Faculty of Nursing Pursuit of Excellence Awards

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.