Faculty Awards
Honours and awards for our UCalgary Nursing faculty
Our faculty and instructors are recognized internally and externally for their outstanding contributions to research, teaching, service, academic achievement, volunteerism and for their life-time contributions to their fields of study.
Each singular award represents an outstanding accomplishment by a member of the Faculty of Nursing community and we celebrate them here.
2020
Meredith Brockway
Award for Sessional Instructors, University of Calgary Teaching Awards

Margarita Gil

Zenaida Roxas Boerhave

Dr. Lorraine Wright

Carlene Donnelly
2019
Heather Bensler
Instructor, SU Teaching Excellence Award
Leah Tellier
Instructor, Honourable mention, SU Teaching Excellence Award
Sandra Davidson
2018
Karen Benzies
Lifetime Achievement Award, Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS)
Sandra Reilly
Meritorious Service Cross (M.S.C.), Canadians Honours, Governor General of Canada
Shane Sinclair
Carmelita Lawlor Lectureship in Palliative Care Award, University of Toronto
Catherine Laing
Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Writing Award 2018
Sandra Goldsworthy
CNA Order of Merit for Education
Tracy Wasylak
CNA Order of Merit for Policy
Shahirose Premji
CARNA Nursing Excellence in Research Award
Sandra Reilly
Zenaida Roxas Boerhave
Melissa Eastveld
Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Awards (Honourable Mention)
Catherine Mitchell
Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Awards (Honourable Mention)
Shane Sinclair
Palliative Medicine Paper of the Year
Faculty Awards Archive
2017
- Karen Benzies
GREAT Supervisor, Faculty of Graduate Studies, UCalgary
- Jacqueline Smith
Calgary Police Service Chief's Awards - Community Service Award
- Nicole Letourneau
CASN 2017 Excellence in Nursing Research Award
- Nicole Letourneau
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 150 Leading Canadians for Mental Health Award
- Sandra Hirst
150 Nurses for Canada, CNA
- Nancy Moules
150 Nurses for Canada, CNA
- Shahirose Premji
150 Nurses for Canada, CNA
- Sandra Reilly (faculty)
150 Nurses for Canada, CNA
- Catherine Laing
International Family Nursing Association 2017 Rising Star Award
- Catherine Laing
CARNA Award of Excellence in Nursing Research
- Cydnee Seneviratne
CARNA Award of Excellence in Nursing Education
- Shane Sinclair
CIHR – Institute of Cancer Research – New Investigator Award in Psychological Oncology
2016
- Nicole Letourneau
UCalgary Peak Scholar Award for Research Innovation
- Kathryn King-Shier
Fellow, European Society of Cardiology
- Shahirose Premji
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
- Karen Benzies
CAPWHN Leadership Award
- Nicole Letourneau
2016 Alberta Inspiration Awards in Family and Community Safety
- Shahirose Premji
CNA Jeanne Mance Award
- Kathryn King-Shier
CNA Order of Merit for Nursing Research
- Shahirose Premji
CARNA Centennial Award
- Shahirose Premji
American Academy of Nursing Fellow
- Shane Sinclair
Peak Scholar, University of Calgary
- Shane Sinclair
Junior Investigator Travel Award, Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute
- Shane Sinclair
Emerging Researcher Award, Covenant Health
- Shane Sinclair
Hiroomi Kawano New Investigator Award, International Psycho-Oncology Society
2015
- Nancy Moules
CASN* Excellence in Nursing Education Award
- Dianne Tapp
CASN* Academic Administrative Excellence Award
- Andrew Estefan
2015 Great Supervisor Award from the Faculty of Graduate Studies (Grad Supervisor Appreciation Week)
- Nancy Moules
International Family Nursing Association Excellence Award
- Shelley Raffin Bouchal
ANEA* Leadership Award (Educator)
- Nancy Moules
UCalgary Teaching Awards, Category: Graduate Supervision
- Zenaida Roxas
UCalgary Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award
- Catherine Laing
Canadian Camp Research Award of Excellence
- Nicole Letourneau
CARNA* Excellence in Nursing Research
- Nancy Moules
CARNA* Excellence in Nursing Education
2014
- Nicole Letourneau
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
- Sandra Goldsworthy
Director of the Year, Advanced Life Support Educators, Sunnybrook Emergency Medicine
- Marlies Murdoch
UCalgary Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award
- Annette Lane
UCalgary Students' Union Teaching Excellence Honourable Mention
- Andrew Estefan
UCalgary Teaching Awards, Full-Time Faculty
- Tracey Clancy and Rita Lisella
UCalgary Teaching Awards, Team Teaching
2013
- Karen Benzies
Westbury Legacy Award
- Diana Mansell
UCalgary Students' Union Teaching Excellence Honourable Mention
- Aaron Li
UCalgary Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award
- Ardene Vollman
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Lorraine Wright
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Sandra Reilly
CARNA* Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
2012
- Karen Benzies
UCalgary U Make A Difference Award
- Andrew Estefan
UCalgary U Make A Difference Award
- Carol Ewashen
CARNA* Award for Excellence in Education
- Sandi Hirst
CNA* Jeanne Mance Award
- Sandi Hirst
CAG* Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Kathryn King-Shier
CASN* Award of Excellence in Nursing Research
- Annette Lane
UCalgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award Honourable Mention
- Jenny Langille
UCalgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award
- Nancy Moules
CNA* Order of Merit in Nursing Education
- Nancy Moules
Killam Annual Professor Award
- Dianne Tapp
CNA* Order of Merit in Nursing Administration
2011
- Tracey Clancy
UCalgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award
- Sandi Hirst
CAG* Distinguished Member Award
- Sandi Hirst
CGNA* Honourary Member
- Nancy Moules
UCalgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award Hall of Fame
- Nancy Moules
CARNA* Award for Excellence in Nursing Research
- Zenaida Roxas
UCalgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award Honourable Mention
- Lorraine Watson
CASN* Award for Academic Administrative Excellence
2010
- Karen Benzies
CARNA* Award for Excellence in Nursing Research
- Judy Boychuk Duscher
CANR* Outstanding New Investigator
- Cynthia Morrison
UCalgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award Honourable Mention
- Nancy Moules
UCalgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award
* ANEA - Alberta Nursing Education Administration
* CANR - Canadian Association for Nursing Research
* CARNA - College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
* CASN - Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
* CAG - Canadian Association on Gerontology
* CGNA - Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association
* CNA - Canadian Nurses Association
* CAPWHN - Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women's Health Nurses