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Thank you for your interest in the BC Quality Awards: celebrating the people and projects that have made key contributions to quality and innovation in the delivery of care in BC.
Winners will be announced in early 2024. Awards will be presented at Quality Forum 2024.
The BC Quality Awards are an annual celebration of people and projects that improved the quality of care in British Columbia. They were established in 2009
Five Excellence in Quality categories represent the five areas of care as defined by the BC Health Quality Matrix, and four individual categories celebrate inspiring patients, caregivers and health care practitioners.
Any project that improved the quality of health care in BC, and any person whose dedication to improvement inspires you!
Anyone, including those who work in health care, as well as patients, caregivers and family members!
Yup!
As many as you wish! But each project or person can only be nominated in one category. You’ll have to choose the category that’s the best fit.
Yes, at your discretion. Judges are welcome to select team nominations from these categories if they stand out, though the category is designed for individuals.
Sure! Note that these examples are for the Phase 2 submissions.
For examples of great nominations for our project-based Excellence in Quality award categories, take a look at 2018’s Staying Healthy award winner (now Strengthening Health & Wellness) and 2014’s Living with Illness or Disability award winner.
Want an example of a great nomination for an individual? Here is the nomination for 2018’s Quality Culture Trailblazer award winner.
Want more ideas for making your nomination stand out? Check out our top tips.
A group of leaders in quality and safety, patients and HQBC team members.
Winners are awarded a $2,500 sponsorship to help support and disseminate learning from their projects or to support ongoing learning and development. The five Excellence in Quality project winners are invited to present their project at the Quality Forum.
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We specifically acknowledge and express our gratitude to the keepers of the lands of the ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, where our main office is located.
We also recognize Métis people and Métis Chartered Communities, as well as the Inuit and urban Indigenous peoples living across the province on various traditional territories.