SCHOLARSHIPS / BURSARIES

 Do you hold a paid annual or life membership in the Alumni or are you a nurse currently employed by the Health Sciences Centre? 

Paid annual or life members of the Alumni and nurses employed by HSC are eligible for funding assistance. 

See below for the Alumni Membership Form. Click on the link to request for a copy of the membership form.

HSC nurses do not need to complete an alumni membership form.

 The Jane A Malcolm Bursary fund provides funding for specialty courses, certificates programs and post RN education (BN degree, Masters, Doctoral programs).

Jane A. Malcolm, born in Owen Sound Ontario in 1886, graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1919 and did post graduate work at Columbia University in 1920. 

Jane enjoyed a long and prestigious nursing career and in 1949 was awarded the “Red Cross Bade of Service” medal and the “Women’s work pin”. Upon her death in 1968 she bequeathed funds to the Nurses Alumnae Association of the Winnipeg General Hospital to establish a scholarship fund for nurses in training. 

The Jane A. Malcolm Bursary Fund was established in 1969 and is managed by the Winnipeg Foundation. 

Gifts can be made by cash, cheque and credit card, by making the cheque payable to The Winnipeg Foundation.  

The name of the fund needs to be included with the cheque. 

For cheques, write the name on the memo line. 

For credit card, gifts can be made online or they are welcome to call the Winnipeg Foundation and it can be processed over the phone 204-944-9474.

For Donation online, click the link below.

The Viola Leadlay continuing education fund provides funding for nursing education activities such as conference attendance and CNA certification. 

The award may be applied to reasonable costs incurred by the applicant (registration, travel, hotel for the conference days).

Jane A. Malcolm, a 1919 graduate of the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing, enjoyed a distinguished career in nursing practice and leadership. In 1968, upon her death, the Fund was established when she left a bequest to the Alumni for the establishment of this fund. The Fund, managed by the Winnipeg Foundation, was enhanced upon the receipt of monies from the estate of Evelyn Laughton (Roberts) Class of 1933. 

Viola Leadlay, was born in Winnipeg 1896. She attended Kelvin Technical High School in Winnipeg; Havergal College in Toronto and graduated from the Pasadena Hospital School of Nursing in 1922. She earned a B.Sc. in nursing education from Columbia University. Viola left monies in her estate in 1984, to provide assistance to the School of Nursing (SON) or to graduates of the SON for post graduate work. She was on staff of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) in Winnipeg from 1928 to 1938, then was nurse-in-charge of VON in Edmonton (Canadian Nurse, 1944, Vol.40,No.1, p.32). She was a lecturer in public health nursing, SON at the University of Manitoba in 1944. In 1947, she worked with the Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses and became registrar in 1950. She suffered a debilitating brain hemorrhage in 1954 and was totally dependent on care until her death in 1983 in Winnipeg.(HSC Archives Viola Leadlay File 2012; Nurses Alumni Assoc. Minutes, 1968 – 1995.)

For Donations to this fund, please see below:

Viola Leadlay Nursing Education Endowment Fund – Nurses alumni assocation awards (Fund 469).  

Send donations to:

HSC Foundation

PW 112-700 William avenue

Winnipeg, MB
R3E 0Z3

Jane A. Malcolm Bursary – September 30

Viola Leadlay Continuing Education Fund – September 30 and March 31