Recognize your Co-Workers with a Walk The Talk Nomination

The “Walk The Talk” Awards program is open to all employees, professional staff and volunteers of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre to provide a forum for staff to recognize other staff, peer-to-peer, for their exemplary efforts.

With the intention of placing a greater focus on our organization’s core values, the Walk The Talk Awards will be presented in the following categories:

  • Patients First Award: We are respectful of and responsive to the needs and values of our patients, families and communities. Patient values guide all decisions and actions to achieve the vision of Healthy Together.
  • Accountability Award: We are responsible to advance a quality patient experience. We commit to social and fiscal accountability to internal and external stakeholders and for the delivery of services to our patients.
  • Respect Award: We honour the uniqueness of each individual their experiences and views by being considerate and kind towards others.
  • Excellence Award: We foster an environment of innovation and learning to understand and advance a quality patient experience to not only meet, but also exceed, patient expectations.
  • Indigenous Cultural Safety Award: We celebrate inclusion of Indigenous culture, philosophy and/or health approaches in the workplace, addresses power imbalances inherent in the healthcare system, and fosters an environment of cultural differences by creating a climate for change and a safe place for all patients and families.

In addition to the categories above, the following awards remain part of the program:

  • President’s Award
  • Board of Director’s Award
  • Professional Staff Award of Excellence
  • Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation Award
  • Volunteer Award

In order to broaden the peer–to-peer recognition beyond a selection committee, redacted nominations will be reviewed at the first level by our Patient & Family Advisors, shortlisted, and then shared with the organization, which reinforces and celebrates the values demonstrated by our staff. We will implement an organization-wide voting system, so that the program ensures that recipients are truly selected by their peers.

SUBMMISSION INTAKE IS DECEMBER 1, 2021 to JANUARY 6, 2022

For further details, please refer to Walk The Talk Fact Sheet. You can find this, along with the nomination form on the Hospital’s Corporate Intranet. https://wtt.tbrhsc.net/

Nominators will be eligible to win gift cards, which are to be randomly drawn throughout December and January.

The deadline for submission of nominations is January 6, 2022.