Louela Manakil-Rankin and Karey McCullough were recognized by RNAO at its 95th Annual General Meeting (celebrated virtually) for their tremendous leadership in nursing education and nursing research, respectively. Manakil-Rankin, who has worked in nursing education for 20 years and is currently an assistant professor at Nipissing University in North Bay, says she has a passion for undergraduate education, and credits her professional and personal values for her teaching approach. “I believe that a competent nurse is a thinking nurse. It is someone who can reason clinically and make a prudent judgment,” Manakil-Rankin says. McCullough also works as an associate professor at Nipissing University and recently completed research on Indigenous wellness in North Bay’s Anishinabek Nation community. Her passion for research came from her own curiosity and always being interested in how thinking is informed when it comes to best practices in nursing. For more information about other RNAO Recognition Award winners in 2020, read their biographies online. (BayToday.ca, June 18)