Danielle Shin
Dr. Dorothy J. Kergin Fellowship Award My clinical background is in emergency and mental health. I chose nursing because it is a very flexible profession that has been and is continuing to evolve. I believe that wherever we are—whether that is the bedside, research labs, forensics, informatics, leadership positions or education—the collective efforts of nurses […]
Grissel Crasto
Eleanor Jean Martin Award Grissel is a nursing graduate of the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (UofT). She has worked in inpatient Neurology, Epilepsy and Neurosurgery at Toronto Western Hospital for over 5 years. Grissel is the recipient of the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network’s Fellowship Awards and has been actively […]
Erin Wagner
Extendicare Nurse Practitioner Scholarship I chose to become a nurse to have an impact and empower others. As a paediatric patient, I gained respect and trust for nurses and aspired to mimic the impact they had on me. I am currently enrolled in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program at Ryerson University and will […]
Ema Balihodzic
NANB CNA Centennial Scholarship My name is Ema Balihodzic. I am from New Brunswick. I am currently studying to be a Nurse Practitioner through Athabasca University. I developed an adoration for learning at a young age and decided to pursue a career in nursing as a way to combine my interest in health sciences with […]
Virginia Chobey
CNSA Mental Health Award Prior to entering the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at Vancouver Island University, I completed a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology at Ottawa University through which I studied various aspects of the human mind and psychosocial behaviour. I realized that I wanted to study further to become a […]
Ty Gormley
CNSA 2SLGBTQ+ Award Thank you to the Canadian Nurses Foundation for awarding me the CNSA 2SLGBTQ+ Award to assist me in my studies to become a proud nurse in my town of Saint John, New Brunswick. The many nurses in my family, including my uncle, have all inspired me to become a nurse so that […]
Timothy Harding
CNSA Parents in Nursing Award My name is Tim Harding, I am 31 years old, married with two kids, and I just completed my 3rd year and have started my 4th year (fast track) in the NESA BN program at the University of Lethbridge. I love the outdoors, camping, fishing, and hiking. When I was […]
Samantha Wiesenfeld
CNSA Bilingualism Award My name is Samantha Wiesenfeld, and I am honoured to have been awarded the title of CNF scholar. I am entering my final year of undergraduate nursing studies at McGill University. Upon graduation, I will represent the third generation of nurses in my family, following my grandmother and mother. It was their […]
Sabina Iqbal
CNSA Student Clinical Excellence Award My journey to becoming a nurse is far from a linear one. Unlike some of my peers, I did not have a childhood experience with a phenomenal pediatric nurse or an emergency room experience that changed my outlook on healthcare. In fact, three years ago, I was pursuing a science […]
Rithika Melvin
CNSA Education & Research Award My interest to pursue nursing initially sparked in my childhood when my grandmother, a neonatal nurse of 36 years shared stories of her nursing experience with warm-hearted moments and hardships. Her empathetic quality along with the respect and gratitude she received from her patients and their families inspired me to […]