Joe Leonard Transformative Change Award 2027 Survey

Joe Leonard Transformative Change Award

This award is named after LAMP Community Health Centre’s first Executive Director, Joseph Patrick Leonard. The purpose of this award is to recognize individuals like Joe Leonard who have exemplified extraordinary leadership, commitment, and support for creative solutions to accessible, quality and affordable health care.

This award is the highest honour given by the Alliance for Healthier Communities and is reserved for individuals who have made outstanding contributions to improve the health and wellbeing of people and communities facing barriers to health.

For more information, please visit www.allianceON.org/transformative-change-awards

All nominations should be submitted by 12:00 pm, on Thursday, December 24, 2026. Supporting documents can be sent by email to the attention of:

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

Questions should be directed to Oleksandra Budna, Communications and Member Relations Lead at oleksandra.budna@allianceON.org or 647-278-7926.

Nominee Information

1.Name and title

2.Organization

3.Mailing address

4.Telephone

5.Email

Nominated by

6.Name and title

7.Organization

8.Mailing address

9.Telephone

10.Email

To be eligible for the Joe Leonard Award, nominees must meet all of the following criteria. Using 100 words or less for each criteria, please describe how the nominee:

11.Exhibits humility, passion, tenacity, courage, collaboration, intellectual, emotional, and social growth (100 words maximum)

12.Helps communities envision the future, identify paths to success, and carry out a vision (100 words maximum)

13.Shows outstanding leadership, commitment, and support to public health, social justice and/or further the recognition of the determinants of health on a community, provincial, national or international stage (100 words maximum)

14.Develops innovative ways to make health care accessible to all (100 words maximum)

15.Raises awareness on the issues regarding health equity for people or communities facing barriers to health (100 words maximum)