediatric educator. His teaching focused not only on the needs of his students, but reflected his desire to teach in a relaxed atmosphere based on mutual respect of educator and learner.

Dr. Weber completed his paediatric residency at the Université de Montréal. In 1973 he began practicing paediatrics at le CHU Sainte-Justine. He quickly ascended the academic ranks to become assistant professor in 1979 and full professor in 1988. He sat on the Université de Montréal medical education committee for 18 years. As an educator, Dr. Weber believed in the value of teaching with case reports. He touched many different aspects of teaching including the pre-clinic phase of medical education, residency training and continuing medical education and wrote many books to help fill a void when there was a lack of French resource books.

Dr. Weber received many awards throughout his life in recognition of his important contribution to teaching.

Nominations

Candidates must:

• Be CPS members who are paediatricians or paediatric subspecialists.
• Be a Canadian resident.
• Have a long history of involvement in paediatric educational initiatives that may include teaching, curriculum development, evaluation, innovation, educational administration/leadership, publication of educational research, scholarly articles on education, development of educational policy, etc.
• Have a significant and positive influence (national and/or international) on the delivery of education in paediatrics

The Awards Committee will evaluate candidates based on:

• The length of their career and the scope of their involvement in the educational initiatives listed above.
• The significance of their influence on the delivery of education.
• The quality of the information and details in the nomination letters.  The letters are a critical component of the evaluation process and should clearly demonstrate how the candidate meets the criteria. 

Nominations must be resubmitted each year for consideration. Current CPS board and Awards Committee members are not eligible for nomination and cannot nominate candidates while serving their terms.

Submissions

Submissions must include the following:

• Letters of support from the nominator and seconder, both of which are CPS members, describing how the nominee meets the above criteria. The seconder must have been a recipient of the nominee’s educational contributions. Please note that the committee relies heavily on the nomination letters to make their decision.
• An updated, condensed  curriculum vitae (maximum 20 pages).

Submit your nominations using the Submit Nomination button.

This award is sponsored by the University of Montreal’s Department of Pediatrics.

Past recipients