Nursing Graduate Students' Association (NGSA)
NGSA creates an open and collaborative environment for graduate students to engage in professional and personal growth.
The Nursing Graduate Students' Association (NGSA) is a student-led Departmental Graduate Association affiliated with the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) of the University of Calgary. We aim to connect and empower graduate students in the Faculty of Nursing through services, leadership, and professional development.
Our role is to foster a supportive community of nursing graduate students through:
- representing the interests of nursing graduate students to the Graduate Students' Association (GSA)
- providing opportunities for leadership and professional development
- promoting social interaction and collaboration among graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members
NGSA Executive
Annj Ridsdale-Weddell
Chair
Hello and thank you for visiting the NGSA webpage! I am thrilled to be a student in UCalgary Nursing’s new DN program, the first of its kind in Canada. My DN thesis is based on the study of healthy work environments, healthy teams and healthcare improvement and my work integrated project is building a provincial health workforce monitoring and reporting program. In my 'day job', I am the Director of Health Workforce Data Analytics & Reporting for the Government of Alberta. I also continue to work casual clinical shifts in palliative hospice/continuing care where I maintain a deep understanding of the current health workforce. In support of our nursing graduate students, I am honoured to chair the Nursing Graduate Student's Association at UCalgary. Our executive team is enthusiastic and compassionate, each one committed to making a difference by advocating, listening and responding to the needs of our nursing graduate students. It is incredibly inspiring to work alongside future leaders in health care.
Sondra Pedersen
Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Sondra is a first-year PhD student in the Faculty of Nursing.
Athena Liu
Events Coordinator
Hi everyone! I'm Athena, a thesis-based masters student, and I currently work on a medical/ psychiatry unit. I like hiking, camping, playing instruments, and trying new food and restaurants. As Events Coordinator, I will organize academic and social networking events with external parties. See you there!
Alex Cuncannon
Secretary
Alex is a first-year PhD student in the Faculty of Nursing.
Finance Executive
Vacant
We are currently looking to recruit for this position. If you are interested, please email us at ngsa@ucalgary.ca.
Graduate Peer Mentorship Coordinator
Vacant
We are currently looking to recruit for this position. If you are interested, please email us at ngsa@ucalgary.ca.
Social Media and Communications Director
Vacant
We are currently looking to recruit for this position. If you are interested, please email us at ngsa@ucalgary.ca.
Graduate Peer Mentorship Program
Experience peer-to-peer mentorship with fellow students in a nursing graduate program. Support and guide each other, increase productivity, and achieve mutually agreed-upon goals.
If you're interested in being a mentor/mentee or want to register an existing peer group, please fill out a form online or contact our Graduate Peer Mentorship Coordinator at ngsa@ucalgary.ca.