Karen Campbell
Sigma Theta Tau International Award I became a nurse because I wanted stable employment and a job that would be well-suited to what I really wanted to do: become a mom. I was young and saw a female-dominated profession and thought it must be easy to balance family and nursing. But as a novice nurse […]
Jae Yung Kwon
Bianca Beyer Award As a Registered Nurse, I wear many hats. Currently, I wear a big PhD student hat to advance nursing practice in an ever-changing healthcare system and services. One of the biggest issue is evaluating healthcare through clinical outcomes such as mortality, which is not sensitive enough to capture the full scope of […]
Jacqueline Crandall
Dr. Ann Beckingham Award I am a nurse practitioner at the London Health Sciences Centre and a PhD Nursing candidate at the University of Alberta. Becoming a nurse seemed a natural move for me. As a child, I remember putting Band-Aids on the calluses of my dad’s hands and being the first to be there […]
Emilie Hudson
Eleanor J. Martin Award I am a nurse and Masters of Nursing Student. I have a passion for oncology care and research, and am also interested in examining technology in the context of nursing practice. My nursing trajectory began after spending a few years contemplating who I was and how I would use my strengths […]
Gillian Strudwick
Dr. Kathryn J Hannah Nursing Informatics Scholarship I am a doctoral student at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. My doctoral research focuses on how various barriers and facilitators influence nurses’ use of electronic health records. I entered the field of nursing, as I wanted to pursue a career […]
Catharine Schiller
Bianca Beyer Award After working as a Registered Nurse at Toronto Hospital for Sick Children for several years in the ‘90s, I returned to school to complete a Master of Science and then went on to obtain a law degree from The University of Western Ontario. I practiced in the Health Law department at a […]
Sarah King
Nova Scotia Nurses Association Award I love helping people, especially kids and families. Kids make routine health situations an adventure and there are always laughs to share! The dedication and strength of families still inspires me after 10 years as a pediatric nurse. I have had a varied career, working in pediatric intensive care, as a […]
Sakina Abbas
Sanofi Pasteur Award People often ask me why I became a nurse, and my response has usually been “because I want to help people”. It is not until recently that I really understood the meaning of this. While working and volunteering abroad in various developing countries, I learned that living in poverty was a challenging […]
Margo Cameron
Military Nurses Association Award Founded by Col. Agnes Campbell Neill After graduating from the University of Windsor BScN program, I first practiced nursing at Harper Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. With a move to Mississauga I worked for Peel Public Health as a generalist Public Health Nurse. Caring for individuals in homes, schools and workplaces […]
Laurie Horricks
Lundbeck Canada Inc. Mental Health Nursing Award One of my earliest memories of childhood is the strong desire I had to become a nurse. I was fortunate to be part of a family that valued the importance of caring for others. This had a large influence on me growing up. I knew early on that […]