CDA Oasis is delighted to bring you the 2023-24 CDA Honours and Awards Program recipients. The CDA Awards recognize individuals across the country who have demonstrated unwavering passion and support for the dental profession in Canada and exhibited consistent commitment to the oral health of Canadians.
This year’s awards were presented on April 12 in Toronto, Ontario.
CDA Mentorship Advancement Award
Introduced in 2021, the CDA Mentorship Advancement Award recognizes individual dentists or dentist-led groups who have improved the sense of community by advancing mentorship and shared learning.
2023-24 Mentorship Advancement Award Recipients
Dr. Craig Fedorowich and Dr. Huma Sharief
Dr. Craig Fedorowich and Dr. Huma Sharief have worked tirelessly to build the Manitoba Dental Association’s Mentorship Program. In partnership with the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, it is one of the MDA’s flagship programs. Since 2019, they have organized up to 200 mentors and students each year while at the same time overseeing an annual series of lectures, events and materials designed to provide professional development and ongoing mentor support to students. This program has built a sense of community, and a network of supportive relationships as students prepare to enter the profession. And this support continues well beyond their student years. This program has also created an opportunity for a large cohort of MDA members to make a contribution. There is a mix of rural, urban, GP and specialist involvement and the diversity of the profession is represented in this program.
Following the recent end of their term as co-chairs of the program, both Dr. Fedorowich and Dr. Sharief have chosen to stay on as mentors.
Please click on the videos below to watch recipient acceptance speeches and tune in next week to hear from more CDA Award recipients!