Emeritus Professor, McGill University

Celeste Johnston is James McGill Professor and Associate Director for Research at the McGill School of Nursing. She is a Nurse Scientist (Hon) at the McGill University Health Centre (Montreal) and the lsaac Walton Kiilam Children’s Hospital (Halifax). She is Director of the Canadian Pain Coalition, Secretary of the Special Interest Group on Pain in Children of the International Association for the Study of Pain, and Past- President of the Canadian Pain Society. Dr. Johnston’s research interests focus on non-pharmacologic interventions for pain in infants, with a particular focus on pre-term ...

Professor & Canada Research Chair, University of Alberta

Carole Estabrooks holds a Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and is recognized internationally as a leader in knowledge translation science. A past member and vice-chair of the CIHR Institute of Aging Advisory Board, she directs the Knowledge Utilization Studies Program at the University of Alberta. Her research focuses on developing practical solutions for improving the quality of care provided to LTC residents, for enriching the work life of their caregivers, and for enhancing system efficiencies and effectiveness. She does this by advancing knowledge translation and improvement ...

Professor and Founding Dean, University of Regina

Dean, Faculty of Nursing and recognized expert on the social and cultural determinants of health, particularly in Aboriginal communities. Prolific scholar, educator and clinician, he is one of Canada's foremost leaders in nursing education, having played instrumental roles in the development of Faculties of Nursing in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, establishing innovative community education programs and effective partnerships among post-secondary institutions. His research focuses on Aboriginal health and education, qualitative research methodologies, men in nursing and medical anthropology.

Dr. Alex Clark is Professor and Associate Dean, Research in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. In this role, he also provides leadership for the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology. His research relates to prevention and management of cardiovascular disease, drawing on complex theory and other innovative methods to understand outcomes in populations with coronary heart disease. His work has directly contributed to healthcare practice, policy and guidelines nationally an internationally. He is currently Vice-President of the International Network for Doctoral ...

Professor, McGill University

Pioneer in academic nursing in Canada. She was a key player in the development of the McGill Model of Nursing, now widely used worldwide, and has further developed that into practice and training of nurses and other health care professionals. Editor for over two decades of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, she has brought nursing leaders from across Canada together through the journal. With numerous invitations as a visiting professor she is recognized internationally as a leader in health care.  

Presidential Endowed Chair, University of Utah

Janice Morse is theThe Ida May "Dotty" Barnes, RN, & D. Keith Barnes, MD, Presidential Endowed Chair, College Of Nursing, University of Utah. She holds PhDs in both nursing and anthropology and uses anthropological research methods to explore the illness experience, suffering and the attainment of comfort. Dr. Morse is an authority in qualitative research methods, serves as founding editor for the journal Qualitative Health Research. She has published more than 300 articles and 14 books, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, American Anthropological Association, and the ...

Professor & Chair, Rural Health Delivery, University of Saskatchewan

One of Canada's most innovative and respected researchers in rural and remote health service delivery, Debra has devoted her career to improving outcomes for patients with dementia and has changed how health services are delivered to rural and remote dementia patients in Saskatchewan. Expert in knowledge translation and community-based action research, she has received numerous awards, including the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Achievement Award (2015), the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan's Honorary Lifetime Membership Award (2011), and CIHR's Betty Havens Knowledge Translation ...

Interim College Dean & Vice Provost, HS, University of Alberta

Greta G. Cummings is Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta; New Investigator, CIHR; Population Health Investigator, AHFMR, and an international leader in healthcare leadership science. She is principal investigator of the CLEAR Outcomes (Connecting Leadership, Education, & Research) Research Program. Her contributions to knowledge development about leadership practices and their impact on outcomes for nurses and patients have been acknowledged by the Canadian Nurses Association, from which she received the 2010 Order of Merit for Research. She has also received awards of ...

Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta

Dr. Anita Molzahn is an international leader in quality of life research, particularly in relation to chronic illness and aging. She is a registered nurse who holds a PhD in Sociology (1989) from the University of Alberta as well as an MN from the University of Alberta (1986). She is currently Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta. She served as Dean of that Faculty from 2008-17. Prior to beginning her tenure as Dean at the University of Alberta,she served as Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria (1996 – 2003). Her research program ...

Professor, Faculty of Nursing & Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Nicole Letourneau is Professor and Chair in Parent-Infant Mental Health in the Facultiesof Nursing and Medicine (Pediatrics) at the University of Calgary and past CanadaResearch Chairin Healthy Child Development. Receiving over $30 million in funding, her research is community-based and seeks to (1) understand the influenceof caregiver stress on infant/child development and (2) develop and test mitigating interventions. She has received many awards including inductioninto Canada's Top 40 Under 40 (2007). She authored Scientific Parenting: What Science Reveals About ParentalInfluence (2013), ...