Ostomy Canada Society
Ostomy Canada is proud to celebrate the 2025 Award Recipients, recognizing outstanding leadership, advocacy, and dedication to supporting Canadians living with an ostomy.
Ostomy Canada is proud to recognize Ann Durkee-MacIsaac with the 2025 Chair’s Award for her exceptional leadership, advocacy, and transformative voluntary service advancing care, access, and support for people living with an ostomy across Canada.
Ostomy Canada is proud to present the prestigious Maple Leaf Award to Ann Ivol in recognition of her outstanding volunteer leadership, advocacy, and decades of dedicated service supporting the ostomy community and their families.
Ostomy Canada is proud to recognize Lisa Gausman with a Special Recognition Award for her 19 years of dedicated mentorship, advocacy, and leadership in supporting children, youth, and families living with an ostomy.
Ostomy Canada is proud to announce Carly Lindsay, nominated by Ostomy Hamilton, as the recipient of the NSWOC Recognition Award for her lifelong leadership, advocacy, and compassionate support of people living with an ostomy.
Ostomy Canada is proud to announce Paul (Polus) Yousif of Bradford, Ontario as the 2025 recipient of the $1,000 Ostomy Canada Post-Secondary Award for his commitment to advocacy, volunteerism, and building more empathetic, supportive communities.
Ostomy Canada Society is proud to recognize Elizabeth Flynn, RN, NSWOC, as the 2025 recipient of the NSWOC Program Award, celebrating excellence in wound, ostomy, and continence care.
Ian MacNeil has been awarded King Charles III’s Coronation Medal for his dedication to the ostomy community. Join us in celebrating his achievements!
Celebrate Rosemary Hill, recipient of the 2024 NSWOC Recognition Award, for her outstanding contributions to ostomy care. With over 20 years as a certified NSWOC, her dedication to patient education, advocacy, and community support has made a lasting impact in the field.
