Connected Care Nursing Week 2025 Award Winners

 Happy Nursing Week 2025!!  

Connected Care is thrilled to collaborate with you! Thank you for your dedication to paediatric nursing and ensuring smooth transitions from hospital to home and community care.

We're excited to continue our Connected Care Nursing Week Awards to celebrate the outstanding contributions of our Community of Practice members. Congratulations to all!

Connected Care Good Catch Award 
This award goes to a nurse who has made a ‘Good Catch’ and acted on their nursing expertise to consult with Connected Care Live in identifying a gap and delivering safe nursing practice and prevent harm coming to a child in home and community care. 

  • Sandra Barrios, RN - VHA Home HealthCare 

  • Mathuri Partheepan, RPN - The Care Company

  • Stephanie Mireku, RPN - Safehaven

Connected Care Engagement Award – Homecare Provider 
This award goes to a homecare nurse who has strong engagement with Connected Care, consulting with the team to ask questions, actively participating in their education to build capacity in delivery of evidence-based paediatric nursing in home and community care. 

  • Whitney Brown, RPN - CareHop

  • Sherette Murray, RPN - SE Health

  • Kristine Pantig, RPN - VHA Home HealthCare

Connected Care Engagement Award – Homecare Leader 
This award goes to a leader in paediatric homecare who has strong engagement with Connected Care, collaborating in the design and implementation of systems and structures to promote best practice and delivery of evidence-based paediatric nursing in home and community care. 

  • The Care Company Care Coordinator Team 

  • Lisa Brugger, RPN - Emily's House

  • Kenia Mateus, RN - Ontario Health atHome

Connected Care Partnership Award 
This award goes to leaders in the paediatric health system who have partnered in Connected Care program development to promote a shared standard of evidence-based paediatric nursing and seamless transitions from hospital to home and community care. 

  • Beverly Miranda, CNS & Abby Varghese, NP - Urology Program, SickKids 

  • Samantha Cicciarella, NP - G Tube Program, SickKids 

  • Ward 5A Nursing Team, SickKids   

Connected Care Interprofessional Practice Award 
This award goes to a healthcare interprofessional provider or team who has collaborated with Connected Care in development of programs, services or supports that promote seamless transitions from hospital to home and community. 

  • Stores Team - SickKids 

  • Remote Care Management Team - SickKids  

  • Ward 7C Interprofessional Team - SickKids

  • Anna Lam, Meghan Toswell, Lauren Holden - Clinical Leads, Access and Flow, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital