Moira Walker Memorial Award for International Service

This Award honors an individual or group that has demonstrated extraordinary efforts to bring about change or improvement related to infection prevention and control in parts of the world that are under developed or under resourced. The annual award is in honour of Moira Walker RN CIC, a Past President of IPAC Canada and Past Honourary Secretary of the International Federation of Infection Control. Moira's life was dedicated to enhancing the physical and spiritual health of her many friends and colleagues.

Please click HERE for 2025 award criteria.

Click HERE for 2025 nomination form.

Deadline March 31, 2025. Award winner will be advised by April 15th; award to be presented during the national education conference.

Past winners of the Moira Walker Memorial Award for International Service

2012 Yasmine Chagla
2013 Natalie Bridger, Brenda Earles
2014 Sandra Callery
2015 Donna Moralejo
2016 Shirley McDonald, Sally MacInnis
2017 Paul Webber
2018 Barbara Catt and Zahir Hirji
2019 Mandy Deeves
2020 No award presented
2021 Pierre Plourde
2023 Alicia Cortright