Previous advocacy award winners

Learn about our 2020 winners:

• Cristian Zaelzer and the Convergence Initiative win a 2020 CAN Neuroscience Outreach & Advocacy Award

September 15, 2020: CAN-ACN has revoked the 2020 Advocacy award that had been awarded to Roger Hudson and First Person Science, following an incident during which CAN-ACN’s values were not adhered to. A statement regarding this incident by former members of the group can be found here.

Learn about past winners:

2019

• The Ottawa Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
• The SINAPSE group at Memorial University

2018

• Neuroscience Through the Ages team wins 2018 CAN Neuroscience Outreach & Advocacy Award

2017

• First prize – Best local SfN Chapter: Manitoba Neuroscience Network
• First prize – Best individual initiative:  Midori Nediger for the POND 3D brain project

2016

• First prize – Best student initiative: McGill BrainReach Program
• First prize – Best local SfN Chapter: Queen’s University – Neuroscience Outreach Program
• Honorable mention – Student initative: Allen Champagne Queen’s University
• Honorable mention – Student initiative: Katherina Lebedeva U of Saskatchewan