Scholarships and Awards | St. Francis Xavier University

Policy on Nursing Student Awards

Selection Criteria

In addition to scholarships and awards available to any StFX student, nursing students may apply for the following: 

Sisters of Saint Martha scholarship in honour of Sister Veronica Matthews for an Indigenous nursing student

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Semesters 1 and 2 

Mary Ann Chisholm Award

Radcliffe Award

Semesters 3 and 4 

Jo M. Brown Scholarship (renewable)

Margaret Martel Farrell Sophomore Award (renewable)

Semesters 5 and 6

Rovers Family Memorial Award

Margaret Martel Farrell Junior Award

Semesters 7 and 8

Margaret Martel Farrell Senior Award

Academic Vice-President and Provost Award for Student Leadership 

Dean of Science Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice

Evie Grew Award for Maternal-Child Nursing

Canadian Nurses Foundation Scholarships

Faculty & Staff

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Contact

Rankin School of Nursing

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2340 Notre Dame Avenue
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Canada

The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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