Winners of a series of provincial nursing awards have made outstanding contributions to nursing education in Ontario in a variety of ways, from the development of new tools for use in the nursing field, to the incorporation of innovative teaching methods in the classroom.
The awards are presented each year to outstanding nursing faculty, students, staff and health program partners from across the province by the Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing (COUPN).
“It is a pleasure to honour the spirit and accomplishments of these leaders in nursing education, who will help us meet the growing demand for skilled nurses in Ontario,” says Dr. Catherine Tompkins, Chair of COUPN and Associate Dean of Health Sciences (Nursing) at McMaster University.
Also recognized this year is a doctoral dissertation that explores the relationship between fluids given to women during childbirth and weight-loss, a screening tool to detect elder mistreatment and several examples of distinction in teaching and learning.
The awards are divided into three main areas: student-doctoral thesis, master’s and undergraduate level; faculty-teaching and research; and external (non-nursing) contribution to nursing education. This year, a new award for collaborative education was added.
The following awards will be handed out this evening at a reception in Toronto:
- Women’s College Hospital – Agency Recognition Award
- Joy Noel-Weiss, University of Ottawa – Doctoral Dissertation Award
- Diane Alain, University of Ottawa/La Cité collégiale – Award for Excellence in Collaborative Education
- Margaret Saari, University of Toronto – Excellence in Professional Nursing Practice at the Undergraduate Student Level Award
- Christine Jonas-Simpson, York University – Excellence in Teaching Award
- Jeannette Lindenbach, Laurentian University – Master’s Student Award of Excellence
- Marilou Gagnon, University of Ottawa – New Tenure Stream Faculty Contribution Award
- Sunita Coelho, Women’s College Hospital/University of Toronto – Preceptor Recognition Award
- Sandra MacDonald-Rencz, Health Canada – Award for Strategic Contribution to Nursing Education
- Patricia Bradley, York University – Teaching Innovation Award
More about the contribution of each recipient.
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For more information, please contact:
Dr. Catherine Tompkins
Chair, COUPN
Associate Dean, Health Sciences (Nursing)
McMaster University
905.525.9140 ext. 22400
tompkins@mcmaster.ca
