16: Montérégie

Dunham - Townshippers' Association

Emily Beerworth 

• McGill University
• Bachelor of Nursing (integrated) (BNI)
• 1st year

Bursary

• 2011-2012: $10,000
• 2012-2013: $10,000

“I want to use my training as a nurse to help people here where I was born and raised. (…) In Nursing, we learned that nursing is about treating people, not illness.

 I am fully bilingual, and I know how much people appreciate having someone that can communicate in their own language, especially when they are receiving medical treatment.”

Emily Bouthot

• Champlain Regional College, Lennoxville
• Nursing
• 2nd year

Bursary

• 2011-2012: $5,000
• 2012-2013: $5,000

“I love the rural setting of the area and feel a strong connection with the community and the people. 

 All the people I have spoken to or who know that I am studying to be a nurse, have been very excited for me and encouraging.

 I feel a need to come back to this community and give back something for everything that the people have given me.”

Cowansville - Townshippers' Association

Melissa Daigle

• McGill University
• Master of Social Work
• 2nd year

Bursary

• 2011-2012: $10,000
• 2012-2013: $5,000

“With the help of this bursary, I wouldn’t have to look for higher paying jobs in bigger cities; I could continue to work in my own community. (…)

 Given my fluency in both English and French, and the presence of English and French communities, I feel I will be well positioned to service the needs of the English speaking population and the population at large.”

 

Brigham - Townshippers' Association

Nathaly Leavitt

• Lennoxville Vocational Training Centre
• Health Assistance and Nursing Care
• 1st year

Bursary

• 2011-2012: $5,000
• 2012-2013: $2,500

“I grew up in this community and  always had a dream to work at the BMP hospital…

 I am hoping to work at the BMP or in any health care facility in the region and I expect to help serve the people in my community as a Licensed Practical Nurse.”