Judy Bornais

Judy A.K. Bornais is a faculty member in nursing who is currently Executive Director, Office of Experiential Learning at the University of Windsor. She was the Teaching Leadership Chair for the Faculty of Nursing from 2014-2018. She also holds an Adjunct Faculty appointment at Western with the Department of Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. Bornais's disciplinary research focuses on nursing pedagogy, including the use of standardized patients to improve students’ health assessment skills, the use of peer mentors, the use of simulation technology to reinforce and foster caring in nursing and diabetes education. In addition, Bornais is engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning with expertise in experiential learning in higher education, engagement of students in large classes, peer observation of teaching, professional development and the assessment, evaluation and recognition of teaching practices in higher education.

She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards and recognitions including the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching and Academic Librarianship Award, the University of Windsor Alumni Award for Distinguished Contributions to University Teaching, the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Excellence in Nursing Education for tenured faculty, the Council of Ontario Programs in Nursing (COUPN) Excellence in Teaching Award and the Elsevier Canada Learning Resource Award.

Bornais was the recipient of Western’s USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, the University of Windsor Faculty of Nursing’s Research and Scholarship Award and the Inaugural Nursing Society, Faculty of the Year Award. In 2018 Judy was also named a 3M Teaching Fellow. She lives in Tecumseh, Ontario.