Melissa Eastveld

Melissa Eastveld

MN, RN
Pronouns: she/her

Positions

Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Faculty of Nursing, Faculty

Contact information

Email

Phone number

Office: 403.210.7343

Location

Office: PF3246

For media enquiries, contact

Lynda Sea, Senior Manager - Communications

Office: +1.403.471-9762
Email: lsea@ucalgary.ca
Twitter: @ucalgarynursing

Background

Educational Background

PhD Student Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary,

MN Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, 2022

Graduate Certificate- Healthcare Innovation and Design Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, 2021

Graduate Certificate- Leadership in Health Systems Transformation Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, 2020

BN Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, 2002

Biography

Melissa Eastveld is an Assistant Professor (Teaching) and PhD student in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary and a proud citizen of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government (districts 5 and 6). Melissa was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and comes from a large family of maternal Ojibwe/Cree from Peguis First Nation/ Red River Métis/Ukrainian/Icelandic and paternal RusslandDeutsche (German-speaking Russian) relatives on Treaty 1 traditional territory.

Melissa’s nursing career has centered in perinatal women's health with special interest in the intersections of relationality, mental health, and substance use. These experiences ground her doctoral work in understanding the experiences of stigma in healthcare in Métis mothers who consume alcohol using a combination of Michif, Indigenous, and Western research methodologies. This work has been recognized by several national, provincial, and local awards including the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) CGS-D/doctoral fellowship (2023), Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)- Indigenous (2024), Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)- Indigenous Research (2023), Ii' taa'poh'to'p Graduate Scholarship (2025), and the Indigenous Graduate Métis Scholars Award (2023). 

 

Awards

  • SSHRC CGS-D/Doctoral Fellowship, Social Science & Humanities Research Council. 2023
  • Ii' taa'poh'to'p Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary. 2025
  • Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship: Indigenous (Doctoral), Alberta Student Aid. 2024
  • Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship-Indigenous Research (Doctoral), Alberta Student Aid. 2023
  • Indigenous Graduate Métis Scholar Award, University of Calgary. 2023
  • Florence & Lloyd Cooper Scholarship for Nursing Leadership, Alberta Registered Nurses Education Trust (ARNET). 2021
  • Pursuit of Excellence-Outstanding Team, Faculty of Nursing. 2023
  • Pursuit of Excellence: Outstanding Team-Nominee, Faculty of Nursing. 2019
  • Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award: Honorable Mention, University of Calgary- Students Union. 2018