The Mount Pleasant Group Equity in Action Award recognizes existing or new hospice-led initiatives that have improved access to hospice palliative care services for equity-deserving communities. This award is open to any HPCO member hospice providing service in the province of Ontario.

The award is a cash prize of $10,000 payable to the selected hospice.

Eligibility Criteria

The hospice must:
  • Be a member in good standing of Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, in the organization category.
  • Be physically located in Ontario. Note: Hospices serving these regions but not physically located in these regions are not eligible.
  • Provide Visiting Hospice services or Hospice Residence Services as defined by HPCO Standards.
The initiative must have been:
  • Created for one or more equity-deserving community including but not limited to:
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Black, and Racialized peoples
  • 2SLGBTQI+ populations
  • People with intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • People living with dementia
  • People experiencing homelessness
  • Created in partnership and/or with involvement from an equity-deserving group, a community organization and/or a research institution that has expertise in the targeted equity-deserving community.
What Projects/Innovations Qualify for the Award?
  • Initiatives that demonstrate the improvement of access to hospice palliative care for equity-deserving populations in their community; or
  • Initiatives that remove the barriers for equity-deserving communities to receive hospice palliative care; or
  • Initiatives that support either skills building or knowledge transfer, improving access to hospice palliative care for equity-deserving communities.
Out of Scope
The award nomination is not a grant/funding mechanism for new future initiatives.

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