Undergraduate Summer Student Awards Program
CFN 2021 Summer Student Award Competition is now closed. Thank you for your interest.
The CFN Summer Student Awards are unique in providing undergraduate students with interdisciplinary experience, while developing their knowledge of the opportunities and challenges in caring for an aging population. Students work with supervisors from their disciplines, and meet regularly with mentors from a complimentary discipline.
Students must be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree program at an eligible Canadian university at the time of application, and have completed all of the course requirements of at least the first year of university study (two academic terms) of his/her degree.
Preference is given to applicants that have demonstrated current or prior personal or professional interest in older adults living with frailty and/or aging through pursuing aging-related courses or specializations, or relevant work, community service or leadership experience.
Click here to see the results of the 2020 Summer Student Awards.
CFN has funded 86 undergraduate students at 29 host institutions in seven cohorts of Summer Student Awards:
Dalhousie University
Michael Connolly (Supervisor: Keith Brunt) — 2018
Jewish General Hospital
Anna Eufemia (Supervisor: Jonathan Afilalo) — 2018
Joyce Wu (Supervisor: Soham Rej) — 2019
Lakehead University
Daphne Haggarty (Supervisor: Ian Newhouse) – 2013
Laval University
Antoine Lague (Supervisor: Marcel Émond) — 2016
McMaster University
Kelsey Ambrose (Supervisor: Andrew Costa) — 2017
Nicole Babin (Supervisor: Vanina Dal Bello-Haas) — 2016
Giulia Coletta (Supervisor: Janet Pritchard) — 2018
Alicia Hanman (Supervisor: Alexandra Papaioannou) — 2019
Kiyan Heybati (Supervisor: Sangeeta Mehta) — 2020
Andrew Lagrotteria (Supervisor: Cindy Hamielec) — 2016
Melissa Shears (Supervisor: Michelle Kho) – 2014
Lavan Sivarajah (Supervisor: Alexandra Papaioannou) — 2017
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Rebecca Druken (Supervisor: Deborah Kelly) — 2019
Mount Sinai Hospital
Manpreet Basuita (Supervisor: Christine Soong) — 2017
Ksenia Chezar (Supervisor: Christine Soong) – 2014
Michael Elfassy (Supervisor: Laveena Munshi) — 2018
Brittany Marinelli (Supervisor: Sangeeta Mehta) – 2013
Nishila Mehta (Supervisor: Sangeeta Mehta) — 2018
Andrew Perrella (Supervisor: Vicky Chau) — 2016
Cassandra Turchet (Supervisor: Lisa Burry) – 2014
Kathleen Wheeler (Supervisor: Sangeeta Mehta) – 2014
North York General Hospital
Bridgett Hyland (Supervisor: Patricia Trbovich) — 2017
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Elias Hirsch (Supervisor: Robin Urquhart) — 2020
Thomas Huynh (Supervisor: Susan Bowles) — 2020
Jessica Shannon (Supervisor: Gregory Hirsch) — 2016
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Julia Shaw (Supervisor: Daniel McIsaac) — 2019
Queen’s University
Tim D’Aoust (Supervisor: Ana Johnson) — 2018
Heather Johnson (Supervisor: John Muscedere) – 2013
Ryan Pardy (Supervisor: Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz) – 2014
Simon Parlow (Supervisor: Ana Johnson) – 2013
Karen Rees-Milton (Supervisor: Rachel Holden) — 2018
Molly Steer (Supervisor: Kevin Woo) — 2016
Kaylin Woods (Supervisor: John Muscedere) – 2014
Ryerson University
Patricia Julian (Supervisor: Lori Schindel Martin) — 2016
Simon Fraser University
Cherlene Chang (Supervisor: Stephen Robinovitch) — 2016
Kate Meffen (Supervisor: Andy Hoffer) — 2015
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Bannuya Balasubramanaiam (Supervisor: Jacques Lee) — 2016
