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Mount Royal University student receives UNA Nursing Education Scholarship

By United Nurses of Alberta February 8, 2017 09:05 (Last updated February 8, 2017 09:10)
UNA Local 211 member Michelle Cuncannon, scholarship recipient Alexander Cuncannon, and UNA Secretary-Treasurer Karen Craik.

Mount Royal University Nursing student Alexander Cuncannon is the latest recipient of the United Nurses of Alberta Education Scholarship.

Alexander’s scholarship application was sponsored by his mother, Michelle Cuncannon, who is a member of UNA Local 211 Calgary Community.

UNA awards Nursing Education Scholarships each year to assist nursing students in their first year of studies at approved nursing programs at post-secondary institutions in Alberta. In 2017, UNA will award ten scholarships of $1000 each and one award of $1000 sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions.

Applicants must be related to a UNA member in good standing, complete an application form and write a short essay. Applications for UNA’s 2018 Nursing Education Scholarship will be accepted until Oct. 15, 2017.


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