Nomination deadline for next People First awards: April 5

VCH’s most recent group of recognized staff.

“It was really scary, but I was just doing my job and trying to help someone,” said Tammy Cho, who was one of the last recipients to receive the People First Award for helping staff in acute spine during a very challenging situation. “I’m glad I could be there for the staff and the family.”

Do you know someone at VCH, like Tammy, who has gone above and beyond to serve the needs of our patients, clients, residents or even their colleagues? Then we want to know who they are and acknowledge their commitment to being a leader who puts “people first.”

The nomination deadline for the next People First awards is April 5, 2013.

How to nominate:

Email your People First nominations before April 5 to the office of the chief operating officer or vice president your work area as follows:

For Wendy Hansson, email to: Suzanne Fryer
For Susan Wannamaker email to: Unita Hans
For Mary Ackenhusen email to: Winnie Price
For Jeff Coleman email to: Cher Leung
For Patty Daly email to: Mavis Chu
For Patrick O’Connor email to: Joan Saunders
For Dianne Doyle email to: Colleen Narang
For Duncan Campbell email to: Leah Murphy
For Anne Harvey email to: Bee Bulandus
For Clay Adams email to: Kaye McMahon
For Mike Nader email to: Susan Geddes

The nomination form can be downloaded from VCH Connect.

Queries about People First nomination criteria can be directed to Cher Leung.

More about People First

Our “People First” recognition program launched in 2010 to recognize and honour VCH employees who excel in supporting the people we serve. We’ve had the pleasure of recognizing staff and physicians for their hard work, heard about patients who wrote to us to say thanks to individuals and teams, and even learned about relationships between VCH teams and other organizations. There are lessons in each of the nominations that are important to share, and we want to know about even more of them.