The College of Nursing congratulates and recognizes its graduate students on their achievements.
June 2025 update
AWARDS:
Congratulations to:
Jaypee Benitez Buhisan, NP student (faculty advisor: Terilyn Hunter), recipient of a Kathleen and Winnifred Ruane Nurse Practitioner Scholarship for $3,000.
Andrew Kerr, recipient of the Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba (ARNM) Award of Excellence: Nursing Education.
Sophie Rebizant, NP student (faculty advisor: Amber Hemminger), recipient of the HSGSA Graduate Student Merit Award (GSMA) 2025.
Tara Tourloukis, PhD student (faculty advisor: Dr. Elsie Duff, internal committee member, Dr. Kim Mitchell and external committee member Dr. Laura McDonald), recipient of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Association of Ontario, Education Award for $2,000.
Ariel Wilcox, MN student, (faculty advisor: Dr. Judith Scanlan), recipient of a Winnipeg Foundation Martha Donovan Women’s Leadership Award for $2,445.
MEDALS:
Congratulations to:
Jess Crawford, recipient of the Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba (ARNM) Medal of Excellence.
RECOGNITION:
Congratulations to:
Vera Amponsah (advisor: Dr. Sonia Udod; internal member: Dr. Genevieve Thompson; external member: Sean MacDonald) for successfully defending her oral Master of Nursing proposal on May 23, 2025, entitled, Empowerment of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from nurses’ experiences.
Adam Brandt and Jess Crawford, graduates of the second annual Lavender Graduation Ceremony, held on Bannatyne Campus on May 27, 2025. This celebrates 2SLGBTQIA+ graduates at any education level (in any school in the province).
Adam Brandt (advisor: Dr. Lynn Scruby; internal member: Dr. Wanda Chernomas; external member: Dr. Nathan Nickel) for successfully defending his Master of Nursing thesis on May 26, 2025, entitled, The lived experiences of nurses who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ in providing nursing care within an urban prairie setting: An interpretive descriptive study.
Jess Crawford, MN student, has received the Merit Reviewer for the Canadian Nurses Federation.
Jess Crawford, MN student, contributed to the 2025 2SLGBTQIA+ Liaison Nurse Intensive Meeting Report. AdJust Research Collective, University of Victoria. The full citation is as follows:
Slemon, A., Handlovsky, I., Crawford, J., Schmied, S. (2025). 2025 2SLGBTQIA+ Liaison Nurse Intensive Meeting Report. AdJust Research Collective, University of Victoria
Jess Crawford, MN student, served on the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Committee on Advancing SOGIESC Equity and Success, (2025). Promoting equitable, affirming, and inclusive environments for 2S LGBTQAI+ Nursing Students: Guidelines for Canadian Schools of Nursing. The full citation is as follows: Baker, C., Crawford, J., Daly, K., Dame, J., Ehsan, Z., Evans, M., Gauthier, M., Geen, W., Haghiri-Vijeh, R., Klien, A., Martin, R., Phillips, J.C., Slemon, A., & Ziegler, E. CASN Committee on Advancing SOGIESC Equity and Success. (2025). Promoting Equitable, Affirming, and Inclusive Environments for 2S LGBTQAI+ Nursing Students: Guidelines for Canadian Schools of Nursing (pp. 1-23). Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. https://www.casn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CASN-SOGIESC-Guidelines-2025-EN.pdf
Jocelyn Elias (faculty advisor: Dr. Judith Scanlan; internal member: Dr. Dean Care; external member: Dr. Malcolm Doupe) for successfully defending her MN Thesis on March 17, 2025, Discovering and dreaming: Long-term care healthcare aide perceptions of structural empowerment.
Ashley Hebert (advisor: Dr. Genevieve Thompson; internal member: Dr. Diana McMillan; external member: Dr. Katarina Lee) for successfully defending their Master of Nursing proposal on May 26, 2025, entitled, Exploring hospital nurses’ perceptions of advance care planning and the experience of caring for patients whose goals of care are known and unknown.
Abigail Kawadza (primary faculty advisor: Dr. Judith Scanlan; secondary faculty advisor: Dr. Donna Martin) for successfully defending her MN Capstone Project on March 10, 2025, Leadership Development for Novice Nurse Leaders: Findings from a Narrative Review of Literature.
Andrea Winther Klippenstein (advisor: Dr. Christina West; internal member: Dr. Javier Mignone, Dr. Shannon Scott; external member: Dr. Bernie Carter) for successfully defending her oral dissertation defense (PhD) on May 9, 2025, entitled, Empowering pediatric sibling hematopoietic stem cell donor voices through digital storytelling.
Belinda Mayer (advisor: Dr. Genevieve Thompson; internal member: Dr. Sonia Udod; external member: Dr. Laura Funk) for successfully defending her PhD Thesis Proposal on May 5, 2025, entitled, The experience of families in Long-Term Care (LTC) advisory councils: A mixed methods study.
Trisha Plett (primary faculty advisor: Dr. Judith Scanlan; secondary faculty advisor: Dr. Asha Pereira) for successfully defending her MN Capstone Project on March 19, 2025, An interactive workshop for nurse managers to strengthen nurse retention.
Nicole Prenovault (advisor: Dr. Wanda Chernomas; internal member: Dr. Em Pijl; external member: Dr. Priya Mani) for successfully defending her Master of Nursing Thesis Proposal on May 1, 2025, entitled, Exploring thriving in newly graduated nurses: A qualitative descriptive study.