TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/06/09 -- Participants at the second annual IPAC public sector leadership conference in Toronto took a break yesterday evening to honour the winners of the 2009 IPAC Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Awards. Coast-to- coast, this year's winners demonstrate a range of achievements that, individually and collectively, reinforce the benefits of public sector leadership to all Canadians.

"These awards help foster a culture of innovation and support the inspirational work of public servants across the country," said Paul Macmillan, Deloitte's national Public Sector practice leader. "Canadians deserve to know just how hard and well their public servants work for them and the public servants deserve an opportunity to showcase the fruit of their labour," he added.

The leaders of public sector organizations are one of Canada's most important assets. Recognizing and building the cadre of public sector leaders is a critical ingredient in the success of our country and our communities. This national awards program encourages and acknowledges outstanding leadership within federal, provincial and municipal levels of government, as well as in health care, educational and not-for-profit organizations across the country.

"We have only scratched the surface in terms of recognizing the work being done within the public sector, said Gabriel Sekaly, Chief Executive Officer of IPAC. "With every passing year, we are more and more excited about the leadership and innovation that we're seeing. It couldn't be a better time to be a proud Canadian," concluded Sekaly.

2009 IPAC Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Awards, by category and prize

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 Category /
   Prize           Gold               Silver               Bronze
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               Department of    Ontario Ministry of
            Foreign Affairs and  Health and Long-   Ministere de l'Emploi
            International Trade                     et de la Solidarite
Federal /            -          Term Care - Leading sociale du Quebec -
Provincial    Response to the   the Transformation  Pacte pour l'emploi
            2007 Passport Surge   in Stewardship
                 in Demand
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                                 Vancouver Police    City of Edmonton -
             City of Toronto -  Department, City of   Leading Change :
Municipal     Streets to Home       Vancouver -        Neighbourhood
                                   Reclaiming the     revitalization
                                      Street
                                     of Shame
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                                 Michener Institute
                                        for
                                  Applied Health
               Simon Fraser         Sciences -      Ryerson University -
Education   University - Coming Innovation Strategy:   Leadership for
               Down from the       Transforming       Student Success
                 Mountain        Education in the
                                  Applied Health
                                     Sciences
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             Hospital for Sick   Provincial Health
              Children - The    Services Authority    Saint Elizabeth
Health      Canadian Pediatric  (British Columbia) -   Health Care -
            Surgical Wait Times   imPROVE: PHSA's       Partners for
                  Project       Program Focusing on  Aboriginal Health
                                   Patients and
                                Empowering Staff
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                La Societe    Children's Treatment  Canadian Partnership
                de velo en      Network, Simcoe       Against Cancer -
Not-for-profit libre-service,  York - From Vision    Cancer View Canada:
                 Ville de        to Reality         the CPAC Partnership
              Montreal - BIXI                             Portal
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About the Public Sector Leadership Awards

The IPAC/Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Awards program recognizes organizations that have demonstrated outstanding leadership by taking bold steps to improve Canada, through advancements in public policy and management. The award winners reflect the importance of innovation, strategic thinking, trust and team building, shared vision, and effective collaboration and partnerships. Selection criteria focus on projects where leadership has enabled major organizational transformation and outstanding performance. For more information about the IPAC/Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Awards, including a list of the advisory committee and finalists, please visit: www.leadershipawards.ca

About IPAC

The Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC), founded in 1947, is a dynamic association of public servants, academics, and others interested in public administration. Anchored by our regional groups, IPAC is a membership-based organization that creates knowledge networks and leads public administration research in Canada. Since the early 1990s, IPAC has been a major player in exporting successful Canadian public sector expertise around the world.

About Deloitte

Deloitte, one of Canada's leading professional services firms, provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services through more than 7,700 people in 57 offices. Deloitte operates in Quebec as Samson Belair/Deloitte & Touche s.e.n.c.r.l. Deloitte & Touche LLP, an Ontario Limited Liability Partnership, is the Canadian member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity. Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and its member firms.