Sharon Stapleton was a nurse, leader and an inspiration to the many lives she touched. She was known for her ability to light up any room with her warm smile and unwavering positive attitude. When Sharon became severely ill due to cancer, she did not let it dampen her spirit; instead, she used it as inspiration to ensure her support for people and passion for health care education would continue.

Throughout her career with VGH and UBC Hospital, Sharon always believed that fostering leadership through education was the key to successful health care. To honour Sharon’s memory and continue her legacy of inspiring others to reach their potential, Sharon’s family established the Sharon Stapleton Memorial Leadership Education Fund.

Sacha Arsenault, a Regional Practice Initiatives Lead, Allied Health, VCH, is the first recipient of the Sharon Stapleton Memorial Leadership Education Bursary Award.

For the family, presenting this Award is a truly fitting way to honour Sharon’s memory and legacy. “This will be the first of many Awards from this Fund and we are thrilled to have Sacha as the first recipient whose passion and ambition reminds us so much of Sharon,” says Geoff Davenport, Sharon’s husband.

For Sacha, receiving the bursary is even more special; she is currently enrolled in the Royal Roads University Master of Arts in Leadership (Health) program that Sharon completed. “This experience has been transformational for me and I feel very proud and honoured to follow in Sharon’s footsteps,” says Sacha.

“Sharon embraced the idea of a leadership education fund so that other like-minded individuals who may need some financial support can receive the training they need to influence positive change on health care,” says Geoff.

This is the first education fund that helps support Vancouver Acute nursing or allied health care professionals showing high leadership potential with up to $5,000 of funding for leadership training. With over 100 donations made by Sharon’s family, friends, and colleagues, the support of this Fund totals nearly $100,000.

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莎伦·斯塔普顿（Sharon Stapleton）是一名护士，在她的引领及鼓舞下，感动了很多人的生命。她最受人爱戴的就是那份温暖的笑容和坚定积极的人生观，时刻照亮着身边每一个人。当莎伦（Sharon）的癌病越发严重时，她并没有因此而沮丧; 相反，她借着患病散发爱的感染力，肯定了她助人为乐的精神，以及对医疗保健教育不遗余力的不朽情怀。

莎伦在温哥华综合医院和卑诗大学医院(VGH & UBC Hospital) 职业生涯中，一直相信通过教育培训领导才华是令医疗保健迈向成功的关键。为了表彰及纪念莎伦，并继续传承她鼓舞他人发挥潜力的精神，莎伦的家人成立了莎伦·斯塔普顿（Sharon Stapleton）领袖培训教育纪念基金。

任职温哥华沿岸卫生局辅助医疗部，地区实践倡导主管 （Regional Practice Initiatives Lead, Allied Health, VCH）的萨沙 · 阿瑟诺 (Sacha Arsenault)，是莎伦·斯塔普顿（Sharon Stapleton）纪念领袖培训教育助学金奖的第一位领受者。

对于家族来说，获颁这个奖项是荣耀我们对莎伦的怀念之情及传承精神致敬的最完美方式。莎伦的丈夫杰夫·达文波特（Geoff Davenport）说：“这将是本基金多个奖项中的第一个，我们很高兴让萨沙 (Sacha) 能成为第一个领受者，她的热忱与抱负让我们忆起莎伦的长存精神。

对萨沙来说，能够领受这项助学金，意义尤其重要;  她目前正在Royal Roads大学的领袖培训(健康)文学硕士课程就读，莎伦亦曾完成该项课程。萨沙说：“这些经历将我彻底改变过来， 能够踏着莎伦的足印，向前迈进，我深感荣幸。”

杰夫说：“沙伦很重视这项领袖培训教育基金，她相信借此理念可让其他志同道合的人能获得一些经济上的支援，接受所需的培训，从而对医疗保健带来积极的影响力。

这是首个教育基金，它让温哥华急性护理或辅助保健专业人士，能有机会发挥他们的领导潜能，是次领袖培训资金高达五千元。有赖沙伦的家人、朋友和同事们的鼎力支持，透过百多个捐赠筹得近十万元善款。

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