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Tammara (Tami) McBratney
After graduating from BCI in 1998, Tami
McBratney obtained a degree in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan
followed by a Bachelor of Nursing Science from the University of Ottawa. She then enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy
where she currently serves as a Lieutenant.
As a
member of the Royal Canadian Navy, Ms McBratney was deployed to Haiti following
the disastrous earthquake in that country and has twice been sent to
Afghanistan. Her second stint in
Afghanistan was a volunteer deployment. She has also worked on a hospital ship
in South America.
While at BCI, Ms McBratney excelled in both
academics and in athletics. She was an Ontario Scholar and top female athlete
in the year of her graduation. In the
same year she was the recipient of the Betty Stephenson Award for selflessly
giving to school athletics. Ms McBratney was a gold medalist with BCI’s junior
women’s eight rowing crew and two time member of the Canadian rowing championship
women’s four crew. She also won
individual honours in basketball, volleyball and badminton.