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2014 3M Health Leadership Award Recipient Joy Finney

Joy Finney–leading with vision and a determined commitment to social change In 1991 the town of Elmira, Ontario was in a state of crisis because the drinking water was contaminated with toxic chemicals. Joy Finney worked alongside others in the community who wanted to create positive change from this challenging situation. They encouraged people in the Township of Woolwich to imagine what a healthy community could be and how they could achieve that vision. The result of the visioning session was the creation of Woolwich Healthy Communities, a citizen-led organization which has worked to improve local social, environmental and economic health for the past twenty-four years. Woolwich has gone on to become one of one of the most active and longstanding Healthy Communities organizations in Canada. The local Township Council endorsed their guiding principles to help them make healthy choices. Joy believes passionately in Margaret Wheatley’s suggestion that it is trusting relationships which enables communities or organizations to ride the waves of change, for it is trust that frees people’s creativity and generativity. Joy inspires others to feel good about themselves and about their contributions to the broader community.