Nightingale Award attracts 156 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. Mary Elyn Alanan, RN Bridgepoint Amy Amaral, RPN Franklin Gardens LTC Home Kathleen Andres, NP SickKids Charibelle Anor, RN UHN-Toronto Western Lourdes Anton, RN William Osler Health Centre-Brampton Lerick Aquino, RN Cheltenham Care Community Nadejda Armelim, RPN Trillium Health-Credit Valley Daniela Arustei, RN UHN-Toronto General Tanvir Bal, RPN Trillium Health-Credit Valley Ofelia Balagtas, RN Davenhill Senior Living Nesan Bandali, RN Sunnybrook Khadija Barre, RN Providence Healthcare Joanne Beishlag, RN Sault Area Debra Bellack, RN Mount Sinai Jenny Berkeley, RN Lakeridge Health Katarina Bertam, RN Spectrum Health Care Michelle Bettcher, RPN Spectrum Health Care Deborah Brown, NP Sunnybrook Barbara Buczel, RN St. Elizabeth Health Care Francisca Burg-Feret, RN Humber College Rosemary Cameirao, RN Markham Stouffville Natalie Cameron-Goodship, RN Sault Area Jennifer Campagnolo, RN Trillium Health-Credit Valley Melodie Cannon, NP Rouge Valley-Scarborough Dona Capuyan, RN Providence Healthcare Joan Ceballo, RPN Providence Healthcare Barbara Chapman, RN St. Joseph’s Healthcare Diane Charter, RPN Trillium Health-Mississauga Cassandra Churm, RN Toronto Public Health Barbara Cleave, RN Mount Sinai Ciera Cook, NP The Wexford Michele Cook, RN UHN-Toronto General Nicole Crewe, RN Trillium Health-Mississauga Anne-Marie Dean, RN Hill House Hospice Jennifer Deering, NP Princess Margaret Habiba Desai, RN SickKids Hazel Devine, RPN Trillium Health-Mississauga Pushpal Dhanoa, RN Spectrum Health Care Peggy Dickie, RN Ian Anderson House Petrina Doorsammy, RPN Joseph Brant Veleta Douglas, RPN UHN-Toronto Rehab Jane Duke, RN Toronto Western Asthma Centre Tammy Dunne, RN St. Francis Memorial Esperanza Fan, RN North York General Sabrina Ferguson, RN William Osler Health Centre-Brampton Angel Flores, RN William Osler Health Centre-Brampton Samantha Franks, RN Acclaim Health Liane Garon, RN Thunder Bay Jill Geen, NP Apple-Hills Medical Associates Rosie Gervais, RN Sunnybrook Eden Go, RN Trillium Health-Mississauga Andrea Goncz, RN Sunnybrook Stacy Grawbarger, RN Sault Area Pamela Green, NP Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab Megan Grimwood, RN SickKids Robertho Guerra, RN Sunnybrook Mariam Hagose, RPN Kensington Gardens Nursing Home Joanne Hajas, RN Trillium Health-Credit Valley Shannon Handy, RPN Ontario Shores Centre Alicia Healey, NP UHN-Toronto General Christine Hezarkhani, RN Trillium Health-Credit Valley Patricia Hickman, RN Hopsice Wellington Jane Hoang, RN SickKids Julianne Hull, RN Georgian College-Owen Sound Jillian Hummel, RN Sunnybrook Nermin Ibrahim, RN Trillium Health-Mississauga Marino Iurillo, RN Mount Sinai Dorota Jakubasz, RN Seaton House Shelter Elaine Jameson, RN St. Joseph’s Healthcare Veronica Johnson, RN North York General Ann Jones, NP St. Michael’s Janice Jones, RN Sunnybrook Zarina Junjua, RPN Providence Healthcare Taranjit Kaur, RN SickKids Margaret Kerr, RN Spectrum Health Care Mary Kobylecky, RN Trillium Health-Credit Valley Katherine Krupa, RN Cambridge Memorial Miranda