The CSCH executive is currently calling for nominations for the Jack Hildes Medal. As CSCH members you are eligible to nominate candidates for this prestigious award.

Please submit a resume and one page letter which highlights the achievements of your nominee. Criteria for evaluation will include features which highlight excellence in circumpolar health, demonstrated by contributions through service, research and humanitarianism.

The Hildes medal has traditionally been awarded at each International Congress on Circumpolar Health to distinguished individuals nominated by the adhering bodies of the International Union for Circumpolar Health. Since 1987, more than twenty researchers and health workers from Alaska, Canada, the Nordic countries and Russia have received this award. To learn more about this award please visit csch.ca/jack-hildes-medal

Nominations will be accepted electronically, please email to me at susan.chatwood@ichr.ca

Timelines for the award are as follows,

1. Nominations to be accepted until May 15, 2011
2. Review by external committee between May 15 – 30, 2011
3. Announcement of Hildes Award June 1, 2011
4. Presentation of Hildes Medal Fairbanks, AK, Aug, 2012

All the best,

Susan Chatwood
President
Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health