Dr. Laurie Gottlieb, the Flora Madeline Shaw Chair in Nursing at the McGill School of Nursing, has been selected to receive the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Centennial Award, honouring exceptional Canadian nurses to mark its 100th anniversary in 2008. As part of the celebrations, CNA will present these one-time CNA Centennial Awards to 100 Canadian nurses to recognize their contribution to nursing in Canada. Recipients of the CNA Centennial Award will receive a medal minted specifically for this occasion and will be honoured at a special reception in Ottawa in November 2008.