Drs. Joseph Couture and Gail Guthrie Valaskakis Awards
The Joseph Couture Prize is awarded for the best paper on Aboriginal mental health by a graduate student in a clinical training program.
The Gail G. Valaskakis Prize is awarded for the best paper on Aboriginal mental health by a graduate student in a research training program.
2011
Joseph Couture Award
Indigenous Ethics of Psychotherapy: Respect, Relationships, and Relevance and Reality
Recipient: Roger John, Ph.D. candidate, University of British Columbia
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis Award
Toward 'Cultural Safety' in Mental Health Policy and Practice: Lessons from Regional Aboriginal Mental Health Care Reform in British Columbia Canada
Recipient: Vivian Josewski, Ph.D. candidate, Simon Fraser University
2010
Joseph Couture Award
Resilience Moderates the Relationship Between Exposure to Violence and Posttraumatic Reexperiencing in Mi'kmaq Youth
Recipient: Marc Zahradnik, Ph.D. candidate, Dalhousie University
2009
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis Award
The Impact of Stressors on Second Generation Indian Residential School Survivors
Recipient: Amy Bombay, Ph.D. candidate, Carlton University
2008
Joseph Couture Award
An Alcohol Abuse Early Intervention Approach with Mi'kmaq Adolescents
Recipient: Christopher J. Mushquash, Ph.D. candidate, Dalhousie University
Gail Guthrie Valaskakis Award
Spirituality and Aboriginal Mental Health: An Examination of the Relationship Between Aboriginal Spirituality and Mental Health
Recipient: Andrew R. Hatala, Ph.D. candidate, University of Saskawtchewan