 Sheila Clarke, RN
Co-ordinator and Professor - PSW Program
Professor - Practical Nursing Program
Originally from Ottawa, Sheila graduated from the Nursing program at Algonquin College’s Parkdale Campus in 1977.
During the following 32 years, Sheila has nursed in a wide variety of settings--from an acute care hospital, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, a busy General practice doctor’s office, and with the Victorian Order of Nurses in Community practice.
Sheila began teaching part-time at Algonquin College in Pembroke in 1987 in the Home Support program and has been an active participant in the evolution of the program to its current PSW status.
For eight years, she also worked as the local facilitator, Regional Education Network, with the College of Nurses of Ontario. In this role, she travelled Renfrew County assisting nurses in their Education and Quality Assurance programs. Sheila also served two 3-year terms on the Board of Health (provincial appointee), Renfrew County and District Health Unit, including one year as vice chair.
In May 2008, Sheila graduated from Algonquin College again, this time in the TALL (Teaching Adult Lifelong Learners) program with Honours.
Sheila is active in supporting her military community; she has worked with the Army cadets, the Airborne Association and currently volunteers at the Canadian Airborne Forces Museum at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa.
 Sandra Halpenny, RN
Professor, PSW Program
Originally from Tasmania, Australia. Sandra graduated from the three-year diploma nursing program at the Woodroffe Campus of Algonquin College in 1993.
After graduation, she had the opportunity to relocate to Renfrew County with her husband and worked as a visiting registered nurse in the community for the Victorian Order of Nurses. Sandra began teaching at Algonquin College in Pembroke in 1999 in the newly created 22-week Personal Support Worker program.
Sandra has continued her post-graduate education taking courses in a variety of subject areas including gerontology and palliative care. In May 2008, Sandra graduated with honours from the TALL (Teaching Adult Lifelong Learners) Program at Algonquin College in Pembroke.
Sandra, along with her husband, is passionate about travelling and experiencing new cultures and they have travelled extensively around the world including back home to Australia to visit family. Sandra also enjoys gardening, reading and renovating her heritage home in Pembroke.
April Giroux:
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PSW PROGRAM, CONTACT:
Sheila Clarke, Co-ordinator at
613-735-4700, Ext. 2708
or Apply on-line at: Ontariocolleges.ca
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