Lamb, RN Sunnybrook Jude Lanado, RPN Providence Healthcare Alan Largo, RN Sunnybrook Esmenia Lasco, RPN Sunnybrook Yvette Lashley, RN UHN-Toronto Western Jacqueline Lata, RN St. Joseph’s Healthcare Betsy Lavigne, NP Trillium Health-Mississauga Paulette Lewis, NP Scarborough Mel Lewis, RN UHN-Toronto Western Rebecca Lewis, RPN UHN-Toronto Rehab Jennifer Lovering, RN Sunnybrook Danielle Lumibao, RN Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab Julie MacDonald, NP Sunnybrook Karen Macleod, RN North York General Debbie Mahoney, RN Markham Stouffville Dean Maroney, RN Sunnybrook Ashley McBurney, RPN Extendicare Port Hope Alexander McConnell, RPN Toronto Grace Jane McLeod, RN Women’s College Sean McMurtry, RN Quinte Health Care-Belleville Brenda McQuarrie, RN UHN-Toronto General Irene Mesic, RN Trillium Health-Mississauga Jane Miles, NP Ontario Shores Centre Sharon Moore, RPN UHN-Toronto Rehab Ilona Moreau, RPN Lakeshore Place Wendy Moulsdale, NP Sunnybrook Annette Mukakigeri, RN Trillium Health-Mississauga Heather Murray, RN North Bay Regional Health Centre Edsel Mutia, RN North York General Marjorie Nelson, RPN UHN-Toronto Rehab Sarah Nenno, RN SickKids Heather Nesbeth, RN Trillium Health-Mississauga Thi Phuong Oanh (Ann) Nguyen, RN Malton Village Gail Nixon, RN UHN-Toronto Western Sadie Norman-McClure, RN Mackenzie-Richmond Hill Cyndy (CJ) Ocampo, RN Trillium Health-Credit Valley Yuka Okada, RN Momiji Health Care Society Elizabeth Palmer, RN Brighton Family Health Team Sindhu Panakkal, RPN Fox Ridge Care Community Karen Parmentier, RN Sunnybrook Elzbieta Paufler, RN Spectrum Health Care Darcia Paul, NP UHN-Toronto Western Winnifred Pitter, RN Providence Healthcare Gerry Prendergast, RN UHN-Princess Margaret Raymond Prystanski, RN UHN-Toronto Western Leilani Quijano, RN St. Joseph’s Healthcare Judy Quintos, RN UHN-Princess Margaret Janelle Ramsahai, RN UHN-Princess Margaret Preeti Rana, RPN Closing The Gap-Mississauga Sheila Rizza, NP Trillium Health-Credit Valley Cheryl Ross, RN Mackenzie-Richmond Hill Sandra Sargent, RN ParaMed-North Bay Sandy Shovlin, RN Rouge Valley-Centenary Christine Simpsonk, RN Sault Area Joan Slowley, RN Southlake-Newmarket Lorna Snetsinger, RN Spectrum Health Care Edna Solsona, RN Wellesley Central Place Shermaine Sookram, RPN Humber River Jane Spencer, NP Port Hope Community Health Centre Kalli Stilos, NP Sunnybrook Gina Stokes, RN Sunnybrook Winy Suresh, RN Trillium Health-Credit Valley Agnes Szelei-Miko, RPN Trillium Health-Credit Valley Louise Taylor, NP SickKids Gilda Theriault, RN William Osler Health Centre-Etobicoke Jasmina Topalovic, RN ParaMed-Toronto Laura Valenza, RN St. Elizabeth Health Care Petrula Van Roon, RN Acclaim Health Stephanie Van Rooy, NP UHN-Toronto Western Glenann Vincent, RN Acclaim Health Hien Vu, RN North York General Isma (Sonya) Wajdie, RPN St. Elizabeth Health Care Elaine Walsh, RN Hill House Hospice Anna Walton, RN SickKids Kurt Weber, RN Headwaters Health Care Centre Michelle Whittingham, RN Sunnybrook Gillian Wilde-Friel, RN Mount Sinai Christine Wilson, RN Providence Healthcare Barbara Wright, RN North York General