Ted Freedman Award in Innovation in Education 2021 Winners Announcement

Congratulations to the team led by Maria Tassone, Karen Chaiton and Mohammad Salhia from the University Health Network and the Michener Institute of Education at UHN, for winning the 2021 Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education in recognition of their program:  COVIDCareLearning.ca.

The judges congratulate this group on putting together such a robust platform in a short time that responded to a local need. This program not only continues to grow but is able to be modified to work with many different sectors within healthcare.

Click here to download the submission.

Thank you to this 2021’s esteemed panel of judges, Ross Baker, Professor Emeritus, IHMPE, University of Toronto, Helen Angus, Former Deputy Minister of Health, Ontario Ministry of Health, Dominic Giroux, President & CEO, Health Sciences North and Health Sciences North Research Institute, and Dan Florizone, Executive in Residence at University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina with Rebecca Hart, Publisher, Longwoods Publishing.   

For a full list of past winners click here

In 2000 the Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education was created.
Ted Freedman was the surprised honoree of an annual award launched by Healthcare Quarterly in cooperation with Agilent Technologies. The award recognizes those people who inspire, advocate and enable education in healthcare. The winners are honoured with a self-portrait in bronze of the artist as a patient recovering from brain surgery by award-winning sculptor Amy Switzer of Barrie, Ontario.

Click here for the history of the Ted Freedman Award and its past winners.