Tomas Saun (Supervisor: Shelly Dev) – 2013
Trinity Western University
William Harding (Supervisor: Richard Sawatzky) – 2013
Madison Muhic (Supervisor: Richard Sawatzky) – 2019
Dawson McCann (Supervisor: Richard Sawatzky) — 2016
University of Alberta
Leo Akioyamen (Supervisor: Carole Estabrooks) — 2015
Gauhar Ali (Supervisor: Vickie Baracos) — 2018
Diana Bark (Supervisor: Adrian Wagg) — 2015
Veronica Bergstrom (Supervisor: Carole Estabrooks) — 2016
Kolby Krueger (Supervisor: Matthias Hoben) — 2020
Samantha Kuchera (Supervisor: Wendy Duggleby) – 2014
Muhammad Moola (Supervisor: Carole Estabrooks) — 2017
Veronica Ruschkowski (Supervisor: Carole Estabrooks) — 2020
Kaitlyn Tate (Supervisor: Greta Cummings) — 2016
Grace Werner (Supervisor: Carole Estabrooks) — 2018
University of British Columbia
Colin Davey (Supervisor: Christopher Nguan) — 2020
Amaninder Parmar (Supervisor: Alison Phinney) — 2020
Billy Zhao (Supervisor: Jennifer Baumbusch) — 2016
University of Calgary
Hannah Leaker (Supervisor: Jayna Holroyd-Leduc) — 2018
Alexandra Lewis (Supervisor: Jacqueline McMillan) — 2019
Madison Riddell (Supervisor: Jayna Holroyd-Leduc) – 2014
University of Guelph
Jeffrey Smallbone (Supervisor: Kimberly Wilson) — 2017
University of Manitoba
Ryan Henrie (Supervisor: Anand Kumar) – 2013
University of Moncton
Julie Gaudet (Supervisor: Grant Handrigan) — 2020
Mathilde Theriault (Supervisor: Sarah Pakzad) — 2016
University of New Brunswick
Courtney Busson (Supervisor: Kathleen Valentine) — 2016
Molly Gallibois (Supervisor: Danielle Bouchard) — 2019
Dominique Hibbert (Supervisor: Kathleen Valentine) — 2017
Alexa Kolyvas (Supervisor: Rose McCloskey) — 2017
Amanda Lee (Supervisor: Danielle Bouchard) — 2017
Ruth Marshall (Supervisor: Tracey Rickards) — 2019
Shyane McKay (Supervisor: Rose McCloskey) — 2018
Danielle O’Reilly (Supervisor: Emily Read) — 2018
Karen Philpott (Supervisor: Joan Kingston) — 2016
Joshua Shanks (Supervisor: Chris McGibbon) — 2020
Sarah Webb (Supervisor: Danielle Bouchard) — 2019
University of Ottawa
Jamal Alkadri (Supervisor: Jeffrey Jutai) – 2013
Joseph Aziz (Supervisor: Jeffrey Jutai) – 2015
Patrique Bégin (Supervisor: Jeffrey Jutai) – 2013
Alison Knapp (Supervisor: Jose Pereira) — 2015
Jasmine Mah (Supervisor: Jeffrey Jutai) – 2013
University of Toronto
Karen Chiu (Supervisor: Andrea Iaboni) — 2016
Rena Seeger (Supervisor: Laveena Munshi) — 2020
University of Saskatchewan
Julie Beitel (Supervisor: Allison Cammer) — 2020
Hannah Murray (Supervisor: Lesley Moisey) — 2020
Alexandra Stobbe (Supervisor: Allison Cammer) — 2019
Cody Weiler (Supervisor: Joel Lanovaz) — 2016
University of Victoria
Cynthia Chao (Supervisor: Debra Sheets) — 2017
Karl Grewal (Supervisor: Stuart MacDonald) — 2018
Alayna Payne (Supervisor: Debra Sheets) — 2015
Sebastian Santana (Supervisor: Stuart MacDonald) — 2020
Richelle Stanley (Supervisor: Debra Sheets) – 2014
Michaella Trites (Supervisor: Debra Sheets) — 2019
University of Waterloo
Sarah Brubacher (Supervisor: Heather Keller) — 2017
Kamayu Duggan (Supervisor: Michael Barnett-Cowan) — 2015
Chao Dong Hu (Supervisor: Tejal Patel) — 2016
Kassandra Lemmon (Supervisor: Paul Stolee) — 2020
Michelle Tanel (Supervisor: Andrew Laing) — 2015
Ruchit Patel (Supervisor: Lora Giangregorio) — 2015
Cindy Wei (Supervisor: Heather Keller) — 2020
University of Winnipeg
Thalia Magyar (Supervisor: Melanie Martin) — 2016
Western University
Spencer Chambers (Supervisor: Ian Ball) — 2015
Tina Felfeli (Supervisor: Robert Petrella) – 2014
Andrea Petrella (Supervisor: Matthew Heath) — 2016