Monday, June 15 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. ADT | Halifax Convention Centre – Convention Hall Level

Awards Celebration

The Digital Health Canada Awards, presented at the e-Health26 Awards Celebration, celebrated the innovators, leaders, and change makers driving digital health forward across Canada. Individual awards include the Steven Huesing Scholarship, Digital Health Canada Future Leader Award, Digital Health Canada Leadership Award. Team/Project awards in 2026 honoured teams who excelled in the following area: Clinical and Care Delivery Transformation Award; Data, Interoperability, and Infrastructure Award; and AI, Innovation, and Emerging Technologies Award.

Watch each Recipient’s remarks in full below:

DIGITAL HEALTH CANADA AWARD WINNERS

  • 2026 Stephen Huesing Scholarship Award Recipients

    • Mutian Ding, University of Toronto
    • Karishini Ramamoorthi, University of Toronto

  • 2026 Digital Health Canada Future Leader Award Winners

    • Brian Lo, Project Manager, Strategic Digital & AI Initiatives, Unity Health Toronto
    • Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi, Assistant Professor, McGill University

  • 2026 Digital Health Canada Future Leader Award Winners

    • Brian Lo, Project Manager, Strategic Digital & AI Initiatives, Unity Health Toronto
    • Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi, Assistant Professor, McGill University

  • 2026 Clinical and Care Delivery Transformation Award 1 Winner

    • Nova Scotia Health Authority: Virtual Urgent and Emergent Care Nova Scotia
      Team Lead: Joanne Sanford, Director of Policy and Planning, Virtual Urgent and Emergent Care

  • 2026 Clinical and Care Delivery Transformation Award Winner 2

    • Virtual Hallway: Supporting Synchronous Provider to Provider Virtual Consultation
      Team Lead: Justin Hartlen, CEO, Clinical and Care Delivery Transformation

  • 2026 Data, Interoperability, and Infrastructure Winner

    • The Patient Timeline: Enabling a Successful Digital Transformation through Data, Interoperability, and Scalable Infrastructure. Team Lead: Dr. Justin Cross, Director of Digital Health, CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest de l’île de Montréal

  • 2026 AI, Innovation, and Emerging Technologies Winner

    • Provincial Health Authority (PHSA): BC SCRIBE Trial. Co-Team Leads: Dr. Angel Arnaout, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, PHSA & Naomi Brooks, Executive Director, Health Information Management, Lower Mainland Health Authorities, BC

  • 2026 MacNaught-Taillon Leadership Award

    • Owen Adams, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Canadian Medical Association

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