Local nurses honoured by HDGH Nursing Excellence Awards

HDGH's 2026 Jeanne Mance Extraordinary Nursing Care Award and Lori Dupont Bursary award recipients. Left to right: Sava Demic, RPN, Melissa Robert, RPN, Shannon Landry, VP, Restorative Care & Chief Nursing Executive, Griffin Salaris, RPN, Shauna Carter, NP (Missing: Marjaneh Abdollahpour Dilmani, RN)

Several nurses have been honoured by Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH) Nursing Excellence Awards.

On Wednesday, HDGH gave out the Jeanne Mance Extraordinary Nursing Care Award and the Lori Dupont Bursar.

The winners of the Jeanne Mance Extraordinary Nursing Care Award were Sava Demic, Melissa Robert, and Griffin Salaris. The award recognizes “HDGH nurses who continually go above and beyond to provide compassionate and professional care to patients and exemplify teamwork, compassion, stewardship, and respect.

The Lori Dupont Bursary went to Marjaneh Abdollahpour Dilmani and Shauna Carter.

Abdollahpour Dilmani will use the bursary to study Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Canada.

Carter will put it towards getting a certificate in Mental Health and Addictions for Nurse Practitioners.

“National Nursing Week’s theme, ‘The Power of Nurses to Transform Health’, is reflected every day in the work of our teams at HDGH,” said Shannon Landry, VP of Clinical Services, Restorative Care and Chief Nursing Executive.

“Our nurses are leaders in innovation, compassionate care, and patient advocacy, and they play a vital role in shaping better health outcomes for our community. The recipients we celebrate today truly embody the power of nursing to transform lives.”