Career Reorientation Awards

This program was designed for established, mid-career researchers from disciplines outside of the health area. From 2000 – 2008, the program successfully met its objective of shifting the focus of award holders to applied health services and nursing research.

     

Recipients

François Blais (2001)
Department of political science at Laval University, Quebec

Mentors: Réjean Landry and Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Laval University

 

Bernard Candas (2003)
Department of anatomy and physiology at Laval University, Quebec

Mentors: Réjean Landry , Laval University and Denis Roy, Centre de coordination de lutte contre le cancer au Québec.

Also worked with Denis Drouin, a decision maker in the Quebec ministry of health.

 

Anne Dewar (2001)
School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, British Columbia

Mentor: Janice Lander, University of Alberta.

 

Evelyn Forget (2000)
First Career Reorientation award holder, University of Manitoba, Manitoba

Mentor: Les Roos, also from Manitoba.

 

Elaine Gibson (2000)
Associate Director of the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia

Mentor: Ingrid Sketris, also from Dalhousie University.

 

Michelle Giroux (2007)

Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa, Ontario

Mentor: Nancy Edwards , School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa.

Also worked with Sharon Goodwin, a decision maker at VON Canada.

   

Hugh Grant (2003)
Department of Economics at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Mentor: Jeremiah Hurley of McMaster University.

Also worked with Ian Bowmer and Joshua Tepper, decision makers at Health Canada.

 

Manon Lemonde (2000)
School of Nursing at Laurentian University, Ontario

Mentor: Linda O'Brien-Pallas, University of Toronto.

 

Laure Paquette (2000)
Department of political science at Lakehead University, Ontario

Mentor: Sam Shortt , Queen's University.

 

Ann Rhéaume-Brüning (2003)
School of Nursing Sciences at the University of Moncton, New Brunswick

Mentor: Andrea Baumann , McMaster University.

Also worked with Lise Daigle, who is a decision maker at the Hôpital Georges Dumont.

 

Marie Robert (2003)
Departments of psychoeducation and psychologie at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, Quebec

Mentor: Louise Potvin, University of Montreal.

Also worked with Johanne Laverdure, a decision maker at the Institut national de santé publique au Québec.

 

Frank Stark (2003)
Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Trinity College, Ontario

Mentor: by Suzanne Jackson at the University of Toronto.

Also worked with Fran Scott, a decision maker at Toronto Public Health.

 

Stephen Tomblin (2000)
Department of political science at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland

Mentor: Renée Lyons, Dalhousie University

 

 

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