SWAP awards an annual Student Paper Award ($500) and Student Travel Awards ($200 each) for papers or posters presented at CPA or the SWAP Pre-Convention Institute. Award applications for the 2011 CPA Convention and SWAP Pre-Convention Institute will be posted in Spring 2011.

Student Paper and Travel Award Coordinator

E.B. Brownlie
Child, Youth, and Family Programme 
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
250 College Street, first floor
Toronto, ON     M5T 1R8
Tel:     (416) 535-8501, ext. 4062
Fax:    (416) 979-4996
E-Mail:  eb.brownlie@utoronto.ca

The purpose of the SWAP Mentoring Award is to recognize feminist supervisors who have promoted the advancement of their students through exceptional mentoring. Nominations are invited from students and recent graduates who wish to acknowledge a professor who promotes feminist scholarship, teaching, and practice and who has been pivotal to their graduate/post-graduate school experience. Nomination letters should describe how the mentor has been outstanding in supporting, encouraging and promoting your feminist research and facilitating your (as well as other students') professional, personal, and career development.


Nomination Criteria:

Graduate and post-graduate students and recent graduates are invited to submit a nomination. Nominations should include:       

1) Cover page with students' and nominee's names, mailing and email addresses, phone numbers, university, department, and program of study.
2)  1-2 page letter describing how the nominee's mentoring enhanced your graduate/post-graduate education and professional and personal development  (e.g., helped develop your talents, facilitated joint and single authored publications, acted as a role model, etc). Explain your relationship with your nominee and how she/he has distinguished her/himself as a mentor for you. Feel  free to share specific stories and anecdotes as appropriate.  Nomination letters from multiple students is encouraged.