Olivia Wale
TD Aboriginal Nursing Fund Award – Baccalaureate I’m from the Gitxsan Nation of Northern British Columbia. I grew up in Kamloops BC and moved to Vancouver Island to attend the University of Victoria in 2008. I completed a Bachelor of Science with a combined major in Biology and Psychology in 2013 and I began working […]
Mary Smith
TD Aboriginal Nursing Fund Award – PhD I am so proud to be a Canadian Nurses Foundation (CNF) Scholar again! This scholarship will further support my work through the dissertation phase at the University of Victoria’s PhD Nursing Program. Presently I am engaged in learning the stories of my community and First Nation people who […]
Kayla Douglas
TD Aboriginal Nursing Fund Award – Baccalaureate I am of Denesuline (Chipewyan) First Nations, Irish and Scottish decent. I have been a visitor on the territory of the Kwakiutl First Nations, on the northern part of Vancouver Island, for all of my life. I remember when I was eight years old in the hospital with […]
Karen Campbell
Dr. Alice Girard Award Why I became a nurse … Some say nursing is a calling; perhaps they are right. It becomes compelling and extraordinary in so many ways. Nursing is a way of being and knowing that becomes more than what you do. As a nurse, I have cried with grieving parents; celebrated the strengths […]
Janelle Carriere
TD Aboriginal Nursing Fund Award – Baccalaureate Why I chose to become a nurse? Let me count the ways. Coming from a large and close-knit family with many relatives, I witnessed firsthand from a young age how essential it is to care for others, both young and old. My mother cared for several family members […]
Niloofar Esbak
Beverley & John Carl Award I am in the second year of the UVic Nurse Practitioner (NP) Master of Nursing program. I graduated from UBC with a bachelor of biology and worked in clinical research for two years in the fields of HIV and Hepatitis-C with the vulnerable populations of Vancouver. I then decided to […]
Paisly Symenuk
Dr. Ginette Lemire Rodger Award I first applied to nursing school because I enjoyed being around people, the acute healthcare environment, and knew that my personality and values aligned well with the profession. I saw myself working in a high acuity fast paced environment within health care delivery. Fast forward to this past year, my […]
Haley Hanson
TD Aboriginal Nursing Fund Award – Baccalaureate I grew up in South Slocan, a small community nestled within the Kootenays in British Columbia. Growing up in this rural area I enjoyed camping, fishing, riding my bike, catching frogs, and other outdoor activities. This lifestyle followed me into adulthood, as I still enjoy being outside and […]
Erica Joe
TD Aboriginal Nursing Fund Award – Baccalaureate I grew up in Merritt BC and I am from the Lower Nicola Indian Band. In 2009, I graduated with a Therapy Assistant Diploma from Okanagan College Kelowna. While working as a therapy assistant and working at my first job in a hospital setting, I was immediately […]
Cynthia Davis
TD Aboriginal Nursing Fund Award – PhD After more than 25 years in the nursing profession the reason why I started seems as relevant to me now as it did then, fundamentally the desire to help people and make a difference. Nursing has afforded me the luxury of a meaningful lifelong career. In both my […]