HEALTH MINISTER PRESENTS TWO NURSING AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

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2004-25 May 14, 2004 For immediate release OTTAWA - Health Canada today presented two Awards of Excellence in Nursing to nurses serving First Nations and Inuit communities. The awards were presented by Deputy Minister Ian C. Green on behalf of Health Minister Pierre Pettigrew at a ceremony in Ottawa as part of National Nursing Week. "These nurses are making outstanding contributions to improving the health of Aboriginal people and to advancing the goals of the nursing profession," said Minister Pettigrew. "They bring their expertise, dedication and innovative ideas for promoting health to their work with communities and deserve to be honoured for the difference they are making." The winners of the awards are: Barbara Martin, a community health nurse employed by Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch in Six Nations, Ontario. She is also a diabetes educator and Six Nations band member. Ms. Martin co-founded a diabetes program and works with a team of people to provide screening, counselling and classes on managing type 2 diabetes. She has also introduced creative ways to sustain the program. Jan Kroll, a diabetes nurse educator and supervisor employed by the Prince Albert Grand Council in Saskatchewan. Ms. Kroll set up a diabetes program in the community that aims to prevent type 2 diabetes and help those who live with it better manage the disease. She is a leader in diabetes education in her community, provincially and nationally. Health Canada launched the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Award of Excellence in Nursing in 2003, to recognize the contribution of nurses to First Nations and Inuit communities. The department employs 800 nurses, primarily in First Nations communities south of 60°, and works closely with a further 600 nurses who are now directly employed by communities. -30- Media Inquiries: Catherine Saunders Health Canada (613) 946-4250 Sébastien Théberge/Adêle Blanchard Office of Minister Pettigrew Minister of Health Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Responsible for Official Languages (613) 957-0200 Public Inquiries: (613) 957-2991

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