About Me
Education, Certifications, and More

Shelley Winton, RN, BScN, MPS

Hi, I'm Shelley Winton.

I am a Registered Nurse. My nursing background crosses the lifespan from neonates to geriatrics and I have worked as a staff nurse, researcher, educator, clinical project manager and academic. My current practice interests include: Infection Prevention and Control, Communicable Diseases, Health Education, Serious Illness Conversations and End-of-Life planning.

I am a project and a change facilitator and an innovator. I love working with organizations to support people, change, and movement in new directions. I listen carefully to those around me and synthesize the ideas into tangible actions.

I am a body-centered counsellor with a focus on assisted self-discovery using Hakomi and Psoma. I am a teacher of body/mind practices - yoga and meditation. I facilitate individuals and groups, encouraging listening to the body and the messages it provides.

I practice spiritual healing and energy medicine, trained in the Algonquin tradition, and contemplative practices, rooted in Soto Zen Buddhism. I hold space and accompany others to inner spaces where a companion is helps for support.

I am a Saskatchewan farm girl who moved to Edmonton, AB, Canada in early adulthood. My home base is Edmonton and I am living in both Canada and Delhi, India between October 2026 and August 2029 while my husband completes a diplomatic appointment.

I have an amazing family and I love the land, the garden, and the joy of hand sewing.

The Questions that Guide My Work

In my professional work and beyond, my practice responds to these three key questions:

What is happening? (present moment experience)
What if we try…? (play with options)
What wants to happen? (exploring and choosing possibilities)

When we approach what is happening with a sense of curiosity and play, we discover options we may not have even imagined were possible.

An additional guiding question acts as an invitation to embrace the infinite unfolding of this path of mystery we call life:

· How simply are you willing to let this be?

Education and Licensure

Education

St. Stephens College, Edmonton
Master of Psychotherapy and Spirituality (MPS), Counselling

University of Alberta, Edmonton
Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Misericordia School of Nursing, Edmonton

Diploma of Nursing

Professional Licensure

Registered Nurse
College of Registered Nurses of Alberta

Training and Professional Formation

My work has been shaped by formal education, advanced clinical training, body/mind training, project and change courses,
and more than three decades of nursing practice. The following are selected areas of training that have been particularly influential
in how I understand people, health and wellness, education, change, resilience, and life.

Registered Nursing Certifications and Advanced Courses

· Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) current

· Alberta Health Services courses

o Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Ebola) Introduction and PPE Management 2026

o Leading Health and Safety in the Workplace (modules 1-5) 2021

o Incident Command System training modules 2021

· LEAP Core palliative care (online) Pallium Canada 2021

· Serious Illness Conversation Guide Train-the-Trainer Ariadne Labs 2018

· Basic Infection Prevention and Control Course Queen’s University 2007

· Neonatal Nursing Certificate University of Alberta 1993

Facilitation and Nursing Education

· Educators Advancing Simulation Education Series MacEwan University 2014

· Better Care - Finding and Using Health Evidence University of Alberta 2009

Project and Change Management & Organizational Development

· Alberta Health Services Project Management modules 1-5 2020

· Alberta Improvement Way (AIW) Yellow Belt Certification (like Six Sigma) 2018

· ProSci Change Management Certification 2018

Health, Wellness, Counselling and Body/ Mind Practices

· Person-Centred Practice Health Change Methodology

· Co-creator and Teacher – Psoma and Psoma Yoga

· Certified Practitioner and Teacher - Hakomi Education Network

· Certified Senior Teacher – Yoga Association of Alberta

Professional Presentation and Posters

Name of Presentation/Poster
o Date and Conference

Integration and Uptake of “INSPIRED™” COPD Services in Albera Health Services (AHS) Edmonton Zone

o 2019 Canadian Respiratory Conference (CRC)

Enhancing Simulation Design and Implementation Through Workload Analysis

o 2018 NETNEP (International Nurse Education Conference)

Creating a Debrief of the Debrief (Simulation Best Practice)

o 2017 WCHSE (Western Canada Health Science Educators)

Up, Over and Through the Theory Practice Gap

o 2015 ACIFA (Alberta Colleges and Institutes Faculties Association)

Urinary Tract Infections in Geriatric Inpatients – Poster

o 2011 Glenrose Hospital Research Breakfast

Seek and Ye Shall Find: Results of a Medical Device Reprocessing Audit in a Large Canadian Multi-Site Health Region

o 2008 CHICA (Community and Hospital Infection Control Association – Canada) National Conference

Pandemic Education

o 2007 CHICA (Community and Hospital Infection Control Association – Canada) National Conference

Beyond Professional Roles

Alongside my professional work, I volunteer as:

A board member for the Hakomi Education Network
A member of the teaching team for Kalyana Mittata - a group of like-minded individuals creating spaces for spiritual friendship