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Mrs. Sheila Dawn Early

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Order of Canada

  • Member of the Order of Canada

    Awarded on: 2025-10-17
    Sheila Dawn Early, C.M. Surrey, British Columbia Sheila Early is a leader in forensic nursing. She developed British Columbia’s first forensic nurse program, which provides survivors of violence with improved access to essential, patient-centred and trauma-informed services, and changed how health care, legal and law professionals respond to violence. She also created Canada’s first classroom-delivered forensic health sciences certificate program.