Joan Butler IODE Award in Perinatal Intensive Care Nursing

​The Joan Butler Award in Perinatal Intensive Care Nursing was established in 1988 by Bruce Butler in memory of his wife Joan, a former National Officer.

The annual award is given to each of two Canadian graduate nurses enrolled in the certificate program in Perinatal Intensive Care Nursing at George Brown College, Toronto.
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Recipients for this Award

1989
Colleen New 
Eleanor Hanf

1990
None

1991
None

1992
Lorilee McDermott

1993
Denise Bendo
Annie Leung
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1994
Tamara Pultz

1995
Meri Allore 
Lisa D’Amico
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1996
Ruth Lau 
Cathy Taylor

​1997
Mariamma Augustine 
Shania Ciupka

1998
Shawna Holmlund 
Lisa Bliss

1999
Marie Lewis 
Maria Pui-Yu Luk

2000
Lisa Ann Magerman 
Rebecca Lyn Marsh

2001
Jennifer R. Cline 
Marhovash Pouryosofyan

2002
Rosita Arrizza 
Julie Price

2003
Jennifer Cline 
Lorraine Duelan

2004
Sylvia Borkowska 
Stella Wiafe
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2005
Luzla Lelong 
Entela Ziu

2006
Takako Chikura 
Marie Dunn

2007
Pamela Freeman
Patricia Shaw

2008
Shirley Scott
Jennifer Lim-Yin

2009
Donna Higgins
Phuong Van Thi Hguyen
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2010
Mollie McConnell
Jacqueline Robinson

2011
Jacqueline Simoniian
Crystal Trull

2012
Michelle Gallagher
Laura Webster

2013
Carli Hubbard
​Melody Yeung

​2014
Chelsea Keyes
​Martina Mutoni
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​2015
Vanessa Emmons
​Teena Koshy

​2016
Demelza Domingo
​Michelle Arbour

​2017
Sadaf Khan
​Gillian Ho

​2018
Sheren Anwar Siani
​Roshni Chacko

​2019
Maida Appassova
​Jamila Siddiqui