Health Workforce Innovation Challenge Awards

Through the Health Workforce Innovation Challenge, participating teams had several opportunities to win monetary prizes – via random draws or submissions that were reviewed and rated by a panel of judges.

Teams trying – or wanting to try – new approaches or models of care to improve retention and support of their health workforce. Teams have access to monetary awards ranging from $2,000 to $50,000, virtual learning sessions with experts, peers and colleagues, tools and resources to support implementation of their work, and expert coaching supports. Teams move the dial by bringing forward promising practices and innovative models, sharing data to determine shared reach and the collective impact, and tracking progress against outcome indicators with quarterly reporting.

Top Cumulative Award Recipients

  • Red Lake Hospital - $83,500
  • Brant Community Healthcare System – Peer Support Program - $65,000
  • Marathon Family Health Team - $62,000
  • Hospital at Home – Island Health - $62,000
  • Halton Healthcare Laboratory - $40,000
  • Fraser Health - $32,000
  • Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital - $26,000
  • Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic - $25,000
  • Gabriola Medical Clinic - Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice - $25,000
  • Alberta Children’s Hospital Emergency Department - $22,000
  • Runnymede Healthcare Center - $22,000

Award winners:

Innovation Kickstart Awards

Teams won $2,000 each through random draw for registering and being eligible to be part of the Innovation Challenge.

August 2023 winners:

  • AHS Children's Hospital Calgary
  • Camrose Primary Care Network
  • CISSS de la Montérégie Est
  • Country Roads Community Health Centre
  • Horizon Family Practice
  • Island Health
  • Langs
  • Luther Court Community Health Centre  
  • Marathon Family Health Team
  • Medavie Health Services
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
  • Nova Scotia Health Central Zone
  • Prescott Family Health Team    
  • Queen Square Family Health Team
  • Red Lake Hospital
  • Runnymede Healthcare Centre
  • South East Toronto Family Health Team
  • The Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
  • Université de Moncton
  • Weyburn Primary Health Care Centre

November 2023 winners:

  • Almonte General Hospital/Fairview Manor
  • Chirurgie Dix30
  • CHSLD Manoir Harwood
  • Community Addictions Peer Support Association
  • County of Bruce-Brucelea Haven
  • Femade Inc​
  • Gateway Community Health Centre
  • Hand Over Hand
  • Health PEI
  • Interior Health
  • KB Family Practice Patient Advisory Committee and Community
  • Keep Breathing Respiratory Exercise Program
  • Lakehead Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
  • Markham Stouffville Hospital (Oak Valley Health)
  • North York Family Health Team ​
  • Providence Health Care
  • Quality & Risk Unit, Runnymede Healthcare Centre
  • Runnymede Healthcare Center
  • SE Health
  • Villa Beauséjour

Febuary 2024 winners:

  • Co-operative Care Alliance  
  • Loch Lomond Villa  
  • Fraser Health  
  • Belmont Long-term Care 
  • BridgePoint Center for Eating Disorder Recovery
  • Nova Scotia Health 
  • Hospital at Home – Island Health  
  • McGill University Health Centre – Montreal Neurological Hospital  
  • Celtic Court, Shannex  
  • Saint Vincent’s Nursing Home  
  • CHSLD Louis Denoncourt 
  • Seaforth LTC Home  
  • Allen Gray Continuing Care Centre  
  • Brant Community Healthcare System  
  • Providence Living 
  • McGill University Health Centre 
  • AMHS-KFLA, Kingston  
  • McCormick Care Group  
  • Edmonton West Family Physicians Group NPC 
  • Camrose Primary Care Network   

May 2024 winners

  • Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital 
  • Groves Memorial Community Hospital  
  • Tideview Terrace  
  • Owen Hill Care Community  
  • Seniors’ Community Services  
  • Unity Health Toronto  
  • Winchester District Memorial Hospital
  • NL Health Services  
  • Victoria Hospital
  • Interior Health – Kelowna General Hospital

Innovation Description Awards

Teams received $5,000 each for submitting a summary of their innovation. The submissions were rated by a judging panel.

