Note: the content below pertains to Scholarships, for information about Awards please visit the Wounds Canada website.

Wounds Canada is proud to offer support, education and resources to people in Canada living with wounds or who are at risk for wounds. We focus on raising awareness and providing financial support for programs that help prevent the often-devastating effects of wounds. Our goal is to help bring prevention and awareness of wounds to the forefront of care. That's why our scholarship program, through the Wounds Canada Institute, funds essential education for health-care providers, unregulated care providers and caregivers. We believe targeting the gap in knowledge about wound prevention and management is crucial to bringing positive change in our health-care systems. 

The objectives of the scholarship program are to ensure:

• Consistency with Wounds Canada’s vision, mission and values
• Timely dispersal of the funds, in keeping with the Wounds Canada charitable status 
• Fairness and transparency within the scholarship criteria
• A robust process and infrastructure for ongoing Wounds Canada programs

Submission deadline is Wednesday, July 31st, 2024.

Wounds Canada’s Scholarship Selection Committee members review applications using a double-blind process to ensure fairness and consistency and make their decisions based on the published scholarship criteria while also considering geographical and health professional representation to ensure the highest possible wound care impact for the patient community.

The Selection Committee members consist of:

• Educator(s) specializing in the area of skin and wounds
• Representative(s) of Wounds Canada
• Graduates of the Wounds Canada Leadership Program

Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• How the applicant’s attendance at the selected program would benefit their career, their patients and their health care setting. 
• How the applicant’s attendance at the selected program would support the advancement of skin health and wound care in Canada

The SHARP Program Scholarship will help the student to address the importance of preventing wounds and their complications.  This self-paced, multi-faceted, comprehensive and longitudinal program is based on the best available evidence, including the content of Wounds Canada’s Foundations of Best Practice for Skin and Wound Management articles, with the aim of increasing health-care clinicians competencies in wound prevention and care.

The 2024 SHARP Scholarships are dedicated to the memory of Bob Wilson and Matt Anderson. Bob Wilson's daughters have been ardent supporters of Wounds Canada's mission to help prevent pressure injuries.  Matt Anderson contributed to the Our Voices, Our Stories Patient Journey initiative with his compelling story of navigating the health-care system and living with a diabetic foot ulcer. We are grateful to both Bob's and Matt’s families for their continued support.

The scholarship emphasizes the importance of empowering frontline health-care clinicians with knowledge and skills to apply wound care best practices. It covers the full value ($1750 + tax) of the comprehensive Wounds Canada Institute SHARP Program).

Eligibility

Applicants will be considered for scholarships if they meet the following criteria:

• A Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• A registered health-care professional currently practising in Canada or a Canadian health-care professional student enrolled in an education program in Canada 
• Committed to completing the program within 12 months of receiving registration information  
• Not a previous recipient of a scholarship from Wounds Canada

The scholarship covers the full value ($145 + tax) of the Best Practice Approach to Skin Health and Wound Management: Knowledge (A100MNN).

Based on the content of Wounds Canada's Best Practice Recommendation articles, the aim of this self-paced, interactive, on-line program is to enhance the skin health and wound prevention and management knowledge of nurses and allied health-care professionals. Professionals who self identify as a novice or advanced beginners in their skin health and wound prevention and management knowledge will benefit from this program.

This program will review the basic anatomy, physiology, and functions of the skin and its underlying structures, the basic principles of normal wound healing physiology, and fundamental differences in skin and wound healing relating to age and gender. By completing readings and successfully answering knowledge check questions, students will demonstrate knowledge of the Wound Prevention and Management Cycle, wound assessment, local wound care, and common types of acute and chronic wounds and their risk factors.

Eligibility

Applicants will be considered for this scholarship if they meet the following criteria::

• A Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• A registered health-care professional currently practising in Canada or a Canadian health-care professional student enrolled in an education program in Canada 
• Committed to completing the program within 6 months of receiving registration information
• Not a previous recipient of a scholarship from Wounds Canada

The scholarship covers the full value ($150 + tax) of the Skin Health Program for Personal Care Providers.

Eligibility

Applicants will be considered for this scholarship if they meet the following criteria::

• A Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• An unregulated care provider, e.g., a personal support worker, health-care aide, home support worker, personal care attendant, unpaid caregiver
• Committed to completing the program within 6 months of receiving registration information
• Not a previous recipient of a scholarship from Wounds Canada