Student Acknowledgements (Dec. 2022)

Congratulations to Jess Crawford, MN student, for receiving the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s Program (CGS-M) award for their application titled Exploring how nursing education prepares students for (trans)gender care: Perspectives of faculty and students at one Canadian undergraduate nursing program for $17,500. (Faculty advisor: Dr. Annette Schultz)

Congratulations to Jocelyn Elias, MN student, for receiving the UM’s Graduate Student Association Award for Masters for $12,000. (Faculty advisor: Judith Scanlan)

Congratulations to Amie-Rae Zaborniak, PhD candidate, for being awarded the Dr. Dorothy J. Kergin Fellowship Award from the Canadian Nurses Foundation for $10,000. (Faculty advisors: Dr. Wanda Chernomas and Dr. Judith Scanlan)

Congratulations to Vera Amponsah, MN student recipient of the UM Graduate Fellowship for $28,000.00. (Faculty advisor: Dr. Sonia Udod)

Congratulations to the following graduate student poster competition participants from the Helen Glass Research Symposium that took place September 26, 2022. View all video abstracts.

  • Naomi Armah, PhD student, Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Recommendations for Intercultural Communication in Academia and Practice. (Faculty advisors: Dr. Michelle Lobchuk and Dr. Christina West)
  • Jess Crawford, MN student, Nursing Education and GenderAffirming Care: Perspectives of Undergraduate Faculty and Students. (Faculty advisor: Dr. Annette Schultz)
  • Kristen Gulbransen, MN student, A Scoping Review: Best Practice Guidelines in the Birth Setting for Pregnant Persons who use Methamphetamines. (Faculty advisor: Dr. Kellie Thiessen)
  • Jennie MacMillan Gomez, MN student, Gender diverse youth guide strengthening family systems: Using photovoice and thematic analysis to identify youth and family needs. (Faculty advisor: Dr. Christina West)
  • Laura Walton, MN student, Patient Role Perspectives in Cardiac Postoperative Pain Assessment and Management: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study. (Faculty advisor: Dr. Diana McMillan)
  • Trinh Nguyen-Lu, PhD student, Why so stressed? A mixed methods study exploring stress and coping among newly graduated nurses during COVID-19. (Faculty advisors: Dr. Marnie Kramer and Dr. Nicole Harder)