Your future starts here

During her fieldwork placement at St. Boniface Hospital, Saranjit Dhaliwal put theory into practice, learning how to best care for the mental health of geriatric patients. She wants to enhance a patient’s well-being on many levels—from physical to cognitive to spiritual. Saranjit hopes to work with diverse communities, raising awareness about how recreation improves quality of life—and should be available to all.

During his international exchange at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Andrew Vercaigne has grown a network to benefit his career. A volunteer ambassador for the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, he gains valuable insight from industry partners: What are they looking for? What’s exciting in the field today? He’s also forging friendships with other students at faculty events as they navigate this evolving profession.

She’s a gifted artist, a Residential School Survivor and a proud grandmother of nine who knows it’s never too late to pursue your dream. Master’s student Victoria McIntosh believes it’s up to us to create our own experiences—and not live someone else’s. Through the Access Program and at Migizii Agamik – Bald Eagle Lodge, she found her academic path in teaching, as well as encouragement to reveal her healing through art.

Emily Hyde enjoys learning alongside classmates who one day will be colleagues. When she sees a need, she acts. As past co-chair and current mentor with the Graduate Nursing Students Association, Emily created the mentoring program for undergrads that will continue long after she graduates. And when the continuing education instructor saw a surge in patients struggling with addiction, she brought stakeholders together to educate about respectful care.