2024 CCHL Award Recipients

The Canadian College of Health Leaders, and the sponsors of the National Awards Program, are proud to honour the individuals, teams and organizations that are making a difference across the healthcare system.

Individual Awards

Joanne Curtis 
Human Spirit Award 
Award Sponsor: HIROC 
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Andrew Williams, CHE 
Mentorship Award 
Award Sponsor: Roche 
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Agnes “Aggie” Black 
Nursing Leadership Award 
Award Sponsor: Canadian Nurses Association
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Melissa Toews, CHE 
Robert Zed Young Health Leader Award 
Award Sponsor: Brightlight Health
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Sydney Campbell, MA, PhD 
HMF Article of the Year Award 
Award Sponsor: SAGE 
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Dr. Bernard Leduc 
Distinguished Leadership Award 
Award Sponsor: GE Healthcare 
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Team and Organizational Awards

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Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

Award of Excellence in Mental Health and Addictions Quality Improvement
Award Sponsors: Mental Health Commission of Canada & Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

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Interior Health

Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award 
Award Sponsor: Trane Canada 

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Mackenzie Health

Excellence in Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility Award
Award Sponsor: Sodexo

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CIUSSS Centre Ouest de l’Île de Montreal

Recognition in Delivering Value-based Healthcare
This recognition is made possible by a grant from Medtronic Canada

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Nova Scotia Health

Excellence in Patient Experience Award
Award Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

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CHU Sainte-Justine

Excellence in Patient Safety Award
Award Sponsor: BD-Canada

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Workforce Edge Consulting Inc.

President’s Award for Outstanding Corporate Membership in the College

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Solventum Health Care Innovation Team Awards

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Provincial Health Services Authority

Solventum Health Care Innovation Team Award (Disruptive innovation initiative(s) across a health system)

Award Sponsor: Solventum

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Unity Health Toronto

Solventum Health Care Innovation Team Award (Within an Organization)

Award Sponsor: Solventum

Robert Wood Johnson Award Recipients

Danielle Annamalai

Danielle Annamalai

University of Toronto

CJ Blennerhassett

CJ Blennerhassett, RM, MHA

Dalhousie University

Emma Forest

Emma Forest

University of Alberta

Sukhpreet Gill

Sukhpreet Gill

University of British Columbia

Jade Jost

Jade Jost

Université de Montréal

assandra Mayville-Fortin

Cassandra Mayville-Fortin, CHE

University of Ottawa

The Robert Wood Johnson Awards are sponsored by Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

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Chapter Awards for Distinguished Service

BC LOWER MAINLAND

Braden Davie, CHE

Executive Director, Nurse Patient Ratio Implementation

Vancouver Coastal Health

BLUENOSE (NS AND PEI)

LeeAnn Larocque, CHE

Acting VP clinical care and Chief Nurse Executive

IWK Health

NEON LIGHTS

Paul Chatelain, CHE

Chief Executive Officer and Long Term Care Administrator

MICs Group of Health Services

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

Maria Rotondi, CHE

Director, Digital Health – Health Information Management

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS)

NORTHERN ALBERTA

Lynn Robertson, CHE

Healthcare Executive

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

James Anderson, CHE

Assistant Director of Health & Wellness

Dilico Anishinabek Family Care

QUÉBEC

Matthieu Dupuis, CHE/LCS

Business Intelligence Specialist

CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal

SOUTHERN ALBERTA

Margie Sills-Maerov, CHE

Senior Director & Founder

Thought Architects

SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Ali El-Ayoubi, CHE

CEO

The BluePrint Toolset, Inc.

VANCOUVER ISLAND

Donald Coleman

Cloud Architect, IMIT

Island Health

List of Awards

For over two decades, the National Awards Program has been showcasing the success of exemplary individuals and teams, encouraging knowledge exchange, and celebrating excellence while stimulating replication of leading practices across the health industry.