Foot Canada Training Educators
Introducing our elite team of Licensed Education Providers.
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & NFLD
PEI students can travel to New Brunswick with no need for an extra-provincial license
Kirsten's Foot Care - HALIFAX, NS Kirsten Hansen - LPN
Kirsten has recently moved back out to the east coast. Kirsten has been a foot care nurse for 12 years, and is also a Diabetes Educator.
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Ever New Foot Care - FREDERICTON, NB Nadine Facini - LPN Karen Everitt - LPN
These business partners have been foot care nurses for 4 years, but worked as surgical nurse colleagues for 19 years!
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Mentor for Kirsten's Foot Care Deanna Skinner
new for 2025!
Ontario
Soft Soles Advanced & Diabetic Foot Care - OTTAWA Michelle De Grandmont RPN
Michelle De Grandmont is a bilingual registered advanced diabetic foot care nurse with over 15 years of experience in the health care sector. Michelle’s desire to share knowledge and connect with people, has directed her to several positions which include teaching at Foot Canada Training, holding the position of the Ontario Provincial Advisor for the Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses and, previously, as an instructor at Algonquin College where she developed an innovative and highly successful advanced diabetic foot care program.
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Next Step Vitality - THUNDER BAY Brette Cain - RPN
Originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Brette started her career as a Personal Support Worker before earning her Practical Nursing diploma with honours at Confederation College, in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is an excellent addition to the FCT team of Licensed Education Providers in Northern Ontario!
Today, she continues to work at the Atikokan General Hospital as a Registered Practical Nurse in the Acute Care Unit and Extended Care Unit, alongside providing specialised Basic, Advanced, and Diabetic Foot Care to the community and surrounding area.
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Arlene's Healthy Heels - WINDSOR Arlene Van Doorn - RN
Arlene VanDoorn is a registered nurse, advanced foot nurse and foot nurse educator. She has been the proud owner and operator of Arlene’s Healthy Heels & More Inc. since 2010. Her business all began when her marriage dissolved, and she was searching for extra income while trying to do shift work and raise her two beautiful children. Her hobby transformed into a career which pushed her to take an early retirement from hospital nursing. She realized the importance of happiness and family unity.
Her past employment includes working at Hotel Dieu Hospital (Windsor Regional Ouellette Campus) for thirty-six years as a staff nurse on gerontology, med surg ortho, emergency room and outpatient day surgery . She became passionate about foot care in 2003 and received Basic and Advanced foot certificates from St Clair college. After receiving her foot certificate, Arlene started her home-based business from 2003-2009. Each month, new clients would arise which encouraged Arlene to seek out bricks and mortar in 2010 .
In 2013 received her Foot Care Nurse Educator certificate from Foot Care Kingston which is now known as Foot Canada Training. Arlene is also the founder of IFCN (International Foot Care for Nurses) and creator of Annual Foot Care Conferences in Windsor ON since 2013. She is a good standing member of CNO, RNAO and CAFCN.
Health teaching and foot care is her passion, and she hopes to share her knowledge with other professionals and clients. Arlene’s mission statement is to empower individuals to advocate for themselves in all aspects of their health, including their feet, which is their foundation. Nasty, problematic issues in tissues are always a challenge, but also very rewarding!
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Healed Sole - KENORA, ONTARIO Shannon Matheson - RPN
My Name is Shannon Matheson and I am the Owner of Healed Sole.I have been a Foot Canada Licensed Education provider since 2021 and a Foot Care Nurse since 2018. I have worked in nursing clinics, indigenous communities, as well as presented at conferences and hosted training events. I am also a Certified Onyfix Educator and working towards becoming a Certified Diabetes Educator.
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Prairies
Manitoba (RNs and LPNs)
Healed Sole - KENORA, ONTARIO Shannon Matheson - RPN
My Name is Shannon Matheson and I am the Owner of Healed Sole.I have been a Foot Canada Licensed Education provider since 2021 and a Foot Care Nurse since 2018. I have worked in nursing clinics, indigenous communities, as well as presented at conferences and hosted training events. I am also a Certified Onyfix Educator and working towards becoming a Certified Diabetes Educator.
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West Coast
British Columbia (RN & LPN) & Alberta (RNs only)
Longevity Foot Care - VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC Chrystal Stevens - LPN
Chrystal Stevens LPN FCN Ed, is an experienced Foot Care Nurse and the owner of Longevity Services Inc. in Duncan, BC. With over 17 years of nursing experience, 8 of those in foot care,, Chrystal is known for her innovative workshops on Nail Bracing, banding and Reconstruction, which have been presented across Western Canada. She also founded the Foot Care Professionals Educational Opportunities Facebook group, which has over 1700 members from various disciplines and countries. Chrystal is a Licensed Education Provider for Foot Canada Training and was selected to peer review the 3rd edition of the textbook Art and Science of Foot Care, A Clinical Resource for Nurses in Canada. She has traveled across the globe to mentor with leading experts in the Podiatry field and has co-hosted workshops with renowned author Cindy Lazenby. Chrystal is dedicated to advancing nursing foot care through good practices and quality progressive education.
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One Step Foot Care - OKANAGAN VALLEY, BC Kaarina Schrott - LPN
In 2010, Kaarina became an Advanced Foot Care Nurse and launched One Step Foot Care, rapidly growing the company to be Okanagan Valley’s premier foot care nurse specialists. Driven to help other nursing professionals, Kaarina began teaching Advanced Foot Care courses in 2017. And in 2021 she partnered with Foot Canada Training to become a licensed education provider. She continues to educate nurses across BC, helping develop their skills and launch their new careers as Foot Care Nurses.
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M&M Advanced Foot Care - PRINCE GEORGE, BC Melonie Millar - LPN
Melonie Millar has been a Foot Care Nurse since 2019. She started her healthcare career in 2006 as a nurses assistant before becoming an LPN in 2010, practising in complex care. Today she runs a busy nursing foot care clinic in Northern BC helping over 1500 clients (and counting!). Melonie recently became an LEP with Foot Canada as part of her journey towards increasing access to foot care in Northern BC. Her goal, as the owner of M&M Advanced Footcare and a Foot Care Nurse Educator, is to see a reduction in lower limb amputations among diabetics in her area over the next 5-10 years. Becoming part of the LEP Foot Canada Training Community has been a key factor in advancing towards her goals.
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Nursing Soles - Calgary, Alberta Monica Shepherd LPN
Monica transforms feet, toes and hearts. She assesses, discusses and examines the root of the problem. She takes her time to help feet feel new again. She always likes to learn and enjoys teaching and continually upgrading her education, so that she can best provide safe nursing care and support to her clients and students.
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Northern Territories
Yukon and North West Territories
SolTree Wellness- North West Territories Heather Moxon LPN
I became a Foot Care Nurse in 2019. Foot care nursing is in my blood. My mother has /was a foot care nurse for 30 years.
I have been nursing for 14 years, 2 of those years as a private Foot Care Nurse.
My desire to educate and care for clients is high. Preventing foot-related complications for my community is high on my list of goals.
I am not only a nurse, I am also a Registered Canadian Reflexology Therapist. Having this modality and being able to incorporate it into my Foot Care Nursing has been proving extremely beneficial to both my clients and myself.
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