The A Healthier You Awards were handed out Friday night, recognizing outstanding contributions towards health and wellness from businesses, organizations and individuals.
The Health and Wellness Advocate of the Year Award went to Sara White, who launched the Northern Cancer Support Network in 2015.
The Youth Initiative of the Year was awarded to PG Summer Hoops Classic.
The Summer Hoops Classic is a three-on-three basketball tournament that supports the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
The winner for Outstanding Multicultural Contribution went to the Central Interior Native Health Society. The organization provides comprehensive, quality primary health care to aboriginal and non-aboriginal people living with social disadvantages.
The Intensive Care Unit at UHNBC was the winner of the Health & Wellness Innovator of the Year Award.
The Health & Wellness Educator of the Year was awarded to the Palliative Care Consultation Team at Northern Health.
The Geriatric Assessment and Treatment Unit at Northern Health won the Seniors Initiative of the Year award.
The First Nations Initiative of the Year winner was Jason Gillis. He is a Prince George RCMP officer who has taken healing steps in providing a self-made sweat lodge in helping first responders cope with trauma.
The Health and Wellness Provider of the Year award went to the Quesnel Physician Recruitment Committee.
The winner of the Technology in Health Care Award went to Dr. Nadine Caron and Megan Hunt. A biobank is heading north with the help of Caron and Hunt. By collecting tissue and blood samples from northern populations, the hope is that research in northern communities can offer more personalized and targeted treatments.
Dr. Candida Graham was the winner of the Research Award. Graham is a clinical associate professor in psychiatry at UNBC, a specialist psychiatrist for older adults at UHNBC, and the medical lead for mental health and addiction with Northern Health.
The Healthy Workplace for Small Business Award went to Dave Fuller. He is a professional business coach and author who helps bring health and profit back into struggling businesses. Fuller is also a weekly Prince George Citizen columnist.
The Prince George Brain Injury Group was the winner of the Mental Health in the Workplace Award.
PGBIG is a charitable non-profit organization which provides education, prevention and community rehabilitation to enhance the lives of persons living with the effects of acquired brain injury and their families.
