This year, in addition to the awards given by CAN-ACN, IBRO will be giving travel awards to international trainees working in Canada, and Canadian trainees working abroad.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 travel awards.
Finally CAN has also awarded advocacy travel awards to trainees nominated by their SfN Chapters. These award winners are great neuroscience advocates from across the country.
CAN-ACN Advocacy Travel awards
| Trainee award winner | Affiliation |
| Crystal Acosta | University of Manitoba |
| Mirela Ambeskovic | University of Lethbridge |
| Nicole Burma | University of Calgary |
| Allan Champagne | Queen’s University |
| Caroline Dallaire-Théroux | Université Laval |
| Ornela Kljakic | Western University |
| Wendie Marks | University of Saskatchewan |
CAN-ACN Travel awards
| Trainee award winner | Supervisor | Affiliation |
| Alexandra Chatzikalymniou | Frances Skinner | Department of Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto |
| Allison Dyck | Tammy Ivanco | University of Manitoba |
| Anett Schumacher | Rutsuko Ito | University of Toronto Scarborough |
| Anusha Kamesh | Alastair Ferguson | Queen’s University, Centre for Neuroscience Studies |
| Benoit Mailhot | Steve Lacroix | Laval University |
| Claire Chan | Loren Martin | University of Toronto |
| Danielle Brewer-Deluce | Adrian M Owen | Brain and Mind Institute, Dept of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario |
| Darren Fernandes | Jason Lerch | University of Toronto, Mouse Imaging Center |
| Debra Bercovici | Stan Floresco | University of British Columbia |
| Elizabeth Perez Guzman | Premsyl Bercik | McMaster University, Farncombe Institute |
| Ivana Kiroski | Minh Dang Nguyen | University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute |
| Julia Sunstrum | Wataru Inoue | The University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry |
| Karlaina Osmon | Jagdeep Walia | Queen’s University, Centre for Neuroscience Studies |
| Louis-Philippe Bernier | Brian MacVicar | University of British Columbia |
| Madeline Parker | John Howland | University of Saskatchewan, Neuroscience Research Cluster |
| Mariya Cherkasova | Catharine A. Winstanley | University of British Columbia, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health |
| Marjan Gharagozloo | Denis Gris | Department of Pediatrics, University of Sherbrooke |
| Mathilde S. Henry | Marie-Ève Tremblay , Guy Drolet | Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Université Laval |
| Mavis Kusi | Martin Paré | Queen’s University, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences |
| Michael Lynn | Jean-Claude Béïque | University of Ottawa, Brain and Mind Research Institute |
| Michael Martin | Tod Thiele | University |
| Myung-chul Noh | Peter A Smith | University of Alberta |
| Neil Merovitch | Alan Fine | University of Dalhousie |
| Rachel Lackie | Marco Prado | Western University |
| Renee Tamming | Nathalie Berube | Western University, Children’s Health Research Institute |
| Samantha Goodman | Qi Yuan | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Sascha Alles | Terrance Snutch | The University of British Columbia |
| Seung Gee Lee | Woo Jae Kim | Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa. |
| Timal Kannangara | Diane Lagace | University of Ottawa |
IBRO Travel award winners
| Trainee travel award winner | Supervisor | Laboratory location |
| Mohamad-Reza Aghanoori | Paul Fernyhough | St. Boniface Research Center and Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Manitoba |
| Rafaella Araujo Goncalves da Silva | Douglas P. Munoz | Centre For Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University |
| Marie Blanchette | Richard Daneman | University of California, San Diego, Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Katherine Bonnycastle | Michael Cousin | University of Edinburgh, Centre for Integrative Physiology |
| Manel Dahmene | Abid Oueslati | Laval University |
| Camila de Avila Dal’Bo | Elena Timofeeva | Laval University, Centre de Recherche Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec |
| Jelena Dordevic | Benedict Albensi | University of Manitoba |
| Kelvin Hui | Motomasa Tanaka | RIKEN Brain Science Institute |
| Javad Karimi | Majid Mohajerani | University of Lethbridge, Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience |
| Feiya Li | Hong-Shuo Sun | University of Toronto |
| Shuai Liu | Stephanie Borgland | University of Calgary |
| Jimena Perez Sanchez | Yves De Koninck | CRIUSMQ, Université Laval |
| Martina Pinto | Denis Soulet | Université Laval |
| Olga Shevtsova | J. M. Wojtowicz | University of Toronto, Department of Physiology |
| Surjeet Singh | Robert J Sutherland | University of Lethbridge, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience |
| Jillian Stobart | Bruno Weber | University of Zurich |
| Ping Su | Fang Liu | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
| Shubhamsingh Tanwar | Michael F. Jackson | University of Manitoba |
| Christina Tremblay | Boris Burle | Aix-Marseille University, CNRS |
| Haley Vecchiarelli | Matthew Hill | University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute |
