Conference Student Awards

2026 Current Oncology Student Travel Award

Submissions are now open. Deadline to submit is March 20.

The Current Oncology Student Travel Award is established by Current Oncology to acknowledge the exemplary work of a trainee presenting psycho-oncology research and to promote the dissemination of information related to psychosocial care.

This annual CAPO award has been developed in partnership with MDPI AG journal Current Oncology to honour a CAPO student member who has demonstrated excellence in their submission of an original paper. This award will be given annually to coincide with CAPO’s Annual Conference.

This award is open to students and may reflect one or more of either clinical practice, education or research in psychosocial oncology.

The recipient of the award will receive $1000.00 to assist with travel to the CAPO Conference. The winner will be asked to present the paper at the conference and registration fees will be waived.

Procedures and Eligibility:

The applicant must be a current member in good standing of CAPO at the time of the application;
The applicant must be registered as a full-time or part-time student (undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate/post-doctoral fellows levels) or within six months of completion of their schooling;
The recipient of the award must agree to be present at the annual CAPO Conference with a 15-minute presentation of their paper;
The recipient of the award must agree to submit their paper for peer-review in Current Oncology to be published if accepted (i.e., the paper cannot have been published elsewhere). Publication fees will be waived.

The Awards Committee of the CAPO Board will select a recipient from the applicants based on scores and recommendations from the reviewers. If no suitable applicants are chosen, no award will be given.

Submit an original paper/manuscript by March 20, 2026 that is no more than 4000 words for an original article or review and 2500 words for a case report in length (12-point font and double spaced, excludes tables/references).

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Current Oncology Student Travel Award Recipient

2025 - Jensen Price
2024 - Bryan Gascon
2023 - Sydney Wasserman

Donald Mayer Student Award Recipient

2022 - Perri Tutelman, BHSc. (Hons)
2021 - Lauren R. Squires, BSc (Hons)
2020 - Kaitlyn Mahon, BSc (Hons), BBA (Hons)
2019 - Breanna Lane, BA (Hons)

The Bultz Best Student Poster Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize a student member of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, for a poster presentation of a research project demonstrating excellence in psychosocial oncology research in Canada.

The award will be presented at the annual CAPO conference.
The project can be completed or the student can present data from ongoing research.
CAPO members are informed of the competition at the time of call for abstracts and asked to request consideration of their submitted abstracts. Scientists will judge all submitted poster presentations at the conference to select the “best” poster according to pre-specified criteria.
The student must attend the conference to be eligible.
This award is presented annually. There can only be one winner for this award per year.
To be eligible for this award, the student must indicate eligibility when completing the call for abstract submissions form.
Winner is asked to submit a letter acknowledging receipt of the award and the impact that winning will have on their career.

Amount: $100.00

Previous Bultz Best Student Poster Award Winners

2024 - Kaitlyn Hanson - Understanding the Experiences of Racially, Ethnically, Gender, and Sexually Diverse Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis
2023 - Katherine-Anne Piedalue - High-Fidelity Testing in a Smartphone App to Treat Insomnia in Cancer Survivors (iCANSleep App)
2022 - Rachel Lee – “Impact of Rural or Urban Status on Sociodemographic Characteristics and Cancer Treatments”.
2021 - Elise Wouterloot – "Returning to Work After Breast Cancer: Careers Impacted by COVID-19"
2020 - Marissa Maheu – "Coping patterns and post-traumatic growth in young adults with cancer: A YACPRIME Study"
2019 - Brooke Russell, University of Calgary
2018 - Cynthia Wan, University of Ottawa
2017 - Laura Hallward
2016 - Gilla Shapiro
2015 - Samara Perez
2014 - Anne- Josee Guimond
2013 - Caroline Desautels & Shannon Groff
2012 - Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald
2011 - Ajit Auluck
2010 - Emily Murray
2009 - Andrea Krawczyk
2008 - Lauren Walker
2007 - Fiona Schulte
2006 - Sebastian Simard
2005 - Sarah Harington
2004 - Larissa Vikela

The Bultz Best Student Oral Presentation

The purpose of this award is to recognize a student member of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology for an oral research presentation demonstrating excellence in psychosocial oncology research in Canada.

The award will be presented at the annual CAPO conference.
The presentation can be completed or the student can present data from ongoing research. CAPO members are informed of the competition at the time of call for abstracts and asked to request consideration of their submitted abstracts. Scientists will judge all submitted oral abstracts and presentations at the conference with pre-specified criteria, in order to select the “best” oral presentation.
The student must attend the conference to be eligible.
This award is presented annually. There can only be one winner for this award per year.
To be eligible for this award, the student must indicate eligibility when completing the call for abstract submissions form.
Winner is asked to submit a letter acknowledging receipt of the award and the impact that winning will have on their career.

Amount: $100.00

Previous Bultz Best Student Oral Presentation Award Winners

2024 - Stephanie Nanos - Traumatic Stress in Family Caregivers of Pediatric and Adult Patients with Acute Leukemia: Preliminary Mixed Methods Results from a Prospective, Observational, Longitudinal Study
2023 - Justine- Albert - Experiences of informal caregivers regarding MAiD in Canada: A Narrative Review & Lily Rogers - Transforming Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Care through Creativity and Theatre
2022 - Zen Gajtani – “A Virtual Reality Guided Mindfulness Intervention for Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors: Preliminary Finding”.
2021 - Perri Tutelman – "Pain and Sensory Abnormalities in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Quantitative Sensory Testing Study"
2020 - Caitlyn Forbes – "COVID-19 and of childhood cancer survivorship: Investigating the health beliefs and psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on survivors of childhood"
2019 - Gilla Shapiro, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
2018 - Molly McCarthy, York University
2017 - Amanda Wurz
2016 - Beth Edwards
2015 - Cybelle Abate
2014 - Laura Capozzi
2013 - Sreenath Madathail & Sara Beattie
2012 - Lauren Walker
2011 - Jennifer Brunet
2010 - Allison Pederson
2009 - Andree Castonguay
2008 - Bejoy Thomas
2007 - Helen Wong
2006 - Arielle Warner
2005 - Sophie Lebel
2004 - Virginia Lee

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