Faculty of Nursing Pursuit of Excellence Awards

Faculty of Nursing Pursuit of Excellence Awards

Recognizing the hard work, commitment and success of our students, faculty, staff, alumni and community partners

Admire and respect someone in the Faculty of Nursing community?

Nominate them for a Faculty of Nursing Pursuit of Excellence Award! 

The Faculty of Nursing began its successful recognition program in 2011 with generous support from Covenant Health, Canada’s largest Catholic health-care provider. In 2017, our team of committed committee volunteers re-envisioned the program and renamed it The Faculty of Nursing Pursuit of Excellence Awards.

These awards will continue to recognize the hard work, commitment and success of our students, faculty, staff, alumni and community partners in whom we take great pride. 

Dec. 5, 2022

Online nomination form opens


March 6, 2023

Nominations deadline


April 21, 2023

Nominees and winners notified


May 3, 2022

Pursuit Awards event registration deadline


May 10, 2023

Pursuit Awards event, 4 - 5:30 p.m.


2023 Pursuit of Excellence Awards

Congratulations to all the recipients and nominees of this year's Pursuit of Excellence Awards!

MJ Calungcaguin on 2022 Pursuit of Excellence Awards

Committee member reflects on 2022 Pursuit of Excellence Awards

MJ Calungcaguin BN'17 has been on the committee for the last six years. The Pursuit of Excellence Awards celebrate outstanding contributions to nursing by our faculty, staff, students and community partners.

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2023 Award Categories

Nominations are now closed.

Inspirational Undergraduate Student Award

Inspirational Undergraduate Student Award

This student award recognizes an undergraduate nursing student who exhibits overall excellence academically, clinically and collegially and demonstrates strong leadership skills and a positive team attitude.

 

Inspirational Graduate Student Award

Inspirational Graduate Student Award

This student award recognizes a graduate nursing student who exhibits overall excellence academically, clinically and collegially and demonstrates strong leadership skills and a positive team attitude.

Undegraduate Teaching Excellence Award

Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award

The Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award is for a faculty member (including sessionals) or a preceptor who enhances the undergraduate nursing student experience by sharing knowledge with their students in an engaging and respectful manner.

Graduate Teaching Excellence Award

Graduate Teaching Excellence Award

For a faculty member who enhances the graduate nursing student experience by sharing knowledge with their students in an engaging and respectful manner.

Emerging Researcher Award

Excellence in Research Award

This award recognizes a faculty member whose program of research demonstrates the potential to impact patient, provider and system outcomes as well as the discipline of nursing. 

Emerging Researcher Award

Outstanding Team Award

The Outstanding Team Award is awarded to a group (faculty, support staff, graduate/undergraduate students, research) who contribute to a shared vision of the future, excel as effective collaborators together as well as outside their team and collectively support various ongoing activities of the Faculty of Nursing.

Inspirational Mentor Award

Inspirational Mentor Award

The Faculty of Nursing is proud of how members of our internal and external community constantly and consistently impart their wisdom and skills in support of others. This award recognizes individuals who inspire through their willingness to share knowledge and celebrate the success of others.

Exceptional Alumnus Award

Exceptional Alumnus Award

The Exceptional Alumnus Award recognizes a University of Calgary Faculty of Nursing graduate whose noteworthy professional achievements in their field and outstanding personal accomplishments have been acknowledged by their peers and have contributed to the health system through patient care, research or health-care-related services. The ideal candidate would have specific experience in a volunteer capacity with UCalgary Nursing Alumni Committee.

Outstanding Support Staff Award

Outstanding Support Staff Award

The Faculty of Nursing strives to provide an engaged and supportive working and learning environment, committed to wellness for work and study. This award recognizes any member of the Faculty of Nursing support staff whose attitude and work ethic makes a difference to others. Their willingness to help co-workers, students and others is inspirational and enables and empowers us to deliver our accountabilities.

Committee's Choice Award

Committee's Choice Award

The Faculty of Nursing Pursuit of Excellence Awards committee may choose to select a nominee - from any category - deemed worthy of an award, but who was not selected as a recipient in the category in which they were nominated, to receive the Committee’s Choice Award.