Awarded on the basis of dedication, commitment and promise in complex continuing care management and/or policy.
Amount: $1,000

The Robert Wood Johnson Award, established in 1956 by Johnson & Johnson Medical Products Inc., is an award program exclusively for graduate students in health administration programs in Canada.

Robert Wood Johnson earned a worldwide reputation for his innovative management techniques, far-sighted socioeconomic reforms and dedicated public service. He helped establish the world's first school of hospital administration, created a unique industry/hospital collaboration for improving hospital management efficiency and help set up a prototype nurse recruitment program.

The award consists of $1,500, a Certificate of Merit, travel and accommodation expenses to attend the awards ceremony. An award is presented to one student from each of the six Canadian universities offering graduate programs in health services administration.

Students must be enrolled full or part-time in a graduate program of health services administration at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, Université de Montréal, University of Alberta, University of Ottawa and Dalhousie University.

Each of the six faculties selects a student viewed as the most likely to contribute valuable service to health services management. At the University of Toronto the award is given to a student in the second year of the program and all program faculty are involved in the nomination and selection process.