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mary Jo haddad bscn ’84, llD ’05
Haddad was appointed president and CEO of Hospital for
Sick Children in 2004. Since joining the hospital in 1984, she
has served as executive vice-president and COO, chief nurse
executive, vice-president child health services, and director
of neonatology and critical care.
Haddad was recently named a member of the Order of
Canada and was a recipient of the Premier’s Award for
Outstanding Achievement by College Alumni in the Province.
She received Women’s Executive Network’s Canada’s Most
Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in 2007 and 2008. She was
awarded the Canadian Nurses Association “Nurse to Know”
Centennial Achievement Award in 2008 by Canada’s Prime
Minister. In 2009, Haddad received both the 2009 Leadership
Award from the Society of Graduates of University of Toronto’s
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation,
and the Toronto Business Excellence Award for Leading CEO.
Haddad has volunteered with The Darling Home for Kids
and was a member of the Cabinet for United Way of Greater
Toronto as the leader of the Health Care Division. She is also
a proud supporter of International Children’s Circle of Care,
SickKids Foundation.
Dr. william mcDermott PhD ’77
Dr. McDermott is a celebrated trauma psychologist licensed in
Ontario, Michigan and Louisiana. He is director of McDermott
Associates, a consulting practice specializing in crisis counselling.
McDermott works internationally as a disaster relief worker.
Among his work, he has counselled relatives of some of the
2,819 victims of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade
Centre, and in the killing fields of Rwanda, Croatia and Bosnia/
Herzegovina. He also served as citizen ambassador and
delegate-in-trauma in South Africa, Vietnam and Cambodia.
He spent 15 years as the executive director and clinical
co-ordinator at The Child’s Place in Windsor, was an adjunct
professor at the University of Windsor, and served on a
number of boards and organizations that service mental
health in the community.
The RCMP and OPP have recognized McDermott with
citations for outstanding service and he received a similar
honour from the National Organization of Victim Assistance.
Dr. James carl wesenberg PhD ‘77
Dr. Wesenberg is the regional director - laboratory services
for David Thompson Health Region, Red Deer Regional
Hospital. The clinical chemist is a noted scholar with a
number of studies and publications to his credit. He has held
academic appointments at the University of Windsor, Trent
University, and Wayne State University’s School of Medicine.
In 2009, he chaired a joint meeting of the American
Association of Clinical Chemists and the Canadian Society of
Clinical Chemists, where nearly 22,000 scientists participated.
Often recognized for his success, Wesenberg has been
awarded the CSCC Award for Outstanding Contributions to
his profession.
the award of merit will be presented to all three at
the alumni association’s annual general meeting &
awards Presentations on november 24. for more
information about the award and a list of previous
recipients, go to
ALumNI ASSOcIATION rEcOGNIzES ThrEE WITh hIGhEST hONOur
the alumni association board of Directors is pleased to announce that three deserving individuals will be
presented with the alumni association’s most prestigious award, the alumni award of merit.
Dr. James carl wesenberg
Dr. william mcDermott
mary Jo haddad
