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2026 - Charl Els



Dr. Charl Els is an Occupational Psychiatrist and Addiction Physician. He is a former Assistant Registrar at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Els serves as a Clinical Professor at the University of Alberta and he is the author of several peer-reviewed publications, including in the Lancet and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.  Els is a recipient of the 2023 QE II Platinum Jubilee Award recognizing his contribution to mental health and addiction. His time is divided between clinical practice in military personnel, research, and civil forensic practice.

OEMAC Meritorious Service Award Recipients

2025

Ray Baker

Paul Farnan


2024

Itua Iriogbe
Sebastian Straube

2023

Deborah Hellyer

Allen Kraut

Deborah Parachin

2022

No recipient

2021 

No recipient

2020 

No recipient

2019 

No recipient

2018 

Susan Tarlo
Sidney Siu

2016 

Doug Hamm
Robert Hillis

2015 

Maureen Cividino
Ken Corbet

2014

Martine Baillargeon

Nicola Cherry

Louis Patry

2013

Steven Martin

Oscar Howell

Howard Hamer

2011 

Jeremy Beach

2010

Suzanne Arnold

John Quinn

2009 

Joel Andersen

2008 

Gilles Theriault

2005

J. Donald Johnston

David Dunham

2004 

Robert Kosnik

Sol Sax

2003

Lily S. Cheung

2002

Tee Guidotti

D. Linn Holness

2001 

Ciaran O’Shea

Pat Mills

2000

Jean Anne Farmilo

Bernard Gascon

W. Keith C. Morgan

1999

Albert Cecutti

Ernest Mastromatteo

Walter F. Prendergast

1998 

Ian M.F.Arnold

Alice Dong

James R. Nethercott

1997

C.F. Muir

1996 

John R. Martin

1994

MacDonald Caza

1993

John Markham

Rodney May

John L. Weeks

1992

John W.F. Cowell

Elizabeth R. Dawson, R.N.

Edward S. Gibson

James P. Gracie

Peter Pelmear

1990

James W. Charters

Fred C. Mills


1989 

Franklyn Hicks

Blair Orser

1988 

J.A. David Brunet

Serge Donati

1987 

J.H Baillie

Douglas R. Warren



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