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

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

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

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

Nova Scotia Health
Excellence in Patient Experience Award
Award Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Workforce Edge Consulting Inc.
President’s Award for Outstanding Corporate Membership in the College
Solventum Health Care Innovation Team Awards

Provincial Health Services Authority
Solventum Health Care Innovation Team Award (Disruptive innovation initiative(s) across a health system)
Award Sponsor: Solventum

Unity Health Toronto
Solventum Health Care Innovation Team Award (Within an Organization)
Award Sponsor: Solventum
Robert Wood Johnson Award Recipients

Danielle Annamalai
University of Toronto

CJ Blennerhassett, RM, MHA
Dalhousie University

Emma Forest
University of Alberta

Sukhpreet Gill
University of British Columbia

Jade Jost
Université de Montréal

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