Awards and Honours

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David H. Jones was a valued laboratory instructor and colleague in the Department of Exercise Science at Concordia University for over 20 years. He was an outstanding Athletic Therapist who encouraged excellence, hard work and always made time to help students or colleagues. Dave served on the CATA Education Committee for 6 years, participated in several certification exams, and received many awards of recognition. He also served as the Vice-President for the QCAT (now CTSQ – 1993), and on the Ethics and Membership committees. Dave was proud of being part of the core medical team at the Jeux de la Francophonie (1997, 2005), and in his clinical practice he specialized in breast cancer treatment. A dedicated family man, firm but respected, Dave was a passionate and remarkable human being.

His memory will hopefully encourage others to bring their best to the profession, as Dave always did.

Dawn Patterson began her athletic therapy career after completing the Sports Injury Management Program at Sheridan College. A native of the Eastern Townships, returning home to pursue her passion for athletic therapy was the ideal place to begin her career.

She was an assistant Athletic Therapist at Bishop’s University for 12 years before becoming Head Therapist for Champlain Regional College, where she would spend the next 19 years working with a variety of sports teams. During this time, she volunteered for 5 years on CATA’s Certification Committee. She was also named Head Therapist for Team Quebec Football U19 in 2006, as well as Head Therapist for the Football Canada Cup held in Sherbrooke for 2 consecutive years (2007-2008). Both her sons played football in high school and you could find Dawn volunteering on the sidelines as therapist as often as possible. This way, she could spend time with her boys while helping the school’s football team.

In 2012, Champlain Regional College honoured Dawn with an award named the Dawn Patterson ‘Above and Beyond Award.’ This award, presented annually, recognizes the exceptional contributions of an individual who goes above and beyond the call of duty in support of the Cougars Athletic Community, which neatly sums up Dawn’s nature.

Phil Fait est diplômé en thérapie du sport de l’Université Concordia en 2002. Il a immédiatement commencé sa carrière comme thérapeute du sport avec les Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda (LHJMQ) tout en poursuivant en même temps une maîtrise en Sciences cliniques à l’Université de Sherbrooke (2002-2006). Il continue ses études et obtient un doctorat en réadaptation de l’Université Laval (2010) et un postdoctorat à l’Institut national de santé publique du Québec (2012).

Il fonde ensuite la Clinique Cortex (2010) et y agit comme clinicien et directeur scientifique. En 2010, Phil cofonde la Fondation Pier-Yves Bouchard afin d’aider les personnes ayant subi un traumatisme craniocérébral sportif. En 2012, il devient professeur au département des sciences de l’activité physique de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières et il y établira le premier programme professionnel de maîtrise en thérapie du sport au Canada (2016) en en assumant la direction. Il a été administrateur du conseil d’administration de l’Association canadienne des thérapeutes du sport à deux occasions (2009-2011 et 2014-2016). Il a également été administrateur (2015-2019), puis président (2019-2023) du conseil d’administration de la CTSQ.

Phil est auteur de plusieurs articles scientifiques et a été invité à donner de nombreuses conférences auprès de divers associations, organismes et congrès internationaux.

With this award, the CTSQ and Québec’s athletic therapy community would like to thank and recognize the work of Pierre Lizotte in the professional recognition field. Since the beginning of the journey in 2001, Pierre has proven an incomparable ally, our secret card in a seemingly endless administrative process that is coming to its end. His trust in our endgame allowed several generations of athletic therapists to keep pushing forward. Throughout the year, Pierre’s passion was felt in every project he managed, guiding us toward the ultimate goal. Vigour, devotion and passion are all words that describe this individual who has been our ally.