NIGHTINGALE AWARD ATTRACTS 111 NOMINEES
The Toronto Star Nightingale Award is presented each year to an Ontario nurse nominated by his or her peers or patients. The recipient and honourable mentions are selected by representatives from Ontario’s nursing associations and the Star. Bridget Akioyamen, RN Centre for Addiction & Mental Health Junie Alleyne, RN Scarborough Alexandra Andric, RN Centre for Addiction & Mental Health Chari Anor, RN UHN-Toronto Western Bonita Aphan, RN Trillium-Credit Valley Simcha Ben Abraham, RN Spectrum Health Care Elizabeth Boateng, RPN Trillium-Mississauga Victoria Boateng, RN Sunnybrook Francine Bohn, RN Spectrum Health Simon Bridgland, RN Trillium-Mississauga Daleann Brinkman, RN Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre Esmie Burke, RPN Providence Healthcare Leslie Canete, RN Kingston General Andra Cardow, RN Casey House Hospice Susan Chandler, RN Providence Healthcare Cassandra Churm, RN Toronto Public Health Kathlyn Chuson, RN Spectrum Health Taylor Cline, RN UHN-Princess Margaret Sue Coffey, RN UOIT Mariela Cortez, RN North York General Marg Daddamio, RN Sunnybrook Maureen Daniels, RN UHN-Princess Margaret Jackie Darling, RN Lakeview Manor Linda Denis, RN GI Associates, Barrie Ashmanie Deonarine, RN Emery Collegiate Pushpal Dhanoa, RN Spectrum Health Care Ursula Dingler, RN Cawthra Gardens Long Term Care Christine Drodge, RN Ottawa Hospital Briana Duchesne, RPN Trillium-Credit Valley Angela Dwyer, RN North Bay Regional Health Centre Adara Erickson, NP North Muskoka Nurse Practitioner Clinic Nigel Forbes, RN Spectrum Health Care Caron Gan, RN Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab Tara Gate, RN Creedan Valley Care Community Gurminder Gil, RPN Peel Manor Long Term Care Andrea Goncz, NP Sunnybrook Joanne Hajas, RN Trillium-Credit Valley Mary Halinen, RN Spectrum Health Care Aaliyah Hoo Kim-Baker, RN SRT Med-Staff Gary Hope, RN Trillium-Mississauga Nermin Ibrahim, RN Trillium-Mississauga Sonia James, RN Providence Healthcare Cammie Jardine, RN Hamilton General Kelsie Jeffery, NP Medical Associates of Port Perry Sosamma Mini John, RN Trillium-Mississauga Doreen Johnston, RN McCall Longterm Care & Rehab Donna Joncas, RN Scarborough Roleta Kalichava, RN Scarborough Judith Keen-Bingham, RN Sunnybrook Patricia Kent, RN OOHNA Margaret Kerr, RN Spectrum Health Care Cynthia Kielt, RN Hamilton General Liora Krinsky, RN Scarborough Miranda Lamb, RN Sunnybrook Ljubica Lesage, RN West Park Healthcare Bernadette Lettner, RN Regent Park Community Health Brenda Little, RN Markham Stouffville Sheena Luck, NP Mount Sinai Carol Lynch, NP Kingston General Julie MacDonald, NP Sunnybrook Brenda Martin, RN Delmanor Wynford Cindy McCoubrey, RN Trillium-Credit Valley Anita McGowan, RN Carepath Kristen McGregor, RPN Creedan Valley Care Community Connie McLellan, RPN Bethell Hospice Kelly Meijs, RN Etobicoke General Mitzi Mitchell, RN Seneca College Alicia Moonesa, NP St. Michael’s Michelle Mooney, RPN Sunnybrook Wendy Morgan, RN Sunnybrook Mary Ann Nelson, RN Peoples Ministries Theresa Nitti, RPN Etobicoke General Maureen Nurse, RPN Baycrest Cynthia Ocampo, NP Street Health Clinic, Kingston Nazli Parast, RN University of Ottawa Heart Institute Catharine Petta, RN Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Kayla Petts, RN Lakeridge Health Jirina Pham, RN Trillium-Credit Valley Melissa Pimenta, RN Trillium-Credit Valley Ann Pottinger, RN Centre for Addiction & Mental Health Ashita Ritchie, RN VHA Home HealthCare Sheila Rizza, NP Trillium-Credit Valley Suzanne Rowland, NP UHN-Princess Margaret Denise Russell, RN Providence Healthcare Christine Saby, RN TEHN-Michael Garron Isabel Samuel, RN Sunnybrook Dorothy Santos, RN Trillium-Queensway Gail Scott, RN Trillium-Mississauga Rautee Sirju-Boodo, RN Trillium-Credit Valley Leeanne Smart, RN Spectrum Health Care Karen Smith, RN Sunnybrook Lisa Sparrow, RN TEHN-Michael Garron Tiffany St Germain, RPN St. Joseph’s Villa, Sudbury Sinniah Suthaharan, RN Trillium-Mississauga Grace Terry, RN McMaster Children’s Gilda Theriault, RN Etobicoke General Jodi Tilley, RN VHA Home HealthCare Janeth Valenciano, RN VHA Home HealthCare Arlene Vasconcelos, RN UHN-Toronto Western Jennifer Vaughan, RN Sunnybrook Anne-Marie Vernon, RN Sunnybrook Steve Vickers, RN VHA Home HealthCare Ashley Villarruel, RPN Toronto Poly Clinic Nelly Voldman, RN Spectrum Health Care Mary Wadsworth, RN Trillium-Mississauga Sonya Wajdie, RPN Saint Elizabeth Health Care Amber Webbe, RPN Sunnycrest Nursing Home Sherry Weiler, NP Centre for Addiction & Mental Health Shelley Westergard, RN UHN-Princess Margaret Susann Wilgosh, RN Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Nepean Laurie Young, RN Lakeridge Health