Since January 2024, Shannon has been acting dean of the Faculty of Nursing, leveraging a strong leadership foundation that includes her role as acting vice-dean of the faculty from 2021-2023. Her leadership spans exceptional relationship-building, collaboration and visionary, strategic planning.
An accomplished teacher, researcher and mentor, Shannon has nearly 30 years as a registered nurse and more than 28 years of nursing education experience. She joined the U of A Faculty of Nursing in 2008 and held a Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translations in Child Health from 2013-2023. Among her numerous awards and recognitions, she is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing (2020), a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (2021) and a distinguished researcher with the Stollery Science Lab (2018). She has also been inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Hall of Fame.
She is a proud University of Alberta graduate, completing her PhD in nursing and a postdoctoral fellowship with the Department of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.
The Faculty of Nursing is recognized for its excellence. It is the top-rated nursing program in the country, according to Maclean’s 2024 Canadian University Rankings and was ranked as Canada’s best program in the 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
We look forward to working with Shannon in her new role.
We want to thank the selection committee for their dedication to this process. We also want to thank the Faculty of Nursing staff, faculty and students for participating and providing input.
Verna Yiu
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Brenda Hemmelgarn
College Dean and Vice-Provost, College of Health Sciences