Debbie O'Brien - 1st Quality of Life Award recipient
Debbie is a firm believer in giving back
to her community. Debbie worked tirelessly with St. Vincent
Capital Campaign as Co-Chair in raising much needed funding
for their major renovations. She now serves as Chair of the
SCO Foundation, a Board Member for the Brockville General
Hospital Foundation and Director of the Don & Shirley
Green Family Foundation. Debbie has been a strong supporter
of St. Joe’s Women’s Centre and truly believes in our
philosophy. Debbie is an avid golfer and Ottawa Senators
fan.
Sr. Véronique Belcourt - 2nd Quality of Life Award
recipient
Sr. Véronique has trained at the old
General Hospital in Ottawa in the records administration,
working her way up to departmental head of Records
Administration at St. Vincent Hospital. She was also a
teacher at the Elementary, High School and College level, in
Montreal, Northern Alberta and Algonquin College. Her
community opened a home for unwed mothers in the Plantagenet
area, where she volunteered for 10 years. She also
spent thirteen years as a volunteer at the Ottawa-Carleton
Regional Detention Centre, befriending, women who ran afoul
with the law and for the past 12 years a volunteer at St.
Joe’s Women’s Centre.
Michelle Valberg - 3rd Quality of Life
Award recipient
Michelle has been photographing in Canada for over 19
years and is renowned for her portrait work, creative
landscapes and her unique ability to capture the very soul
of her subjects. Michelle has been recognized twice by the
YMCA/YWCA Women of Distinction Awards for Businesswomen of
the Year and in the Arts category. She also received the 40
Under 40 Award and Algonquin College awarded her as Alumna
of the Year for 2005. She has self published two Canadian
books that raised money for Ottawa based charities.
Over the years, Michelle has contributed her talents and
creativity to countless charitable initiatives including St.
Joe’s Women’s Centre, CHEO, The Ottawa Regional Cancer
Centre, Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, Make-A-Wish
Foundation, The Ottawa Heart Institute, The Humane Society,
Saint-Vincent Hospital and Elisabeth Bruyere to name a few.
She is a board member of the CHEO Foundation, SCO Health
Services Foundation and she Co-Chairs the Capital Talk
Committee.
