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Name: Ransford Kyeremeh Agyemang

NGSA Role: Co-President

Program: Master of Nursing Research (Thesis)

Previous Education: BScN (Valley View University, Ghana)

Areas of Interest: Preventive Health, Health Education, Children and Adolescents Health and Life Coach, Quality of Life Advocacy, Qualitative Research, Ethics

Favourite Book(s): The Bible

Name: Alan Han

NGSA Role:  President-Elect

Program: Master of Nursing, Leadership Stream – 1st Year

Previous Education: BSc, BScN

Current Work: Neuro OBS at UAH

Research Interests: Moral distress, ethics and racism, neurosciences

Interests: Playing soccer, Singing (especially in choir!), Spending time with my family 

Favourite Book(s): The Ranger's Apprentice Series! I also really love Webtoons (check out “Where Tangents Meet!)

Name: Shauna Kusch

NGSA Role:  Director of Communications

Program: Master of Nursing, Education Stream

Previous Education: BScN (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)

Current Work: Clinical instructor with the Undergraduate Nursing program, and casually at the Cross Cancer Institute

Areas of Interest: Oncology/Hematology, Education, Women's Health, Planetary Health. I also love multiday backpacking trips and laying in my hammock.

Favourite Book(s): Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (for work), Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (for fun)

Name: Calvin Kruger

NGSA Role:  Events Coordinator

Program: PhD in Nursing – 2nd Year

Previous Education: BSc, MSc in Rehab Medicine, BSN RN

Current Work: Clinical work at Royal Alexandra Hospital, Emergency

Research Interests: Body composition, physical function, and the patient experience of chronic disease

Interests: Local coffee roasters, Mountain biking, Cooking, and Learning new things

Favourite Book(s): Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer (the movie Annihilation was based on this), or The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey (some of the best Sci-fi in existence!)

Name: Alyssa Domingo

NGSA Role:  Events Coordinator

Program: PhD in Nursing

Name: Fedrica Williams

NGSA Role: GSA Representative 

Program: Master of Nursing – Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Stream

Previous Education:  BScN (Delaware State University)

Areas of Interest: Cardiology, Surgery

Favourite Book: Spirit of Courage

Name: Aninder (Angie) Grewal, (She/Her)

NGSA Role: HSAA Representative 

Program: PhD in Nursing – 2nd Year

Previous Education: BScN (Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 2008), MN (University of Lethbridge, 2024). 

Current Work: ICU nurse at the Misericordia Hospital.

Research Interests: ICU survivorship, Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in Families (PICS-F), caregiver wellbeing, culturally responsive approaches to caregiving with a focus on Punjabi and South Asian families, the role of nurse practitioners in emergency departments, and burnout among ICU nurses

Interests: Gardening, traveling (when there’s time), and spending time with family.

Favourite Book: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Name: Devaanshu Kundu

NGSA Role: Treasurer

Program: Master of Nursing, Research Stream – 1st Year

Previous Education: BScN (Honors)

Research Interests: Cardiology-Oncology, surgical outcomes and procedures (orthopedics), finding novel treatments for chronic/complex diseases, AI in healthcare

Interests: Endurance sports (triathlon), Soccer, Model building + painting, Piano

Favourite Book(s): When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, Cardiovascular Physiology 

Name: Xinyue (Faith) Guo, (She/Her)

NGSA Role: Member at Large

Program: Master of Nursing, Leadership Stream

Previous Education: BNSc (Queen’s University)

Areas of Interest: Managerial leadership positions. On the side, I love art and illustration.

Favourite Book(s): Art-related books