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Award Winners

2013 Award Winners

Hall of Fame

Marcia Franklin

Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship Award

Blake Barry

 

Merit Award

Brad Shaw, Mark Grehan, Lee Stubbs, & Rob Milette (Winnipeg Jets Medical Staff)

 

Outstanding SAT Award

Amanda Halls

 

Special Recognition Award
Elsa Orecchio

 

C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Certification Candidate

Kerry Pavlovic

C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Open

Colin King

 

Research Grant

Lauren Lattimer

 

C.A.T.A. Annual Scholarship
Alana M. Gulka

 

Distinguished Athletic Therapy Educator Award

Ben Trunzo

Honorary Member

Steve Aspinall

Member Emeritus

Dale Butterwick

Evert van Beek Award

Rick Schaly

 

Student Leadership Awards

CATA Student Leadership Award (Sheridan College)- Michael Robinson
CATA Student Leadership Award (York University)- Jill Stockton

CATA Student Leadership Award (Camosun College)- Sarah Black

CATA Student Leadership Award (University of Manitoba)- Amanda Kaczmarek

CATA Student Leadership Award (Concordia University)- Christopher Ciccarelli

CATA Student Leadership Award (Mount Royal)- Karen Pulsifer

CATA Student Leadership Award (University of Winnipeg)- Florent Thézard

Volunteer Appreciation Awards

Board of Directors

Constance Klassen (President)

Lisa Swallow (Secretary)

Elsa Orecchio (Treasurer)

Stuart Munroe (Atlantic Provinces Board Member)

Karen Holland (Ontario Board Member)

Canadian Board of Certification for Athletic Therapy

Julie Dickson (Administrative Manager)

Andrea Wazney (HR Facilitator West)

Christine Johnston (Exam Developer)

Marianna Varpalotai (Exam Developer)

Noreen Ortilla (Exam Developer)

Dennis Valdez (Statistics)

Kristen Streed (RS Coordinator- Calgary)

Mandy Los (RS Coordinator- Winnipeg)

Loriann Hynes (National Examiner Coordinator)

Education Committee

Dennis Valdez (Chairperson)

Kelly Stott (Newsletter)

Jennifer Gow (Interim Certification Candidate Liaison West)

Ethics Committee

Marcel Charland (Chairperson)

Jamie Rempel (Member)

Jill Bruder (Member)

Katrina Lambert (Member)

David Laurin (Member)

Lynn Bookalam (Member)

Program Accreditation Committee

Khatija Westbrook (Chairperson)

Jim Macleod (Member)

International Relations Committee

Dexter Nelson (Chairperson)

Member Services Committee

Elsa Orecchio (Chairperson)

High Performance Providers Committee

Ben Trunzo (Member)

Cindy Hughes (Member)

Marketing, Sponsorship and Insurance Committee

Erin MacDonald (Chairperson)

Financial Advisory Committee

Emily Hadida (Member)

Personnel Committee

Colleen Creighton (Member)


2012 Award Winners

Student Leadership Awards

AndreaWazney - Univeristy of Manitoba

Jacqueline Camley - Sheridan College

Brennan Mahon - Mount Royal University

Andrew Grant - University of Winnipeg

Sonia Adhami - Concordia Univeristy

Chris Dezorzi - York University

Shawna Neal - Camosun College


Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship Award

Ashley Nelson

 

Merit Award

Leonardo Ferraro


Outstanding SAT Award

Breda Lau


Special Recognition Award

Wendy Hampson


C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Certification Candidate

Sean Bawden


C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Open

Dr. Jason P. Mihalik


Research Grant

Joanne Parsons


C.A.T.A. Annual Scholarship

Mary Lalancette


Distinguished Athletic Therapy Educator Award

Dr. David Paris


Volunteer Appreciation Awards

 


2011 Award Winners

Student Leadership Awards
University of Manitoba - Jayme LaForrest
Sheridan College - Heather Tugnett
Mount Royal - Grant Ammann
University of Winnipeg - Erika Andrejowich
Concordia University - Victoria Robinson
York University - Jennifer Peters
Camosun College - Ashley Cross

Evert Van Beek Award
Not Awarded

Hall of Fame Award
Dave Campbell
Charlen Berry

Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship Award
James Borrelli

Member Emeritus
Barry Bartlett

Merit Award
Not Awarded

Outstanding SAT Award
Not Awarded

Special Recognition Award
Not Awarded

C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Certification Candidate
Jaclyn Arduini: Incidence of Non-Contact ACL injuries in an athlete pes planus population.

C.A.T.A. Writing Award - Open
Jason Mihalik: Collision Type and Player Anticipation affect head impact severity among youth ice hockey players.

Research Grant
Karen Kendall: Hip stabilizer muscle strengthening on pain and disability for patients with non-specific low back pain: an outcome based randomized control study.

