Award Categories

This award recognizes the contributions of seven OCFP members – one from each Ontario Health region of the province – who provide exemplary comprehensive, lifelong care to their patients and make significant contributions to the health and wellbeing of their community and/or society in general.

As part of the adjudication process, one of the seven recipients will also be selected as the Reg L. Perkin Family Physician of the Year for Ontario, bestowed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

This award recognizes a resident who is an emerging leader and advocate for family medicine. To qualify, the nominee must be a family medicine resident enrolled at an Ontario university in the 2022-2023 academic year.

This award recognizes a medical student who is an emerging leader and advocate for family medicine. To qualify, applicants must be a student enrolled in an Ontario medical school in the 2022-2023 academic year and demonstrate a recognized interest in family medicine and/or primary care.

These awards recognize family doctors who (individually or as a team of two) have demonstrated a specific and exceptional achievement within the past 24 months. Contributions not explicitly achieved within this timeframe will not be considered. It can be an innovation, project and/or specific contribution that has had a positive impact on patients, communities and/or the profession of family medicine.