Leadership Awards - the Winners are announced

Event: Gala Dinner for the IPAC/Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Awards
Day: evening of November 5, 2009
Place: Pantages Hotel

Almost 150 people gathered at the Pantages Hotel for an evening of celebrating public sector leadership. From all orders of government and from across Canada, these representatives of what is best in public service in Canada came together to enjoy the evenings festivities.

And the winners are:

Federal/Provincial/Territorial category

Gold: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Project: Response to the 2007 Passport Surge in Demand

Silver: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Project: Leading the Transformation in Stewardship

Bronze: Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solildarité sociale du Québec
Project : Pacte pour l’emploi


Municipal category

Gold: City of Toronto
Project: Streets to Home

Silver: Vancouver Police Department, City of Vancouver
Project: Reclaiming the Street of Shame

Bronze: City of Edmonton
Project: Leading Change – Neighbourhood Revitalization

Education category

Gold: Simon Fraser University
Project: Coming Down from the Mountain

Silver: The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences
Project: Innovation Strategy: Transforming Education in the Applied Health Sciences

Bronze: Ryerson University
Project: Leadership for Student Success

Health category

Gold: Hospital for Sick Children
Project: The Canadian Pediatric Surgical Wait Times Project

Silver: Provincial Health Services Authority, British Columbia
Project: imPROVE – PHSA’s Program Focusing on Patients and Empowering Staff

Bronze: Saint Elizabeth Health Care
Project: Partners for Aboriginal Health

Not-for-profit category

Gold: La Société de vélo en libre-service, Ville de Montréal
Project: BIXI : Société de vélo en libre-service (SVLS)

Silver: Children’s Treatment Network, Simcoe York
Project: From Vision to Reality

Bronze: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Project: Cancer View Canada – the CPAC Partnership Portal


Public Sector Leadership Award Finalists
Other finalists who also demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation are:

City of Toronto
Project: The kids@computers – Leading Investment in Disadvantaged Children and Communities

Deputy Minister Council, Alberta Public Service
Project: Creating a Culture of Leadership in Alberta Public Service

Health Canada
Project: Health Canada’s Way Forward Initiative: An Enterprise Approach to IT

Medical Advisory Secretariat
Project: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Ministry of Citizens’ Services, British Columbia
Project: Project Management Centre of Excellence

Ministry of Citizens’ Services, British Columbia
Project: Advanced Communication and Collaboration Services

Institut national de santé publique du Québec
Project: Vision et leadership en santé publique

Congrats to all!