September 2023 winners:

  • AHS Children's Hospital Calgary
  • County of Bruce – Brucelea Haven
  • Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
  • Fraser Health
  • Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
  • Marathon Family Health Team
  • Medavie Health Services
  • The Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
  • Université de Moncton
  • Weyburn Primary Health Care Centre

Mini-Challenge #1: Outcomes and Measurement Awards

Ten teams with the top outcomes measurement plans, as rated by judges, received awards of $5,000. Their submissions identified an aim statement, a primary indicator and a data collection and sharing strategy for their innovation.

  • ​Alberta Children's Hospital Emergency Department
  • Brant Community Healthcare System
  • Camrose Primary Care Network
  • Fraser Health
  • Halton Healthcare
  • Hospice Muskoka
  • Hospital At Home, Island Health
  • Island Health
  • Markham Stouffville Hospital (Oak Valley Health)
  • McGill University Health Centre
  • Medavie Health Services
  • Runnymede Healthcare Centre

Dinosaur Mini-Challenge Awards

Teams with the top 10 ‘dinosaur plans’ describing how to simplify or change an aspect of their tasks or practices were awarded $5,000 each. Submissions were rated by our judges.

  • Camrose Primary Care Network
  • Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
  • Gateway Community Health Centre
  • Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
  • Halton Healthcare Laboratory
  • Island Health (Acute Mental Health and Substance Use)
  • McGill University Health Centre
  • Perley Health
  • Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice (Gabriola)
  • Winchester District Memorial Hospital

Dinosaur Pitch Awards

Dinosaur Mini-Challenge Awards winners were invited to present their Dinosaur Plan pitch to a live audience of peers. Teams with the top scores as rated by our judges were awarded.

  • Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic  
  • Winchester District Memorial Hospital 
  • Perley Health 
  • Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital 

Impact Awards #1: Outcomes Measurement Progress Award

In December 2023 teams with the top 15 reports demonstrating clear and measurable improvements against their primary indicator and total healthcare worker reach won $5,000 each. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.

  • Brant Community Healthcare System
  • Camrose Primary Care Network
  • CBI Health
  • Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
  • Hospital at Home, Island Health
  • Island Health (Acute Mental Health & Substance Use)
  • KB Family Practice (Patient Advisory Committee and Community
  • Langs
  • Marathon Family Health Team
  • Markham Stouffville Hospital (Oak Valley Health)
  • Medavie Health Services
  • NL Health Services (DEIR Council)
  • NL Health Services (Mental Health and Addictions Program)
  • Quality & Risk Unit, Runnymede Healthcare Centre
  • Red Lake Hospital

Impact Awards #2: Outcomes Measurement Progress Award

In March 2024 teams with the top 16 reports demonstrating clear and measurable improvements against their primary indicator and total healthcare worker reach won $5,000 each. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.

  • Fraser Health – Leadership Program  
  • BridgePoint Center for Eating Disorder Recovery 
  • Alberta Children’s Hospital 
  • Runnymede Healthcare Centre
  • Réseau de santé Vitalité
  • Prescott Family Health Team
  • Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
  • Gateway Community Health Centre
  • Runnymede Healthcare Centre – Health & Safety Unit
  • Les Résidences Mgr Chiasson inc.
  • Fraser Health – The Working Mind
  • Gabriola Medical Clinic
  • Kingston Health Sciences Center
  • Brant Community Healthcare System
  • McCormick Care Group
  • The Ottawa Hospital

Mid-Term Retention Progress Awards

Awarded to teams that achieve the best mid-term score based on the combination of the team’s retention percentage increase between its ‘Baseline Data’ and its ‘Reported Data’ up to, and including, December 2023.

