April 23, 2004
New scholarship for nursing students
NUNATSIAQ NEWS
Nursing students at Nunavut Arctic College are eligible for the newly created
Dr. Christine Egan Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Nunavut residents entering their second, third or fourth year of a baccalaureate
nursing program are encouraged to apply for the scholarship, which will be awarded
to one or more students who demonstrate a commitment to nursing in Nunavut.
The fund marks the commitment to health and education in Nunavut that Dr. Egan
demonstrated before her death in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre
in New York City on September 11, 2001. Egan had been visiting her brother at
the WTC that morning.
After graduating in 1967 from the Hull School of Nursing in the UK, Egan served
as a nurse in Iqaluit, Cape Dorset, Pond Inlet, and many communities in the
Kivalliq region. In 1999, she earned a Ph.D. in community health sciences at
the University of Manitoba. She later served as program director of research
and education for the Kivalliq Regional Health Board.
The University of Manitoba will administer the fund.
Applicants can find more details at www.umanitoba.ca/
faculties/medicine/mmcf/awards/egan_scholarship.html.
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