Charmaine Nelson was an associate member of Concordia University's Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, then three years later she was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.
In 2015, she was an Associate Member of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art at Concordia University. In 2016, she was named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. 
