Award Programs

Jeanne Mance Award

Since 1971, CNA has honoured a nurse or nurses at its biennial convention with the Jeanne Mance Award. The award is named after one of Canada’s most inspirational nurses, Jeanne Mance. The first lay nurse in North America, Mance founded the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital and co-founded the surrounding settlement of Ville Marie, which later became Montreal.

The nurses nominated for this prestigious award are individuals who have made significant and innovative contributions to the health of Canadians. They have worked to increase the public recognition and awareness of the nursing profession and have positively influenced nursing practice in Canada and abroad. Past recipients include:

2010 GAIL DONNER
2008 JUDITH OULTON
2006 LINDA O’BRIEN-PALLAS
2004 GINETTE LEMIRE RODGER
2002 JANET RUSH
2000 DOROTHY PRINGLE
1998 PEGGY ANNE FIELD
1996 MARGARET NEYLAN
1994 E. LOUISE MINER
1992 HELEN GLASS
1990 SHIRLEY STINSON
1988 MARIA ROVERS (posthumous)
1986 DOROTHY KERGIN
1984 FLORENCE EMORY and SISTER DENISE LEFEBVRE
1982 VERNA HUFFMAN SPLANE
1980 HELEN K. MUSSALLEM
1979 MOYRA ALLEN and HUGUETTE LABELLE
1977 RAE CHITTICK
1974 LYLE CREELMAN, ALICE GIRARD and E.A. ELECTA MACLENNAN
1971 HELEN G. MCARTHUR

For additional information, contact the governance coordinator at CNA House.

Updated: October 27, 2010