Your gift builds the Nazira Mamdani Brain Tumour Research Fellowship
Nazira Mamdani was an avid community volunteer and activist. After graduating from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and obtaining an additional certification in oncology nursing in 1991, she started her career at the Canadian Cancer Society and later established herself as an independent health consultant specializing in developing teaching resources and planning programs which have had a significant impact in the lives of many Albertans.
Some of Nazira’s accomplishments include the planning for “Best Beginnings” designed for pregnant teenagers, and the smoking regulations imposed on hospital campus for staff. In 1997, she led a team to organize a conference on women’s health in Calgary, which has now become the annual Women and Wellness Expo.
In November 2004 when her three children were all younger than 3 years old, Nazira was diagnosed with an oligioastrocytoma brain tumour.
via Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada: In Memory of Nazira Mamdani.
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