I couldn’t be more pleased with this recognition for our first year participating in the Excellence Canada awards and share my thanks with everyone involved in the work leading up to the award . For many years our human resources and organizational development team, leaders and staff across the hospital have worked hard to develop and implement activities supporting our extensive psychological health, safety and wellness program. We know from this first recognition level that we have the essentials in place and can continue to learn and grow to make Waypoint the best place to be for staff and patients.

I wish to share my thanks with the HR and OD team who developed our submission based on our vast psychological health, safety and wellness, and other work on employee engagement these past years. With this recognition we know we are on the right track as we stay focused on this important employee support. Special thanks to Liz Everett, Josh Mace, Nicole Mace and everyone who dedicated time to reviewing our program and activities and filling out the substantial application. This is a great example of our commitment to quality improvement as we measure ourselves against industry standards and gain ideas for how we can continue to enhance what we are doing.