Each year at the CALA Annual General Meeting, the Serge Villard Award (originally known as the CAEAL Recognition Award) is presented to one of the volunteer assessors who has made a special contribution to CALA. Frequently these individuals have conducted numerous assessments of laboratories participating in the CALA program and they may have also been members of the CALA Advisory Panel that reviews responses from laboratories and makes accreditation recommendations. Regardless of how an individual has earned it, the Award is recognition that CALA members acknowledge and appreciate the personal contribution that has been made to the Association.

Recipients

* Please click on the highlighted year to view details about the recipient.

CALA John Lawrence Student Scholarship Awards (Formerly the Scholarship For Quality Excellence Award) 

The CALA Board of Directors has made some significant changes to the awards process dealing with Scholarships for Quality Excellence. There is an increase in the scope of themes outlined below that forms the content of student submissions, plus an enhancement of the application form that provides the detailed evaluation criteria that will be used by the CALA Board of Directors Nomination Committee to score the submissions including a change requiring a minimum score that a submitted paper must achieve to qualify for an award. There has also been a major change in the scholarship award deadlines (as outlined below) that results in awards being presented in September rather than November, thus putting scholarship money in the hands of students at the start of the fall semester.

The CALA John Lawrence Student Scholarship is awarded annually to 2 students.

The awards recognize the applicant’s understanding and use of any of the following themes:

1. Importance Of Data Quality.
2. Value Of Accreditation.
3. Quality Assurance And Quality Control In Testing Measurements And Experimentation.

Applicants will submit a scientific paper to demonstrate their understanding of the themes. The CALA Awards Committee using the criteria outlined on the scholarship application form will evaluate papers.

To be considered for the award, students must meet all of the following criteria:

• Be enrolled in a post secondary institution (science discipline) at the time of award;
• Have completed a minimum 2-month work term with a CALA member laboratory within the past 12 months; and,
• Submit a completed CALA Application Form and paper to CALA for evaluation by August 13th, 2010.

APPLICATION FORM: http://www.cala.ca/10student_award_nominations.pdf

Scholarship recipients will receive the following:

• One-time amount of $1,000 presented to the winner by a local Board Member or Head of the Member Laboratory;
• Acknowledgement on the CALA website; and,
• Recipients’ names entered on a master plaque containing the names of all annual recipients (The plaque is kept at the CALA head office in Ottawa).

Previous winners of a CALA Scholarship are ineligible to apply. Any questions regarding CALA and these scholarships should be directed to cmallette@cala.ca

2010 CALA John Lawrence Student Scholarship Awards Deadlines:

August 13, 2010
– Application Form and Paper submission deadline.
– Paper submission must be received at the CALA office:

Email: Charlette Mallette – cmallette@cala.ca
Fax: 613-233-5501
Mail: #310-1565 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON   K1Z 8R1

The week of September 3, 2010
– Final approval and notification of scholarship award recipients

The week of September 13, 2010
– Presentations to the winners will take place on campus or at the CALA Laboratory
– Notification of award recipients to the CALA Membership via newsletter and webpage.

Previous Award Winners

* Please click on the highlighted year to view details about the previous award winners.

YEAR	EASTERN CANADA		WESTERN CANADA
2009
2008	Michelle Mansfield		Samantha Frasz
2007	Jordana Van Geest		Chad Novotny

Any questions should be directed to Charlie Brimley, CEO (cbrimley@cala.ca).