C.A.T.A. Annual Scholarship
Katelyn Trippier

Distinguished Athletic Therapy Educator Award
Not Awarded

Volunteer Appreciation Awards
Wendy Hampson - CBoCAT
Sam Gibbs - CBoCAT
Brandon Thome - MSIC
Schad Richea - MSIC
Lisa Swallow - MSIC
Joe Piccininni - IRC
Paul Briesbois - MSC
Reg Grant - MSC
Kelly Parr - Ombudsperson
Dennis Valdez - EC
Kirsty McKenzie - EC
Richard DeMont - PAC
Maggie Kayes - NCOC
Sarah MacLaren - NCOC
Dave Paris - NCOC
Brent Smith - Ethics Committee
Stuart Munroe - Ethics Committee
Brent Smith - Ethics Committee
Madeleine Hunter - Ethics Committee
Cindy Hughes - Ethics Committee

 

 


2010 Award Winners

Merit Award
Phil Fait and John Pradier

Larry Ashley Scholarship
Lori Stevenson

CATA Annual Scholarship
J. Arduini

CATA Writing Award – Certification Candidate
Kristen VanderGriendt

CATA Writing Award – Open
Jason Mihalik

Member Emeritus
Dextor Nelson

CATA Research Grant
R. DeMont

Volunteer Appreciation Awards
Kerri Downer - Board of Directors
Joan Matthews-White – Education Committee, and Member at Large on the Board of Directors
Kara Kreed – Certification Committee
Tim Felbel – Certification Committee
Annette McClelland – Ethics Committee
Jill Bruder – Ethics Committee
Susan Cameron – Ethics Committee
Jeff Billeck – Ethics Committee
Jaime Remple – Ethics Committee

 

 


2009 Award Winners

Annual Gatorade Awards Banquet


CATA Awards Presented in Vancouver May 2009

The CATA was pleased to recognize many award recipients at this year's Gatorade Banquet.

Merit Award

Presented to Katie Sawicky and Jennifer Romanoff

Outstanding SAT Award

Presented to Jennelle McAllister

Larry Ashley Scholarship

Presented to Adam Ellwood

CATA Annual Scholarship

Presented to Kayla Neufeld

CATA Writing Award – Candidate

Presented to Kayla Neufeld for her paper titled The Role of Medial Longitudinal Arch Treatment as an Intervention for PFPS”

CATA Writing Award – Certified Unpublished

Presented to Joanne Parsons for her paper titled The Role of Neural Afferents in Human Menisci”

CATA Writing Award – Certified Published

Presented to Jason Mahalik, PhD. for his paper titled, Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Clinical Measures of Concussion in Healthy College-Aged Females”

CATA Research Grant

Presented to Jason Mahalik, PhD. for his research into “Predictors of Head Impact Trauma”

Volunteer Appreciation Awards

Presented to

Leanne O'Leary - Member Services Committee

Stephanie Moser – Certification Committee, Chairperson

Loriann Hynes – Appeals Coordinator, Certification Committee

Andrea Prieur – Ex-Officio, Board of Directors, 2008

Glen Bergeron – Ombudsman, 2008

Deanna Schick – Education Committee, Chairperson

Doug Freer – Ethics Committee

David Campbell – Ethics Committee

Paul Papoutsakis – Education Committee

 


2008 Award Winners

Annual Gatorade Awards Banquet
CATA Awards Presented in Montreal May 2008

The CATA was pleased to recognize many award recipients at this year's Gatorade Banquet.
Banquet Master of Ceremonies Scott Livingston and Education Committee member Paul Papoutsakis handed out the following awards:

CATA Annual Scholarship
Clarise Lim (Kah Aeng)

Larry Ashley Memorial Scholarship
Jessica Smith

CATA Writing Awards
Human Kinetics Writing Award: Variation in Pressure Pain Threshold Measurements in the Upper Arm and Torso in Young Healthy Women - Dave Jones

Student Writing Awards: Effectiveness of Low-Level Laser Therapy and Needling in the Treatment of Myofascial Trigger Points - Jason S. White

CAT(C) Open Category: Characteristics of Head Impacts Sustained by Youth Ice Hockey Players - Jason Mihalik, PhD.

CATA Research Grant
Dave Jones

Hall of Fame Inductee
Joseph Piccininni

 

Volunteer Appreciation Awards
Lori Copeland-Abbate: Served 3 years on the Ethics Committee.
Paul Hrynkow: Served 6 years on the Ethics Committee.
Reed Ferber, PhD: Served 6 years on the Exam Review Committee.
Jacki Vandertuin: Served 3 years on the Program Accreditation AND 7 years on the Ethics Committee.
Joe Rotella: Served 3 years on the Program Accreditation Committee.
Dave Jones: Served on the Education Committee for 6 years.
Gus Kandilas: Served on the Education Comittee for 4 years.
Mike Hutton: Served 2 years on the Board of Directors.
Stuart Munroe: Served 2.5 years on the Board of Directors.
Richard Demont, PhD.: President's Gavel

 

Dexter Nelson and Drew Laskoski flank Joe Piccininni as Joe is inducted into the CATA Hall of Fame.