BCNU Leadership Awards
Congratulations to our 2025 recipients!
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Abbey Glowicki The NU Leader Award honours a student member, or member with under five years nursing experience, who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in BCNU-focused advocacy and activism and who embodies Union values. Get to know Abbey. |
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Jessica Machado The Excellence in Leadership and Advocacy Award honours a member who has made a difference to the health and well-being of their community and their profession through leadership, activism or social justice efforts. Get to know Jessica. |
Each recipient receives beautifully personalized, commissioned artwork and $1,000.
Thank you to all the 2025 nominees and their nominators for recognizing outstanding BCNU members.
About the Leadership Awards
Nominees are current and active BCNU members or student members in good standing and are nominated by fellow BCNU members. Recipients are selected at the sole discretion of the BCNU Leadership Awards selection committee based on the nomination supporting materials that provide examples of how nominee meets award criteria, and how nominees demonstrate BCNU core values: collectivity, democracy, equality, excellence, integrity, social justice and solidarity.
Meet the Past Recipients
2024
- Laura Starck
NU Leader Award Recipient
- Juanita Little
Excellence in Leadership and Advocacy Award Recipient
2023
- Marilia Cordeiro
NU Leader Award Recipient
- Reanne Sanford
Excellence in Leadership and Advocacy Award Recipient
2022
- Maggie Biagioni
NU Leader Award Recipient
- Angela Achoba-Omajali
Excellence in Leadership and Advocacy Award Recipient
2021
- Danika Serafin
NU Leader Award Recipient
- Maria Huertas
Excellence in Leadership and Advocacy Award Recipient