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This fall, Semester 3 nursing students collected close to $1,600 in donations of small denomination gift cards and bus tickets to donate to MOSH (Mobile Outreach Street Health).

When Faramarz Jalili (MHA’24) started the Master of Health Administration program, he had extensive education in pharmacy and health-care economics.

Juliet Rowe’s research journey started at the University of Victoria where she studied under Dr. Olav Krigolson, a Dalhousie alum. She was awarded an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, which solidified her passion for the research process and ultimately guided her decision to pursue graduate studies.

Students of African ancestry from pilipiliÂþ»­ including some students in the Faculty of Health will join African Nova Scotian community members on a journey to Ghana, West Africa in July. The trip is meant to honor and commemorate the final year of the UN-declared Decade for People of African Descent (DPAD).

Juliet Rowe and Theresa Gaughan are co-hosts of Mind: The Gap – a podcast that was created in Dr. Shaun Boe’s Lab for Brain Recovery and Function. Rowe, a Rehabilitation Research student, and Gaughan, a PhD in Health candidate, use the podcast to educate, inspire and to learn about themselves as researchers.

Dalhousie School of Nursing student Sara Foster decided to become a Nurse because she wanted to help people. Thanks to the support of donors, she is one step closer to living out her dream.

Stephanie Williams is the first person in her immediate family to attend university. After graduating from Dal in 2020 with a BScN, Williams accepted a position at the Garron Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health while also working in withdrawal management in Lunenberg and Dartmouth.

Simon Pawlowski worked for many years as an entomologist, however, he began to find the long hours of lab work isolating. Pawlowski searched for a new career path that would allow him to work more directly with people. Through research, career aptitude tests, and recommendations from the Wolfville Hearing Clinic, he discovered the field of audiology.

During her studies, MacEachren became passionate about understanding how the various daily tasks and activities people engage in impact their health and their wellbeing. She also believes the Occupational Science program broadened her awareness of diverse perspectives and the importance of equity.

For Christine Barnes, graduation marks the culmination of six years of hard work. Barnes was introduced to physiotherapy through a high school co-op placement where she worked within a stroke and rehabilitation context. That experience ignited a passion for working with others towards their functional recovery, with the focus of allowing her patients to participate in their own lives.