TRU Faculty Awards

Dr. Barbara Paterson

2012 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award
2012 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in the Public Sector Leaders category.

Marking a decade of celebrating female leaders, the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) announced the recipients of the 10th annual Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award. The awards celebrate the professional achievements of women across the country in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
Read the TRU Newsroom article about Dr. Paterson
List of Top 100 Award Winners

Renee Anderson

2012 CRNBC Nursing Excellence Award in Nursing Education
2012 TRU Teaching Excellence Award

CRNBC Nursing Excellence Award in Nursing Education is presented to registered nurses who demonstrate excellence in nursing education in the nurses' own work settings (e.g., colleges, institutes, universities or health care agencies). Nominees must demonstrate excellence in at least four of the following areas and demonstrate competent or better performance in the remaining areas:

• lecture, demonstration, discussion, clinical or laboratory instruction;
• consultation, including tutoring, advising and thesis or major paper supervision;
• program, curriculum or course design and development;
• innovative teaching methods;
• educational planning and policy-making;
• production of educational materials (study guides, instructional materials and resources, audiovisual aids, textbooks).

Star Mahara

• Sustained teaching activities of high quality as recognized by peers and students.
• Committment to mentorship of students and colleagues.
• Ability to introduce innovation in educational activities (such as courses, practicum, and programs).
• Leadership in influencing the quality of education within the academic and practice areas.
• Active engagement in promoting excellence in nursing education.

Star was presented with this Award of Excellence at the 2010 Fall CASN Council meeting.

Joanne Jones

2011 CRNBC Nursing Excellence Award in Nursing Education
2009 TRU Master Teacher
2005 TRU Teaching Excellence Award

The Thompson Rivers University Master Teacher Award recognizes significant long-term, career achievements in teaching, pedagogy and the promotion of good teaching. It complements and builds on the annual Teaching Excellence Awards.

Only one Master Teacher Award is announced each year.

Jeanette Murray

2011 TRU Chair Leadership Award
2011 CRNBC Award of Excellence in Nursing Education
2008 The Canadian Nurses Association Centennial Award

The Centennial Awards were created to honour exceptional registered nurses whose work has had a positive impact on nursing and on the lives and health of Canadians. Recipients were nominated for the one-time-only award by their peers as a recognition of their contributions to the profession, the workplace and the health system. Jeanette was presented this award for work on the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination.

Diane Wells

2007 CRNBC Award of Excellence in Nursing Education

This award is presented to registered nurses who demonstrate excellence in nursing education in the nurses' own work settings (e.g., colleges, institutes, universities or health care agencies). Nominees must demonstrate excellence in at least four of the following areas and demonstrate competent or better performance in the remaining areas:

• lecture, demonstration, discussion, clinical or laboratory instruction;
• consultation, including tutoring, advising and thesis or major paper supervision;
• program, curriculum or course design and development;
• innovative teaching methods;
• educational planning and policy-making;
• production of educational materials (study guides, instructional materials and resources, audiovisual aids, textbooks).

Penny Heaslip

Sharon Simpson

2008: TRU Professor Emerita
2008: CRNBC Award of Excellence in Nursing Education
2000: TRU Teaching Excellence Award

Sharon was one of the first four nursing faculty hired in 1973 to begin to develop and teach the new diploma Nursing Program at Cariboo College. She was instrumental in the development of the past collaborative degree program in Nursing. She has chaired innumerable committees, has been active in a variety of cross-campus and community activities and external nursing organizations, and was a respected mentor for new faculty.