CHPC NG Award Submission

The purpose of the awards is to acknowledge and celebrate hospice palliative care nurses who are/or have been registered nurses and/or nurse practitioners and have made outstanding contributions to Hospice Palliative Care (HPC), HPC nursing, and/or the CHPCNG. The two awards are: The Lifetime Achievement Award and the Leadership Award. The awards will be offered annually.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is to honour a registered nurse and/or nurse practitioner, who is member of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Nurses Group (CHPCNG) has made outstanding contributions to Hospice Palliative Care (HPC), HPC nursing and the HPC nursing group during the course of their nursing career.

The Leadership Award is to honour a registered nurse and/or nurse practitioner, who is member of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Nurses Group (CHPCNG)  who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership through advocacy for high quality and safe hospice palliative care, the generation and application of related knowledge and research, and the establishment of collegial partnerships, and/or contributions to the professional development of others through education, consultation, leadership, and mentorship.

Nominations for the awards will open on January 18th and close on March 15th annually.

A selection committee will review nominees. The CHPCNG Executive will acknowledge all nominees and inform the award winners.  For more information, and to see the evaluation criteria form, see attached document entitled, The CHPC Nurses Group Awards.

For more information on the awards or questions about submitting a nomination, email – Rose DeAngelis at [email protected]

The awards will be presented to only one individual in a given year.

Please click here to see the award submission descriptions and criteria.

How to submit a Nomination:

  • Step 1: Fill out each section in the form and upload required documents as per the submission criteria.
  • Step 2: When the form has been filled out and all required document have been upload to the submission form, click submit.