CHES Maritime

 

Per Paache Memorial Bursary

PaascheThe CHES Maritime bursary is named after our late colleague, Per Paache. Per was from New Brunswick and dedicated his career to the advancement of engineering, particularly in healthcare. Per served with the University of New Brunswick, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and devoted much time developing hospital commissioning initiatives across the province. Per's working career and his knowledge in his field of expertise and work ethic was exemplary. He was a devoted CHES member and was a part of the foundation on which the organization stands today.  It is in his honour that this bursary was named.

Cette bourse est attribuée en l’honneur de Per Paasche. Originaire du Nouveau-Brunswick, Per a consacré sa carrière au développement de l’ingénierie, particulièrement celle des services de santé. Per a travaillé à l’Institut de génie biomédical de l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick et a consacré une grande partie de ses activités à des initiatives de mise en service d’hôpitaux dans toute la province. Outre ses connaissances approfondies dans son domaine d’expertise, Per a mené une carrière professionnelle accomplie avec une éthique de travail exemplaire. C’était un membre dévoué de la SCISS et une pierre angulaire de la fondation sur laquelle notre organisation repose aujourd’hui.

 
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Bursary Winners

2024 Willow Somerville

2024Somerville 210x207The Canadian Healthcare Engineering society, Maritimes Chapter is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2023 Per Paasche CHES-Maritime Student Bursary. This year’s recipient is Willow Somerville of Falmouth, NS. Willow was born at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital where Per Paasche spent many dedicated hours in his work with the UNB Institute of Biomedical Engineering. Willow will be graduating with honours from Avon View High School in Windsor, NS this year. In her days at Avon View High School, she has held several volunteer leadership positions including those with the student representative council. She has been accepted to the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology program at Acadia University. She aspires to help neuro-divergent children to develop healthy methods to cope with challenges and to learn how to navigate through their lives most effectively.

Willow is the granddaughter of long time, active CHES member Gordon Burrill. Gordon has fond memories of working with Per, both in their professional capacities and in their volunteer work in standards development. It rekindled these memories for Gordon to accept the bursary on Willow’s behalf at the CHES-Maritimes conference in Moncton, NB in May 2023.

Best wishes in your future endeavours, Willow.

2023 Samantha Benoit

2020  Patrick LeBlanc

2018  Patrick LeBlanc

2017  Sabrina Goobie 

2015  Kyle Bouchie