Stream 1 – Northern/Remote Stream

  • $25,000 – Red Lake Hospital
  • $15,000 – Marathon Family Health Team

Stream 2 – Teams from the rest of Canada

  • $25,000 – Brant Community Healthcare System – Peer Support Program
  • $15,000 – Halton Healthcare Laboratory
  • $10,000 – Les Résidences Mgr Chiasson inc.
  • $5,000 – Alberta Children's Hospital Emergency Department; Runnymede Healthcare Center
  • $2,500 – Chirurgie Dix30

Mini-Challenge #2: Senior Leadership Engagement Awards

Teams with the top 17 plans outlining innovation and creative approaches for engaging senior leadership in the success of their initiative won $5,000 each. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.

  • Loch Lomond Villa 
  • Fraser Health  
  • South East Toronto Family Health Team 
  • Marathon Family Health Team 
  • Runnymede Healthcare Center 
  • Brant Community Healthcare System – Peer Support Program 
  • Langs  
  • Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic 
  • Island Health - Acute Mental Health and Substance Use 
  • Quality & Risk Unit, Runnymede Healthcare Centre 
  • Hospice Muskoka 
  • Brant Community Healthcare System – Clinical Education Team 
  • Gabriola Medical Clinic 
  • Perley Health   
  • Island Health – North Vancouver Island 
  • Kootenay Boundary Family Practice Patient Advisory Committee and Community 
  • University Health Network 

Bridging Connections Challenge: Team Description Awards 

A total of 15 prizes of $1,500 were awarded through a random draw to teams that reviewed and provided back to HEC revisions to short descriptions of their initiatives.

  • Keep Breathing Respiratory Exercise Program - Evolve Wellness Studio 
  • NL Health Services – DEIR Council
  • Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
  • The Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
  • Red Lake Hospital
  • Island Health - Acute Mental Health & Substance Use
  • Quality & Risk Unit – Runnymede Healthcare Center
  • Saint Vincent’s Nursing Home
  • Creative Options Regina
  • Halton Healthcare
  • Kootenay Boundary Family Practice Patient Advisory Committee and Community
  • Northern Health
  • McCormick Care Group
  • The Ottawa Hospital
  • GMF-U Sacré-Coeur

Mini-Challenge #3: Sustainable Solutions Awards

Teams with the top 10 plans identifying strategies for long-term sustainability planning of their initiatives won $5,000 each. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.

  • Keep Breathing Program - Evolve Wellness Studio
  • Medavie Health Services
  • Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
  • Marathon Family Health Team
  • CISSS de la Montérégie Est
  • Les Résidences Mgr Chiasson Inc.
  • Cambridge Memorial Hospital
  • Halton Healthcare
  • University Health Network
  • CIUSSS du l'Ouest-de-l'île-de-Montréal

Shared Reach Challenge Awards

Eight awards of $10,000 each were awarded through a random draw to teams moving the dial on a collective impact indicator related to healthcare worker reach.  For each month of eligible healthcare worker reach data submitted by a team, they received one ballot entry into the draw.

  • Fraser Health – Leadership Program
  • North York Family Health Team 
  • Guelph Community Health Centre
  • CISSS de la Montérégie Est
  • The Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
  • Brant Community Healthcare System – Peer Support Program 
  • Gabriola Medical Clinic - Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice 
  • Northern Health

Overall Retention Achievement Awards

For both Innovation Challenge streams, prizes of up to $50,000 awarded to teams that submit the top three reports demonstrating clear and measurable improvements associated with their innovation. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.

Stream 1 – Northern/Remote Stream 

  • $50,000 – Red Lake Hospital
  • $25,000 – Marathon Family Health Team

Stream 2 – Teams from the rest of Canada  

  • $50,000 – Hospital at Home – Island Health
  • $25,000 – Brant Community Healthcare System - Peer Support Program 
  • $15,000 – Halton Healthcare Laboratory

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