Become a Member

Who can join the Canadian Academy of Nursing?

Membership is available to all regulated nurses who are members of CNA. Nurses seeking nomination to the academy’s fellowship program must be members of the academy.

Our founding members

The Canadian Academy of Nursing was created in October 2019 by the Canadian Nurses Association. We are grateful for the support of our founding members, who include:

Existing members in good standing of the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses
Members of the board of directors of the Nursing Leadership Network of Ontario
Founders of the Dorothy Wylie Health Leaders Institute
Members of the CNA board of directors

Andrea Baumann
Claire Betker
Maureen Cava
Linda Dempster
Jamie DiCasmirro
Jennifer Dunsford
Netha Dyck
Sharon Garratt
Deb Gibson
Lorelei Gibson
Tim Guest
Ben Hartung
Kathryn Hayward-Murray
Dennie Hycha
Annette Jones
Jacqollyne Keath
Pamela King-Jesso
Treena Klassen
Warren Koch
Aline Laflamme
Robin Laird
Lori Lamont
Sara Lankshear
Nancy Lefebre
Donna Leybourne
James Low
Victoria Marchand
Heather Mass
Anne Marie McIlmoyl
David McNeil
Barb Mildon
Gaylene Molnar
Sue Munro
Lynn Nagle
Kathryn Nichol
Linda Patrick
Joy Peacock
Jacqueline Per
Karen Perkin
Christine Rieck Buckley
Donna Rothwell
Marcy Saxe-Braithwaite
Julia Scott
Rhonda Seidman-Carlson
Linda Silas
Christina Sim
Beverley Simpson
Judith Skelton-Green
Collette Smith
Rani Srivastava
Natalie Stake-Doucet
Heather Tales
Amanda Thibeault
Nicole Valade
Sue VanDeVelde-Coke
Jocelyn Vine
Maureen Wallace
Elaine Warren
Kate Zimmerman

Our founding members receive complimentary membership in the academy for 2020 and 2021.

How to join

To become a member of the Canadian Academy of Nursing, you must have a CNA premium membership.

If you are a CNA general or retired nurse member, sign in to your CNA account and choose the upgrade to premium membership option.

If you are not a member of CNA, sign in to or create your CNA account. From the Join CNA page, select the premium membership option and complete the sign-up process. Please note that it will take 24 hours for your exclusive CNA membership benefits to appear in your profile.

CNA student members are not eligible to become members of the Academy.

Membership fees are annual and renew on the anniversary of your purchase. Fees are not refundable.