Awards
Holland Bloorview continues to earn industry accolades across a number of dimensions as noted below.
Among the outstanding success of members of our team, here are a few of the many awards and accolades we got to celebrate even in these unprecedented times.

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Top 40 Research Hospital
Holland Bloorview has been named one of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals for the 9th year in a row. Holland Bloorview is ranked at #33 this year. For the second straight year, Holland Bloorview is also ranked 1st in researcher intensity for small hospitals with spending less than $400 million and second in hospital intensity.
Greater Toronto’s Top Employers
Holland Bloorview has been named one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for the tenth consecutive year.
Top Employers for Young People
Holland Bloorview selected as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People for the ninth consecutive year. Canada’s Top Employers for Young People is an annual award that recognizes employers who provide the nation’s best workplaces and programs for young people at the beginning of their careers.
2021 International Association of Business Communicators, Gold Quill Award of Excellence
Diversity and Inclusion award for Dear Everybody, Year 4
2021 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Toronto Ovation Award
Diversity and Inclusion – Accessibility award for Dear Everybody, Year 4
2019-2020 Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy ‘Exceptional Fieldwork Partner Award’
Category: University of Toronto’s Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
2021 AToMiC Diversity Bronze Award
Campaign: Dear Everybody, Year 4
Green Hospital of the Year
Awarded by: Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care
Individual Awards
- 2019-2020 Division of Developmental Paediatrics Faculty Teaching Award
Dr. Sharon Smile - Senior Executive of the Year by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion
Meenu Sikand - 2020 Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Women’s Executive Network (WXN)
Dr. Paige Church (Professionals Category) - 2020 Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Women’s Executive Network (WXN)
Julia Hanigsberg (Most Powerful CEO)
- 2020 Hospital Social Worker of the Year award from the Ontario Brain Injury Association
Anna Marie Batelaan - MacNaught-Taillon Emerging Patient Leader Bursary
Payal Khazanchi (Family Leader)
About Holland Bloorview
At Holland Bloorview we believe in creating a world where all youth and children belong. We are the only children’s rehabilitation hospital in Canada focused on combining world-class care, transformational research, and academic leadership in the field of pediatric disability. We help over thousands of kids and youth with disabilities and complex medical needs access care that focuses on their physical, mental, and emotional well-being, and we power their infinite potential and possibility.
Together we dream big. Together we champion a world of possibility.