How to Apply

Admission Criteria

To be named a Fellow of CNEI, the candidate will have provided evidence of their enduring and substantial contributions to nursing education, in the scholarship of teaching and learning, over a minimum of the last 10 years, in the following ways:

  1. Leadership in teaching and learning
  2. Active promotion of excellence in faculty development
  3. A program of research in nursing education and nursing education scholarship

Candidates must speak to all categories and must show evidence of sustained excellence, beyond a local level, in at least three of the following areas:

  • Nursing education policy
  • Nursing education administration
  • Mentoring students and peers
  • Curriculum development and design
  • Innovative teaching and learning strategies
  • Accreditation

Some institutions have different streams for their faculty (e.g., professorial, teaching); anyone may apply regardless of their main academic responsibilities.

Eligibility

  • Any current faculty member or administrator engaged in educational scholarship and activities of a CASN member school.
  • Any former faculty member or administrator engaged in educational scholarship and activities of a CASN member school.
  • Any current international nurse educator or administrator in a CASN member school.
  • Any former international nurse educator or administrator in a CASN member school.

Selection

  • The Selection Committee – Fellows of CNEI reviews the applicants and makes recommendation to the CNEI Advisory Board.
  • Annual admissions are inducted at CASN’s Council Meeting in November.

Application Timeline

  • January-May 2025: Applications are accepted
  • May 31, 2025: APPLICATION DEADLINE
  • June 2025: Applications forms will be sent to the CNEI Selection Committee for review.
  • September 2025: The Selection Committee meets to discuss all applications. Recommendations are sent to the CNEI Advisory Board
  • October 2025: The CNEI Advisory Board will act on recommendations regarding new Fellows.
  • October 2025: All candidates are notified of the outcome of the review process

Recognition

  • All Fellows are encouraged to use the title in their official correspondence (FCNEI – Fellow of the Canadian Nurse Educators Institute).
  • Fellows will be inducted at the CASN Council Meeting.
  • Fellows will be recognized on the CNEI website and at each CASN Nursing Education Conference and Council meeting