Chris Price
CNSA BIPOC Nursing Award Hello there, I wanted to take a moment to write a bit about myself so you may have a better understanding of the type of nurse I will become in my future. I had a tough life growing up. My family has always been one that struggled in matters of the […]
Chantelle Peacock Hammel
CNSA Indigenous Health Award I have always had a passion for helping people, it didn’t matter where I was or what needed to be done. It started when I was a very young age when I pursued training to become a lifeguard, where I worked for several years. Following my job as a lifeguard, I […]
Anika Daclan
CNSA BIPOC Nursing Award My family’s Sunday night conversations at the dinner table, my observations of the environment and my parent’s work cultivated my passion for social justice from a very young age. I became cognizant of the different systemic barriers: including judgment, stigma and other social and economic factors that many individuals may face. […]
Thomas Pool
John J Vanderlee Award for Male Nursing Students My name is Thomas Pool and I chose to become a nurse to make a meaningful contribution to my community. My parents fostered children affected by parental substance misuse and through my exposure to foster care, I became determined to understand my privilege and not take it […]
Sarah McLeod
Frances Mary Stoddart Award I am very thankful and honoured to receive the Canadian Nurses Foundation Frances Mary Stoddart Award. Thank you to the CNF and to its donors. The funds from this scholarship will help me financially as I enter my final year of the BSN program at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. For […]
Rachelle Eldik
John and Sanne Hansen/Craig Martin Memorial Pediatric Award My name is Rachelle Eldik and I am now entering my final year of the accelerated BScN program at the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. I chose to become a nurse because of my passion for hospitality and caring for others. From a very young […]
Priya Prabhakar
Margaret F. Munro Award I am a migrant-settler from India, born in Nigeria and raised in Ottawa on Algonquin territory. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Sociology from McGill University and continued on to complete a Master’s in Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Toronto. My work […]
Neelam Noushad
Brenda Jeam IEN Nursing Award I, Neelam Noushad, was raised and born in Karachi, Pakistan. I had my Diploma in Nursing and Post RN-BScN program from my home country. To become a Nurse, this idea was always there in my heart and mind. I was brought up in a social community who’s invested in community […]
Nathaniel Gumapac
John J Vanderlee Award for Male Nursing Students My name is Nathaniel, and I’m about to go into my fourth and final year of my Bachelor’s of Nursing Science program at Queen’s University. I chose to become a nurse because I believed that helping patients was more than just seeing them as a set of […]
Megan MacLean
Nightingale Award My name is Megan, and I am pursuing a Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Calgary. I have been working as a Licensed Practical Nurse for 4.5 years, most of which in acute care, and for fun I work as a Ski and Mountain Bike Patroller on the side. I also love […]