POGO Recognition Awards
The POGO Recognition Awards Program began in 1999 and today acknowledges significant contributions of Ontarians to the field of childhood cancer care in Ontario and beyond. They were reimagined in 2023, for POGO’s 40th anniversary, to ensure alignment with the breadth and scope of POGO’s current work.
POGO Champion Award
The POGO Champion Award acknowledges excellence, leadership, innovation and collaboration in the field of childhood cancer care by an individual over the course of a career. Recipients have a strong history of participating in POGO initiatives, programs or services in a POGO partner hospital. They have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to achieving the best childhood cancer care system through their work within Ontario, for the benefit of children and youth with cancer, survivors, and/or their families in Ontario or in Ontario and beyond. Recipients are recognized for a career achievement rather than a single contribution.
POGO Community Partner Impact Award (Individual or Group of Individuals)
Selected by POGO
The POGO Community Partner Impact Award recognizes outstanding philanthropic contributions to POGO at a community, regional and/or provincial level to advance POGO’s mission and vision. Recipients (individuals, organizations, corporations, groups, families) demonstrate a commitment to charitable responsibility. Additionally, their altruism and leadership may have inspired others to give back to POGO, perhaps through charitable donations or other charitable acts in support of children and youth with cancer, survivors, and/or their families
POGO Early Career Professional Award
The POGO Early Career Professional Award recognizes an early-career professional (up to eight years in their first staff role) of any discipline who has demonstrated outstanding dedication, commitment and leadership as part of a multidisciplinary team caring for children and youth with cancer, survivors, and/or their families. Recipients work in a POGO partner hospital and also go above and beyond to exemplify POGO’s commitment to achieving an excellent childhood cancer care system by contributing their expertise in a voluntary capacity, e.g. advisory body, POGO committee, community-based initiative, etc.
POGO Nursing Leadership Award
This award recognizes an individual in the field of pediatric oncology nursing who demonstrates passion, vision and energy for childhood cancer care, and a commitment to a patient-family-survivor-centred approach. Recipients show leadership in ensuring the nursing perspective informs various aspects of childhood cancer care, which may include service delivery, system planning, quality improvement, knowledge transfer, professional development and/or research. Recipients have participated in POGO initiatives, programs or services, and/or work in a POGO partner hospital. They are well respected by hospital healthcare teams, patients, families, survivors and administrative leaders.
POGO Visionary Award (Individual or Team)
The POGO Visionary Award acknowledges an individual or team for an outstanding specific/single contribution to advancing the childhood cancer care system in Ontario for the benefit of children and youth with cancer, survivors, and/or their families. Recipients are agents of change whose work, as part of a POGO initiative, program or service in a POGO partner hospital, exemplifies the visionary efforts that led to POGO’s creation in 1983.
Date
November 6-8, 2025
Location
Blue Mountain
156 Jozo Weider Blvd,
The Blue Mountains, ON
Rates
| Early Bird (end Sept 30) | |
|---|---|
| Symposium | $350 |
| Pre-Symposium Nursing Day | $125 |
| Bundle: Pre-Symposium Nursing Day & Symposium | $450 |
| Regular Rate | |
| Symposium | $450 |
| Pre-Symposium Nursing Day | $150 |
| Bundle: Pre-Symposium Nursing Day & Symposium | $500 |
| Fellow and Student Rate | |
| Symposium | $175 |
| Pre-Symposium Nursing Day | $50 |
| Bundle: Pre-Symposium Nursing Day & Symposium | $200 |