Keri Durocher
Bianca Beyer Award My passion for nursing began while I was working as a summer-term health care aide at a long-term care facility in my hometown of Arthur, Ontario. Despite being in business school at the time, I constantly missed working with the residents and the interdisciplinary team members. It was this experience that inspired […]
Chantille Isler
ARNNL Education Research Grant “I became a nurse to help people and through my undergraduate studies I realized I had a passion for working in mental health. I graduated with an undergraduate degree in nursing from Memorial University in 2012. The focus of my practice has been caring for those with a serious and persistent […]
Jack Avanthay Strus
Sigma Theta Tau International Award When I started my degree in nursing, I thought it was going to be a stepping-stone to get into medicine. Little did I know that 18 years later, I would love being a nurse as much as I did after I graduated from my prelicensure program in 2004. I began […]
Brianna Hobbs
WeRPN Award in Nursing Excellence I decided to become a nurse because I’ve always had a passion for helping people. In my previous career, I worked in customer service and software support roles helping people with their daily tasks. My path to nursing school has been anything but linear. I was thinking of going back […]
Amandeep Gill
WeRPN Award in Nursing Excellence I am an internationally educated nurse. I have done Academic Pathway for International Educate Nurses Program. After completing the program, I started my BScN Program at Metropolitan University. I have done my two terms in the university. My third term is about to done. Thank you so much for selecting […]
Sophie Taché-Green
Innovative Medicine Canada Award Many nurses say that nursing was a calling, or that they decided on the profession after a meaningful nursing interaction but I came to it without vocation or influence. At 20, I had dropped out of university and was bartending 5 nights a week. I was rudderless. I knew I needed […]
Isadora Donoso
Innovative Medicine Canada Award My name is Isadora Donoso, and I am extremely grateful to be selected as a CNF scholar for 2022/2023 intake. I have been a Registered Nurse for 6 years and am currently a 1st year masters student in the University of Victoria Nurse Practitioner program. I became a nurse because I […]
Zahra Upal
Tylenol Masters Award Nursing as a career choice is not something I ever considered. After the birth of my child, she was having concerns with spitting up milk after feeds. This issue affected my ability to take her out of the home for fear that she would throw up in public and was very concerning […]
Adrienne Lagura
Tylenol Masters Award I am extremely grateful and honored to receive the CNF Tylenol Scholarship! My passion for nursing stems from my childhood. I used to spend my summer breaks with my aunt who was in nursing school back then. She had always been very driven to help the people around her–I told myself that […]
Grace Choi
Tylenol Masters Award When I reflect upon what my inner driving force is in life, it can be pinpointed to the tremendous amount of joy and fulfillment I experience when helping others. Since grade school, I had immersed myself in volunteer opportunities. Whether I was teaching kids at summer day camps or volunteering at a […]