Each year, the office of the Provincial Paediatric Therapy Recruitment and Retention Coordinator celebrates excellence in the paediatric therapy field with a series of awards. There is one OT, one PT, and one SLP award in the following categories:

• Dedication to the Profession/Lifetime Achievement
• Mentorship/Education

Nominations for these awards can be made by anyone in the professions, and full details of how to nominate are given in the document linked below.

2011 PPTRRC Award Recipients

Mentorship/Education Award

• OT - Les Smith, Director of Programming, Prince George CDC
• PT - Yvette Jollet, Department Head, Fraser Valley CDC
• SLP - Zoe Watt, Speech-Language Pathologist, Prince George CDC

Dedication to the Profession/Lifetime Achievement Award

• OT - Lori Roxborough, Associate Director of Therapy, Children and Women’s Health Centre (including Sunny Hill Health Centre)
• PT - Llaesa North, Director of Physiotherapy, Prince George CDC
• SLP - Kate Wishart, Director of Speech-Language Pathology, BC Centre for Ability

Documents

• 2011 PPTRRC Award Recipients (Word document, 26Kb)
• Call for Nominations for 2012 awards (pdf, 23Kb)