• Submissions for the 2025 Sandra Banner Student Award for Leadership (SBSAL) are now being accepted.

    The closing date to submit online applications is January 31, 2025 at 17:00 ET. Late applications will not be considered

    Submissions will be evaluated based on the strength of individual online applications and accompanying letters of support (requested by applicants and sent directly to CaRMS by supervisors).

    For the 2025 SBSAL application cycle, the Committee’s evaluation, scoring, and selection criteria will align with the LEADS in a Caring Environment capabilities framework. The LEADS framework represents the key skills, behaviours, abilities, and knowledge required to lead in all sectors and levels of the health system. It presents a common understanding of what good leadership looks, feels, and sounds like across all levels of service provision in healthcare.

    The information collected in this online application form will be viewed by the CaRMS Awards Committee only and kept strictly confidential. View our Online Services — User Agreement.

    Complete the fields below. Asterisks (*) denote mandatory fields.

  • Part I - Applicant Information

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  • Part II - Proposed Leadership Training and/or Volunteer Activity

  • For your reference, check out some of the funded leadership activities of previous SBSAL winners
  • Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 4 MB.
  • Letters of reference

  • 5. To fully complete the application process, you will need to request two (2) letters of support from your supervisors, who can be any of the following:

    • Dean of Faculty of Medicine
    • Undergraduate, student affairs or postgraduate dean
    • Program director
    • Manager/director of a professional organization

    Note: members of CaRMS' Awards Committee are not eligible to make nominations or provide letters in support of award submissions.

      Letters should address the following:

    1. The author’s relationship to you the applicant.
    2. Your activities/experience/skills demonstrating LEADS capabilities.
    3. Your contributions to the advancement of the profession of medicine and/or the quality of medical education.

    Supervisors should email their support letters directly to CaRMS, without sharing the content of their letters with you the applicant. The deadline for CaRMS’ receipt of support letters is January 31, 2025. Letters should be sent to awardscommittee@carms.ca and include the following subject line:

    [Applicant name] Application for 2025 Sandra Banner Student Award for Leadership (SBSAL)

    Please note that the specifications for support letters will also be included in the automatic email that will be sent to you acknowledging receipt of your online application.

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