• Saturday, September 25, 2021
• 5 to 6:30 p.m.
• Via Zoom
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5:00 p.m.: Welcome and Introductions

• Jeff McArthur - Event Emcee

5:05 p.m.: Opening Remarks

• Victoria Smye - Director, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University
• Alan Shepard - President and Vice-Chancellor, Western University
• Jayne Garland - Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University

5:20 p.m.: Keynote Speaker

• Susana Caxaj - Assistant Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
  
  • The inevitable hope of nursing: Tracing our roots towards a more equitable future

5:35 p.m.: Musical Performance

• Don Wright Faculty of Music Student Quartet

5:40 p.m.: Presentation of Awards (see below for more information)

• Nursing Alumni Rising Star Award
• Nursing Alumni Award of Distinction Awards
• Legacy 2020 Centenary Awards of Distinction

Susana Caxaj, PhD - Assistant Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

Dr. C. Susana Caxaj holds a BScN from Queen's University, and completed her graduate studies, earning a PhD in Western's Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing in 2013. Her program of research is in the area of global health, with a particular interest in migrant farmworkers' health, safety and human rights. Her prior research has explored issues related to Indigenous community health within the global south and rural Canadian context, as well as immigrant and refugee wellbeing and belonging. She currently holds a fellowship in health equity at Western, and she is a co-founder and member of the Migrant Worker Health Expert Working Group.

As part of its celebration of 100 Years of World Class Research & Innovation in Nursing, the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing is proud to recognize nurses from across the spectrum of practice with the following awards. Learn more about the award recipients.