Master of Nursing student Kasia Zurawski’s work in psychiatric and mental health nursing has earned her the first Chapman Harm Reduction Scholarship from the Registered Nursing Foundation of Ontario.
Master of Nursing student Kasia Zurawski’s work in psychiatric and mental health nursing has earned her the first Chapman Harm Reduction Scholarship from the Registered Nursing Foundation of Ontario.
The scholarship, with a value of $1,000, is awarded to a practicing nurse or nursing student who has demonstrated commitment to a career focus on harm reduction in the field of addictions and mental health.
As a registered nurse since 2018, Zurawski has specialized in psychiatric and mental health nursing. She has experience in inpatient, outpatient, forensic, and clinical education roles. She served as a safe consumption site nurse and clinical educator at Sanguen Health Centre in Waterloo.
“I am passionate about education and high-quality patient care and take every opportunity I can to advocate for equitable, stigma-free, trauma-informed harm reduction and mental health services,” says Zurawski.
“I’m committed to advancing evidence-based practices that improve healthcare access and outcomes in her community.”
The Chapman Harm Reduction Scholarship was established by Dr. Leigh Chapman in 2024 in honour of her brother Brad Chapman, who died from complications of an overdose in August 2015.