David G. Smith Memorial Award

The David G. Smith Memorial Award is awarded to a returning undergraduate or graduate student studying on a full-time or part-time basis whose experiences and endeavors help to reduce the stigma often associated with mental illness/mental health challenges. This may occur through first-hand experience, which shows the strength and resilience of people living with mental illness/mental health challenges, or by supporting and celebrating others who are living with a mental illness/mental health challenges.

Application

The 2024 application is now open! Students may nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else for this award. 

1. Complete the David G. Smith Memorial Award Nomination Form 2024 and email it to counselling@smu.ca with the subject line, "David G. Smith Memorial Award". When nominated by someone else, the nomination form will require the nominator to confirm the nominee’s willingness to be considered for the award. All nominees will be asked to submit an online statement of reflection after the nomination is received.
   
   
2. Complete the David G. Smith Award Statement of Reflection (below) and submit it  through the online fillable submission form. In the statement of reflection, you will be asked to share how you have you engaged in stigma reduction endeavours. You will have a maximum of 2,700 characters for the statement in the form below.

The deadline to submit both completed components of the submission for the David G. Smith Memorial Award is March 15, 2024 11:59 p.m.