Wednesday, January 21, 2026
GREATER SUDBURY, ON - Health Science North is honoured to receive the Excellence Canada Healthy Workplace Silver Award, a national recognition that affirms our commitment to creating a healthy, supportive, and inclusive workplace culture. In 2025, Excellence Canada awarded 12 Canada Awards for Excellence and recognizes commitment to excellence with Journey to Excellence Award.
Excellence Canada is a respected not-for-profit organization whose mission is to equip Canadian organizations with the tools they need to achieve efficiency, agility, and sustainable competitive advantage. Through certification and recognition, Excellence Canada celebrates organizations that are innovative, customer-focused, competitive, financially and environmentally sustainable, and strong corporate citizens. At the heart of their work is a belief we deeply share that organizations thrive when they actively support the mental and physical health and wellbeing of their people.
The Healthy Workplace Standard, developed in partnership with Health Canada and in association with experts from the health and wellness sectors, is grounded in evidence, accountability, and continuous improvement. It supports organizations to develop strategic initiatives, innovative ideas and solutions, engage and retain employees, and improve the physical and mental health and safety of their employees.
Jessica Diplock, Vice President, People and Culture, HSN, reflected, “This journey has been both affirming and instructive. The certification process allowed us to establish a clear baseline to understand what we are doing well to support employee health and wellness, and where we can continue to evolve. It has strengthened our ability to improve staff engagement and satisfaction, and in turn, enhance patient experience and outcomes. And while today we celebrate Silver, our aspirations do not stop here. We are committed to continuing this Excellence journey pursuing Gold-level certification, and ultimately striving toward the highest standards of organizational excellence.”
Through achieving Canada Awards for Excellence Healthy Workplace Essentials certification, Health Sciences North joins a community of Canada’s most innovative and future-focused organizations. HSN is dedicated to providing patient centred care to Northeastern Ontarian and building a healthier North and this recognition belongs to every individual across HSN because a healthy workplace is not created by policy alone, but by people, every day.