Calgary Nursing Research Luncheon November 7, 2025
Friday, Nov 7 2025
Doors Open 11:30AM
Noon to 2:00 PM (event)
📍Calgary Petroleum Club
319 5 Ave SW
Join us for an inspiring afternoon filled with:
✨ Keynote speakers
✨ Opportunities to network
✨ A delicious lunch and a chance to win amazing door prizes.
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MEET ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS: The First Recipient of the Mata Gujri Ji Endowment Fund Scholarship
Aninder (Angie) Kaur Grewal is a PhD student in Nursing at the University of Alberta and a critical care nurse with over 15 years of frontline experience. Born in Punjab, India, and raised in Canada from the age of two, she brings a unique perspective shaped by both cultural identity and lived caregiving experience. Her research explores ICU survivorship and the impact of post-intensive care syndrome on family caregivers, with a focus on Punjabi and South Asian communities. Angie serves as co-lead of the Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses (CACCN) and co-chair of the Edmonton Zone Family-Centered Care Committee. As a social prescriber, she works to connect critical care clinicians with community-based supports to enhance family-centered care. She is also a wife and mother of two children, aged 14 and 13, and is deeply committed to advancing health equity through research, advocacy, and practice.
MEET ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS: This years Dr. Shannon Spenceley Lethbridge Legacy of Nursing Scholarship Recipient
Nicolle Carr has dedicated her nursing career to compassion, leadership, and advocacy in mental health and addictions. After starting her journey at the University of Calgary, she gained experience in palliative care, medical-surgical nursing, and public health before taking time to raise and homeschool her two daughters. Returning with renewed purpose, Nicolle has since worked in the field of addiction and mental health as a registered nurse, mental health therapist, and in leadership roles supporting a provincial team. A registered nurse, certified in psychiatric and mental health nursing, she holds a Master of Clinical Social Work and is now nearing completion of her Master of Nursing at the University of Lethbridge, with a focus on nursing education, addiction, and mental health. Nicolle’s passion for advancing mental health care and supporting future nurses makes her a true leader in the profession.
MEET ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS: PREVIOUS ARNET SCHOLAR
Wendy Beaudoin is a Nurse Practitioner specializing in pediatric neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, and the pediatric head shape clinic at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. She earned her BScN from the University of Alberta 24 years ago and has dedicated the past 21 years to her role as Nurse Practitioner in pediatric neurosurgery. In her practice, Wendy provides care for children requiring surgical intervention on the brain and spine, including trauma patients, those with congenital abnormalities such as spina bifida, brain tumors, and cases of child abuse. She supports patients across the emergency room, NICU, PICU, and inpatient units, in addition to running independent clinics for pediatric head shape and neurosurgical patients. Beyond her clinical role, Wendy is the co-founder and director of the Neurosurgery Kids Fund and Camp Everest, initiatives that have raised over $2 million to support children and families in the community. Camp Everest, founded in 2011, is a four-day, fully fundraised sleepaway camp for children who have undergone brain or spine surgery or live with related diagnoses. Staffed entirely by volunteer nurse practitioners, registered nurses, allied health professionals, and physicians, Camp Everest has welcomed over 600 children since its creation, offering them a place to connect, grow, and thrive.
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