Previous Winners
ELSIE CRESSMAN AWARD
2021: Midwifery and Toronto Community Health (MATCH) Program
2020: Lisa Bishop
2019: Rebecca Weeks
2018: Natalie Wright
2017: Judy Rogers
Lifetime Achievement Award:
2020: Patricia (Patty) McNiven
2019: Carol Cameron
2017: Diane Parkin
2016: Christine Sternberg
2015: Karyn Kaufman
2014: (two recipients) Eileen Hutton & Vicki Van Wagner
Hospital Integration Award:
2021: Sault Area Hospital
2020: North York General Hospital
2019: London Health Sciences Centre
2018: Collingwood General and Marine Hospital
2017: Temiskaming Hospital
2016: Michael Garron Hospital
2015: Hôpital Montfort
2014: Markham-Stouffville Hospital & Trillium Health Partners
Media Award:
2021: Matt Galloway, Lindsay Rempel and Rachel Levy-McLaughlin, "Midwives warn of little support, burnout due to pandemic," The Current, CBC Radio, Dec. 17, 2020.
2020: Chantal Braganza, "The uncertain future of midwifery in Ontario," TVO, Feb. 12, 2019.
2019: Denise Balkissoon; "In Ontario, midwives help with the rebirth of Indigenous pregnancy care," The Globe & Mail, July 22, 2018.
2018: Cathy Alex; "Ontario Restores 'Beautiful Ceremony' of Funding 6 Aboriginal Midwifery Programs," CBC Thunder Bay, February 2017.
2017: Dr. Brian Goldman, Dawna Dingwall, Jeff Goodes, "Into the Breech," White Coat, Black Art, CBC Radio.
2016: Ava Karvonen & Tihemme Gagnon, "Midwives," Chaos and Courage, APTN.
2015: Dr. Brian Goldman, Dawna Dingwall, Jeff Goodes, "Haves and Have Nots: Midwifery in Canada," White Coat, Black Art, CBC Radio.
2014: André Picard, "Midwives: Underused and misused assets in Canada," Globe and Mail, July 10, 2013.
2021: Cristina A. Mattison , John N. Lavis, Michael G. Wilson, Eileen K. Hutton and Michelle L. Dion; "A critical interpretive synthesis of the roles of midwives in health systems." Health Res Policy Sys, 2020.
2020: Eileen Hutton, Angela Reitsma, Julia Simioni, Ginny Brunton and Karen Kaufman; "Perinatal or neonatal mortality among women who intend at the onset of labour to give birth at home compared to women of low obstetrical risk who intend to give birth in hospital: A systematic review and meta-analyses," EClinicalMedicine, 2019.
2019: Elizabeth K. Darling, Karen Marie Olsen Lawford, Kathi Wilson, Michelle Kryzanauskas, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault; "Distance from Home Birth to Emergency Obstetric Services and Neonatal Outcomes: A Cohort Study." Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2019.
2018: Samantha Krueger; "Labour Outcomes After Successful External Cephalic Version." J Obstet, 2017.
2017: Eileen Hutton; "Outcomes Associated with Planned Place of Birth Among Women with Low-Risk Pregnancies." CMAJ, 2015.
HIROC JUST CULTURE AND PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE AWARD:
2022: Sonya Daljeet (McMaster University), Maheen Maryam (Toronto Metropolitan University), Anonymous (Laurentian/Toronto Metropolitan University)
2021: Maha Maryam (Toronto Metropolitan University), Anonymous (Laurentian/McMaster)
2020: Jasmine Allan-Sferruzzi (Toronto Metropolitan University), Kandace Price (Toronto Metropolitan University), Samihah Patel (Laurentian)