Honorary Membership
Honorary Membership recognizes individuals who support the mission of the CPS.
Recipients receive complimentary CPS honorary membership (effective the following membership year), complimentary registration to the CPS Annual Conference for life, as well as all other membership benefits enjoyed by CPS associate members.
The award is presented during the CPS Annual Conference.
Current recipient(s): Dr. James Irvine
Dr. James Irvine has been a family physician, now a public health and preventative medicine physician in Saskatchewan for 40 years. Dr Irvine became involved with the CPS through the First Nations, Inuit and Métis committee’s community visit with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and Mamawetan Health Authority in 2000, and he became a member of the committee the following year. He was a member until 2021, helping to write many CPS statements over the years – most recently, the Preventing symptomatic vitamin D deficiency and rickets among Indigenous infants and children in Canada statement published in March 2022. Dr. Irvine was also a member of several planning committees for IMICH between 2005 and 2013, and is currently a member of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Guidelines Task Force. While Dr. Irvine has retired as a clinician, he will continue to work in public health on various national and provincial boards.
Nominations
- Nominees are individuals who may not normally be eligible for membership, but who have dedicated their time to caring and advocating for children and youth. Candidates must be Canadian residents but need not be CPS members.
- The Membership Subcommittee will judge candidates based on their contributions to advancing the health of children and youth by nurturing excellence in health care, advocacy, education and research.
Nominations will be held for two consecutive years but must be formally resubmitted following the two year period to be reconsidered. The Membership Subcommittee reserves the right to limit the number of honorary memberships granted each year.
Current voting members of the CPS Board of Directors and Membership Subcommittee members 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. Cindy Blackstock
Mr. Irwin Elman
Dr. Ian Gemmill
Ms. Janet Austin
Dr. Leslie Rourke
The Honorable Margaret McCain
Mr. Ken Dryden
Mr. Sid Stevens
Mr. Raffi Cavoukian
The Honourable Michael Kirby
The Honourable Steven L. Point, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
Father Emmett Johns
Senator Landon Pearson
William Cochrane, MD
Last updated: May 19, 2022