Melissa Eastveld
Positions
Assistant Professor (Teaching)
Faculty of Nursing, Faculty
Contact information
Phone number
Office: 403.210.7343
Location
Office: PF3246
Background
Educational Background
PhD Student Nursing/Transdisciplinary Research , 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) in the Faculty of Nursing and PhD student in Transdisciplinay Research in the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Melissa is a citizen of the Otipemisiwak Métis Nation (districts 5 and 6) with reinstated Treaty status registered with Peguis First Nation. Melissa was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and comes from a large family of maternal Anishinaabe/Cree/Red River Métis/Icelandic and paternal German Mennonite 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 Métis mothers experiences within Perinatal Healthcare, using a Métis-specific 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), One Child Every Child Indigenous Seed Funding Grant (2025), Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)- Indigenous (2024/2025), Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)- Indigenous Research (2023), ii’ taa'poh'to'p Graduate Scholarship (2025/2026), 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. 2026
- IPHCPR Graduate Student Stipend, IPHCPR. 2026
- One Child Every Child Indigenous Seed Funding Grant, Canada First Research Excellence Fund. 2025
- Ii' taa'poh'to'p Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary. 2025
- Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship: Indigenous (Doctoral), University of Calgary. 2025
- Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship: Indigenous (Doctoral), Alberta Student Aid. 2024
- IPHCPR Graduate Student Stipend, IPHCPR. 2025
- Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship-Indigenous Research (Doctoral), Alberta Student Aid. 2023
- Indigenous Graduate Métis Scholar Award, University of Calgary. 2023
- Pursuit of Excellence-Outstanding Team, Faculty of Nursing. 2023
- Florence & Lloyd Cooper Scholarship for Nursing Leadership, Alberta Registered Nurses Education Trust (ARNET). 2021
- Pursuit of Excellence: Outstanding Team-Nominee, Faculty of Nursing. 2019
- Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award: Honorable Mention, University of Calgary- Students Union. 2018
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