2023 WOC Institute Academic Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2023 WOC Institute Academic Award Winners! Thank you to everyone who applied this year.

7 Generations Medical Ltd Award

This Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Education Program (WOC-EP) Award of $5,250 recognizes an Indigenous WOC-EP graduate who has demonstrated a high degree of volunteerism with, and in support of, people in the Indigenous community.

Winner: Christina Przenioslo

Clement LeBlanc Memorial Scholarship

The Clement LeBlanc Memorial Scholarship is an annual award presented to a New Brunswick WOC-EP graduate with the highest academic marks.

Winner: Jeremy Caul

Coloplast Clinical Achievement Award in Continence Care

This Coloplast Award for Excellence in Continence Care is a $1,000 award presented to a WOC-EP student who displays excellence in Continence Care, with the highest academic achievement in the continence course.

Winner: Catherine Bernier

Hollister Award for Post-Graduate Studies

Supported by Hollister Limited, this award is open to an NSWOC who is an active NSWOCC member pursuing a Master’s, or PhD degree.

Winner: Julie Gagnon

Hollister Clinical Achievement Award in Ostomy Care

The Hollister Award for Excellence in Ostomy Care by an WOC-EP Student provides an award of $1000.00 annually to a student who displays excellence in Ostomy Care.

Winner: Jessica Larose

Hollister Skin Wellness Associate Nurse Leadership Award

The Hollister SWAN Leadership Award is presented to a student who has demonstrated leadership skills during the SWAN program and continues to be a role model to their peers.

Winner: Annemarie Larocque

McKin Health NSWOC Trailblazer Award

This $2,500 award, sponsored by McKin Health, is presented annually to a WOC-EP Student who has demonstrated leadership and innovation in wound, ostomy, and continence care and who meets the written criteria for the award.

Winner: Shelly Barnes

Mölnlycke Health Care Highest Achievement Award for the NSWOC/WOC-EP Program

This $1,000 award recognizes the WOC-EP student with the highest academic achievement overall.

Winner: Nathalie Dorval

Mölnlycke Health Care Highest Achievement Award for the SWAN Program

This $500 award recognizes the SWAN student highest academic achievement in the program.

Winner: Susan Horrex

Mölnlycke Health Care Indigenous Award

The Mölnlycke Health Care Indigenous Award is designed to recognize the Academic achievement of a student who has identified as being Indigenous and who has demonstrated academic achievement in either the NSWOC WOC-EP Program or the Skin Wellness Associate Nurse (SWAN) Program. The successful applicant will also demonstrate how they will use what they have learned from their education program to benefit their community.

Winner: Christina Przenioslo

Ostomy Canada Society’s Wound, Ostomy and Continence Education Program (WOC-EP) Award

The Ostomy Canada Society Wound Ostomy and Continence Education Program (WOC-EP) Award shall be awarded to two (2) individuals annually in the amount of $1500.00 each to encourage Registered Nurses to pursue a career as an NSWOC with a focus on ostomy care.

Winners:

• Sonia Zagrer

• Martha Brown

Smith and Nephew Clinical Achievement Award in Wound Care

The Smith+Nephew Clinical Achievement Award in Wound Care by WOC-EP Students provides two $1,000 annual awards (to one French student and one English student) to students who display excellence in clinical practice.

Winners:

• Johanne Pelletier

• Terrelle Klose

Vancouver United Ostomy Association Award

The Vancouver United Ostomy Association Chapter NSWOC Award is a $1,000 award to recognize BC NSWOC students, or recent graduates, who have demonstrated a high degree of volunteerism with, and in support of, people in the province of BC living with an ostomy.

Winner: Norena Gonzales

WOC Institute ISWA Award

This award recognizes the Industry Skin Wellness Associate (ISWA) student with the highest academic achievement in the program.

Winner: Carmen Leclerc