Vida Jovanovic
CNF Award My name is Vida Jovanovic and I’m entering my final year in UBC’s BSN program. In 2015 I obtained my BSc in Microbiology at UVic and immediately began working in the research department of a large biotech company. I got into research in order to help develop medical treatments to improve lives. A […]
Victoria Robichaud
CNSA Clinical Excellence Award My name is Victoria Robichaud, I am a second year compressed nursing student at Trent University. I am married to a wonderful husband who has helped me cultivate a love of video games, cooking, and personal fitness. I am studying to become a nurse because my ambitions in life have always […]
Tara Horrill
Dr. Helen Preston Glass Fellowship Award I am a doctoral candidate in the College of Nursing at the University of Manitoba. My research focuses on critically examining equitable access to oncology care and cancer disparities among Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and my doctoral research focuses specifically on how oncology nurses construct barriers to accessing care […]
Sarah Filiatreault
Ann Beckingham Award Choosing nursing as a profession is a call to pursue the betterment of humankind through practice, education, and research. My grandmother was a nurse and completed one of the first Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs in Canada at the University of Alberta in 1936. Her work as a nursing scientist, as […]
Sara Ling
Alice Girard Award So much has happened since beginning my nursing career 10 years ago! I studied nursing because I thought it would be interesting, fulfilling, and that I would have opportunities to grow both professionally and personally. Those expectations have been met and exceeded! I have been employed at the Centre for Addiction and […]
Reanne Booker
Senator Norm Paterson Award I came into the field of nursing quite by chance. As a second-year undergraduate student who was somewhat unsure of what I wanted to be when I grew up, I took a nursing course as an elective. I knew well before the end of the term that nursing was unequivocally what […]
Prudence Kithinji
CNSA Community Involvement Award “What do I want to do with my life?” This is perhaps the most important question I’ve had to wrestle with since I was a teenager. I knew I loved to work with my hands, to serve people, especially at their most vulnerable times, and I enjoyed learning about how the […]
Paula Kelly
Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland & Labrador Education and Research Trust 25th Anniversary Scholarship I graduated from nursing school with my diploma in 1988 from St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. Originally when I began working as a registered nurse, I cared for women and their families throughout their childbearing experiences. I continued […]
Patricia Morris
New Brunswick PhD Nursing Scholarship I became a nurse because I am passionate about social justice, and I wanted to combine that passion with practical work with older adults. My grandmother, mom, and sister are all nurses and I grew up understanding the important role that nurses can play in people’s lives during really vulnerable […]
Nicole Ong
Eaton Award I am a Bachelor of Science in Nursing student at UBC. Prior to the programme, I was a post-doctoral research fellow at the School of Kinesiology in UBC, and a sessional lecturer at UBC and Douglas College. In my research I studied observational practice and psychological variables that maximize motor skill learning. Working […]