# Deadline Extended! 

# The deadline for nominations is now January 12, 2026.

Transformative Change Awards recognize and celebrate health champions within our membership who work at the forefront of transformative change to help us achieve the best possible health and wellbeing for everyone in Ontario. We’re looking for inspiring stories of leaders, innovators and collaborators who have reframed problems, broken new ground and created transformative solutions that have improved outcomes for people and communities facing barriers to good health.

# Awards are presented in the following categories:

Transformative Change Awards: Up to three (3) award recipients may be selected. The award is open to Alliance members only; teams, partnerships, organizations, collaboratives and programs are eligible for nominations.

Adrianna Tetley Legacy Award: One (1) award recipient is selected. The goal is to recognize an emerging leader in primary health care transformation who demonstrates tenacity and determination to improve the health and wellbeing of people and communities facing barriers to health.

Denise Brooks Health Equity Champion Award: One (1) award recipient is selected. The goal is to recognize individuals who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to advancing health equity.

Joe Leonard Award: One (1) award recipient is selected every year. This award is the highest recognition from the Alliance and is reserved for individuals only.

NEW THIS YEAR! Jennifer Rayner Research for Health Equity Award: One (1) award recipient will be selected. The goal is to celebrate a researcher or research team that has made significant contributions to the evidence for team-based primary health care and health equity through innovative and impactful research and has provided valuable insights for practices and policy.

The awards will be presented at the Alliance Conference Awards Gala in June 2026. Transformative Change Award recipients will be featured on Alliance’s blog and social media channels. We will work with Transformative Change Award recipients to produce short videos highlighting their achievements. We will also put together a media package and work with the award recipients to reach out to local media. You can see the stories and videos of the last year’s Transformative Change Awards recipients here.

# Nomination process:

Here is how the nomination process works:

 

# NEW THIS YEAR! Jennifer Rayner Research for Health Equity Award

This year, we are introducing a new award: Research for Health Equity Award. The award is named after Dr. Jennifer Rayner, Director of Research and Policy at the Alliance for Healthier Communities. Dr. Rayner has been instrumental in building the Alliance’s research program and has established connections with over 50 research partners from academia, primary care, and public health.  
The award will celebrate a researcher or research team that has made significant contributions to the evidence for team-based primary health care and health equity through innovative and impactful research and has provided valuable insights for practices and policy.  

Read the nomination guide (page 9) to learn more about the awards, eligibility and selection criteria. You can use this checklist to help prepare your nomination package.
Submit the following materials electronically: 

  1. A nomination letter written by the nominator(s), clearly depicting why the nominee should receive this award. The letter should be no more than two pages in length.
  2. A brief summary (five pages or fewer) of their research impact or their current curriculum vitae. If more than five pages are included, the committee will only review the first five.
  3. One letter of support, which should include example(s) of real-world research impact and applicability to team-based primary health care and health equity.
     

Send all supporting documents by email to the attention of:

Lisa Tisdel, Administrative Assistant
Alliance for Healthier Communities
E-mail: lisa.tisdel@allianceON.org

 

If you have any questions, please contact Oleksandra Budna, Communications and Member Relations Lead, at oleksandra.budna@allianceON.org.