Helen and Fred Bentley Award for Excellence in Achievement
The Helen & Fred Bentley Awards for Excellence of Achievement are meant to recognize and publicize the outstanding achievement and program excellence of members of the Canadian Federation of Sexual Health. The award is offered yearly to CFSH Members who have shown outstanding achievement in the field of sexual and reproductive health. There are two prizes annually – a first and second place award. The Awards are supported by a fund established by Dr. Fred Bentley at the Edmonton Community Foundation. Dr. Fred Bentley, a soil scientist, originally established the award in 1997 to celebrate excellence of achievement and innovation among the then Planned Parenthood organizations. In 2009 we are launching, for the first time ever, a logo for the Awards. The Bentley Awards logo depicts his parallel interests and commitments, the overlap of ‘seeds’ in the world of family planning, and agriculture. Seeds and sprouts also represent newness, innovation and opportunity for growth.
2009 Bentley Award Winners
First Place Winner: Options for Sexual Health BC for their Certification of Nurses in Reproductive Health Practice. After the provincial government amended the Health Professions Act to expand the scope of practice for registered nurses to include contraceptive management and sexually transmitted infection management, OPT collaborated with BCIT to prepare a training and certification program.
Second Place Winner: Planned Parenthood Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Health Centre for their program Making Queerness Visible: LGBTQ Youth Group. This initiative emerged from an identified community need for safe spaces for queer youth in St. John’s. Together with many community collaborators including the AIDS Committee, the Health Region, EGALE and PFLAG they put together a group for queer and straight youth.
2007 Bentley Award Winners
1st Place: Planned Parenthood Edmonton
Planned Parenthood Edmonton won first place for their “Summer Lovin’ Condom Crew” campaign.
Shared 2nd Place: Canadian Youth for Choice (CYC)
CYC shared second place for their "Know your Rights" Campaign.
Shared 2nd Place: Sexual Health Centre Saskatoon
Sexual Health Centre Saskatoon shared second place for their “Get Tested” campaign.
2006 Bentley Award Winners
1st place Winner
The Bentley Award Selection Committee has selected as the winner for 2006 Planned Parenthood Regina for their "Get Informed. Get Tested. It's as Easy as 1-2-Pee" campaign.
2nd place Winners
Options for Sexual Health (BC) for the "School Sexual Health Education Advocacy Initiative"
Sexual Health Centre for Cumberland County (NS) for the "Worth Waiting" grade 6 school educational program.
2004 Bentley Award Winner
The Bentley Award Selection Committee has selected as the winner for 2004 Planned Parenthood Metro Clinic Halifax (PPMCH). PPMCH’s application was based on “Assessing the HIV Prevention Needs of Diverse Communities of Women”.
2003 Bentley Award Winner
The Bentley Award Selection Committee has selected Planned Parenthood Newfoundland & Labrador (PPNL) as the recipient for the 2003 award for Hazy Love: Drugs, Alcohol & Sexual Health.
2002 Bentley Award Winners
1st place
The Bentley Award Selection Committee has selected as the first place winner for 2002 Planned Parenthood Fredericton. PP Fredericton's application was based on "Hearing Women's Voices: A Woman-Specific HIV Prevention Project", a comprehensive HIV Resource Kit developed through research conducted in Central and Southern New Brunswick.
2nd place
The second place winner of this year's Bentley Awards is the Planned Parenthood Association of British Columbia. PPABC was recognized for the development and implementation of a First Nations Workshop on Reproductive Health and Sexuality.
2001 Bentley Award Winner
1st place
Planned Parenthood Ottawa received the award for their bilingual theatre project: Insight Theatre and Théatre Des Lueurs.
2nd place
Planned Parenthood Edmonton received the award for their interactive theatre and workshop project entitled Are We There Yet?
2000 Bentley Award Winner
1st place
Planned Parenthood Metro Clinic in Halifax received the award for their city-wide awareness program on emergency contraception.
2nd place
Planned Parenthood Newfoundland and Labrador won the second place prize for its work in the area of sexual assaults with a program called "Get serious about self esteeem and healthy relationships."
1999 Bentley Award Winner
Cumberland County Family Planning, Nova Scotia won the Bentley award for its unique Girl Power summer camp program.
1998 Bentley Award Winner
Planned Parenthood Nanaimo (PPN) was the winner of the 1998 Bentley Award. The award recognises the outstanding program called Healthy Relationships/ Healthy Sexuality for People with Developmental Disabilities, developed by the health educators at PPN.
1997 Bentley Award Winner
Planned Parenthood of Newfoundland and Labrador (PPNL) won the 1997 award for their work with the province's school boards and students. This work takes the shape of a Resource Kit for Peer Counsellors, which was developed in 1994-95 by PPNL. A copy was then sent to every junior and senior high school in the St. John's area and every school board in the province for distribution.
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