Long before they graduated, these nurses were shaped by preceptors, instructors and alumni who gave their time. Carla Coverdale (MN 2011) has volunteered with the Faculty for years, specializing in clinical training, and now writes notes for the Words of Wisdom Campaign — formerly called Golden Notes.
Alex Harris (MN, MHSc 2013, PhD 2018) mentors through the Faculty's Alumni-Graduate Student Mentorship program. “I can honestly say that being a mentor has been a gift,” Harris says. Carrie Kan (MN 2014), an emergency-medicine Nurse Practitioner, precepts in a specialty in high demand for training placements.
Brock Cooper (MN 2010) has volunteered since his own student days — building an online module on adult depression, taking part in NP Residency Weeks and sitting on the NP admissions committee. Dean Robyn Stremler thanked the volunteers for the hours they give back to Bloomberg Nursing.
Reported from Nursing alumni reflect on volunteering and supporting the next generation of nurses, by Rebecca Biason (U of T Alumni News, May 28, 2026).
More from the original reporting: alumni.utoronto.ca/news/nursing-alumni-volunteering-and-supporting-next-generation-nurses