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Summer 2023 Access to Care award recipients

Posted Sep 20th, 2023

The Summer 2023 Access to Care award recipients include:

 
SCHOLARSHIP
  • Tannicka Reeves, Yukon, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Kandis Villebrun, Northwest Territories, Western College of Veterinary Medicine (Ian and Rochelle Laing Family Foundation)
BURSARIES
  • Georgia Bouchard-Dawson, Northwest Territories, Thompson Rivers University
  • Kara Ann Campbell, Nunavut
  • Rosalyn French, Northwest Territories
  • Laura Kilabuk, Nunavut
  • Cai Reid, Northwest Territories
PET FIRST AID TRAINING
  • Jodi Alderson, Kugluktuk, Nunavut
  • Sweetgrass Casaway, Lutsel K'e, Northwest Territories 
  • Marie Catholique, Lutsel K'e, Northwest Territories
  • Emily Clarke, Kimmirut, Nunavut
  • Noella Cockney, Northwest Territories
  • Tanya Haulli, Igloolik, Nunavut
  • Emma Hunt, Acho Dene Koe (Fort Liard), Northwest Territories
  • Carol McCormack, Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
  • Gabrielle Nogasak, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
  • Demarys Rose Noksana, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
  • Stephanie Poole,  Lutsel K'e, Northwest Territories

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