November 2026

At 19, Jeremy Dunsmore left university after a year and spent much of his life believing it wasn’t a place for someone like him. Decades later, as a paramedic and operations manager, he enrolled in Dal’s online Certificate in Emergency Health Services Management. His most memorable moment? Doing well on his very first assignment. “Seeing that I could succeed really changed my outlook on what I was capable of.”

After years of feeling dismissed while living with a chronic women’s health condition, Lauren Rogerson returned to Dal to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, determined to help patients feel heard and supported. In her final semester, she collaborated with a professor to develop a School of Nursing simulation drawing on her own experience with women’s health care. Now graduating, she is starting her dream job in the Women & Children’s Unit at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre while continuing to advocate for women’s health in the Maritimes.

CIHR’s Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health Through Research Grant

After twelve years as a registered nurse spotting problems he lacked the authority to fix, Colin Graham pursued Dalhousie’s Master of Nursing – Nurse Practitioner program, inspired by the compassion of his mother, a continuing care assistant. Supported by his husband, Brian, dedicated clinical mentors, and the Parkin Family Nursing Scholarship, he learned that good care begins with listening closely to patients. Through the Nurse Practitioner Education Incentive, he is now starting a primary care NP role in his hometown of Guysborough, where he hopes to improve rural access to care.

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