The Canadian Awards and Induction ceremony was held August 24, 2018 at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, in spectacular Prince Edward Island. Dr. Alf Dean, our Atlantic provinces section chair, was responsible for the organization of the event and he did an outstanding job as he always does. Thank-you Alf!
It was my pleasure to welcome the PFA fellows, student scholarship recipients and Honorary Fellows to this event. I reminded the Fellows that they truly are the leaders of our dental profession and that it was this leadership that brought them into the family of the Pierre Fauchard Academy.
The event was a fabulous success with about 125 attendees. All the who’s who of Canadian dentistry were present. Among the many VIP’s in attendance were Dr. Cheri Newman, president elect, PFA International, Dr. Kevin Roach past president of both PFA and PFA Foundation and Dr. Barry Dolman PFA Canadian Chairman.
Dr. Lisa Bentley, our Ontario section co-chair, honored us with the invocation.
Our international president elect, Dr. Cheri Newman brought us international greetings and spoke about the academy.
Dr. Mitch Taillon, President of the Canadian Dental Association and the Western provinces section chair, had the honor and privilege of presenting the 2018 Distinguished Dentist Citation to Dr. Deborah Stymiest. This award is presented during an appropriate ceremony to an individual dentist for “Outstanding Contributions to the Art and Science of Dentistry.”
Dr. Alf Dean, Atlantic Provinces section chair and Tom Raddall both heaped praise upon Don Pamenter, the 2018 recipient of Honorary Fellowship. Unfortunately, Don was unable to attend, and Tom accepted the award on his behalf.
Honorary Fellowship in our Academy is bestowed upon an individual who has made a valuable contribution to the advancement of the Art and Science of Dentistry or to the Academy. Upon nomination to the Awards Committee of the Academy, Honorary Membership may be bestowed upon an individual with the approval of the Board of Trustees.
Dr. Kevin Roach, a past International PFA president and past president of the Foundation, presented the Foundation Student Scholarships with a value of $1000 each. This Student Scholarship is given annually by the Oral Health Foundation of PFA to a third-year student leader in each of the ten Dental Faculties
| The recipients were: | |
|---|---|
| Francesca Julia Abdul Nour | Université de Montréal |
| Ling-Yi Chen | University of British Columbia |
| Erin Goertzen | University of Toronto |
| Aparna Narvekar | McGill University |
| Félix Potvin | Université Laval |
| Natalie Rosenthal | University of Manitoba |
| Arleen Schmidt | University of Alberta |
| Christopher ven der Buhs | University of Saskatchewan |
| Andrei Zaharia | Western University |
| Kellie Zelmer | Dalhousie University |
Dr. Barry Dolman, our Canadian PFA chairman was called upon to present this year’s charity, “The Gerry Barrett Fund”. Representing the charity was its President, John Robinson. Mr. Robinson spoke about the charity. This Scholarship Fund was established in 2000 by the Dental Association of PEI and transferred to the CFPEI in 2010. The fund was created in honour of Dr. Gerry Barrett, an esteemed long-time Island dentist. The award is granted to an Island student enrolled in a Dentistry program at Dalhousie University. A second component to the fund is a Field of Interest Fund that provides a grant to a charity that offers services and programs to benefit dental patients in financial need. PFA Canada presented a $10,000 check to this most worthy cause.
PFA Canada inducted 28 new fellows at this ceremony. The new inductees stood to take the PFA pledge and then one by one they came to the stage to accept their certificate, pins, ribbon and to have their picture taken.
| The new fellows are: | |
|---|---|
| Chad | Avery DDS |
| Michelle Lindsay | Budd DDS |
| Edward A. | Busvek DDS |
| Robert J | Cochran DDS |
| Benjamin Richard | Davis DDS |
| C.P. | Giri DDS |
| Raymon Paul | Grewal DDS |
| Nada | Haidar DDS |
| Thomas Jon | Harle DDS |
| Erin Louise Vivian | Hennessy DDS |
| Bryan R | Hicks DDS |
| Daniel K. | Hwang DDS |
| Brian | Kizner DDS |
| David | Lachance DMD |
| Jonathan M. | Mahn DDS |
| Gordon | Markic DDS |
| Shawn B | Monga |
| Jason John | Noel DDS |
| Pravir | Patel DDS |
| Richard | Raftus DDS |
| Manuel | Resendes DMD |
| Kyla Rae | Romard DDS |
| Brandon Jacob | Schiffner DDS |
| Timur | Shigapov DDS |
| Roch | St. Aubin DDS |
| Karin L. | Van Ryswyk DDS |
| Tamara Lynn | Wright DMD |
| Michelle Denise | Zwicker DDS |
As well as the new fellows, we recognized and had on stage two fellows who received their fellowships in absentia in past years:
Kilby Townshend – St Johns 2015
James Singer – Toronto 2017
A great time was had by everyone.
Congratulations to the inductees and award recipients!
Respectfully submitted
Jerry L. Dushkin
Canadian Trustee
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