Celebrating Excellence in Health Care

BC Quality Awards

Each year, the BC Quality Awards celebrate the individuals and teams whose outstanding contributions, innovation and leadership are making a difference in health care across British Columbia. Presented by Health Quality BC, these awards recognize those who are improving care and inspiring positive change in our province every day.

Submit your nomination by September 5, 2025.

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Recognizing Impact and Driving Improvement

Recognition through the BC Quality Awards goes beyond celebration. It inspires learning, sparks new connections, and helps great ideas spread across British Columbia’s health system. This recognition supports meaningful improvement throughout the province.

The awards help to:

Highlight meaningful contributions to quality of care
Build a culture where improvement is visible, supported and sustained
Encourage shared learning across teams, organizations and communities
Inspire others to take action in their own areas of care

By recognizing this work, we help spark new ideas, strengthen relationships and keep improvement moving forward.

What Past Winners & Runners-Up Have to Say About the BC Quality Awards

This recognition opened up new opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing with other health care professionals and organizations.

Lisette Vienneau – 2024 Winner: Excellence in Quality Strengthening Health & Wellness – Northern Health Lab Outpatient Improvement Program

It brought our project team even closer together. From working on the submission to receiving the good news we won to attending the award ceremony, every step symbolized a celebration of our work and reaffirmed why and how this work is important to us.

Celia L. Culley – 2025 Winner: Achievement in Sustainable Health Care – The Critical Air Project

We did not anticipate the national attention this would provide. We had health care providers from as far as Newfoundland reaching out.

Jamie Hack – 2024 Winner: Excellence in Quality Optimizing the Early Years – Streamlined Assessment Program – Advancing Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

The acknowledgment from senior leadership and the broader health care community reinforced the importance of our work and the positive impact it had on patient care.

Lisette Vienneau – 2024 Winner: Excellence in Quality Strengthening Health & Wellness – Northern Health Lab Outpatient Improvement Program

Making meaningful change in large, complex organizations can be challenging; we are proud of what we have accomplished, but there are plenty more opportunities to pursue. This award encourages us to keep going!

Celia L. Culley – 2025 Winner: Achievement in Sustainable Health Care – The Critical Air Project

How the BC Quality Awards Work

When you nominate someone for a BC Quality Award, you help shine a light on the people and projects improving care across the province. Here’s how the process works from start to finish:

Submit a Nomination

Anyone can submit one or more nominations, whether you’re recognizing a colleague, a team or your own work. Nominations are open to individuals, teams and organizations working to improve care across BC.

Judging

Each nomination is reviewed by a diverse panel of health system leaders, patient partners and improvement experts. Submissions are assessed using criteria focused on impact, equity, innovation and learning.

Winners & Runners-Up Are Contacted

After the judging process, winners and runners-up are contacted directly and asked to confirm key details. We then prepare to publicly recognize and celebrate their contributions.

Winners Are Celebrated

Winners receive a $2,500 sponsorship to support and share learning from their projects or to invest in ongoing development. Excellence in Quality project winners are also invited to present their work at the Quality Forum.

Learn More & Submit a Nomination