Sindi Hawkins worked as a nurse and a lawyer. She was one of the first nurses in Canada to be recognized by the Canadian Nurses Association as a Neuroscience nurse specialist. She was head nurse of Neurosurgery / Neuro-ICU at Foothills Hospital in Calgary and a college instructor in the diploma nursing program at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences.

After earning her law degree at the University of Calgary, Ms. Hawkins worked as a medical-legal consultant.

She was involved in the prevention of elder abuse. She has also served on an anti-racism committee and with a non-profit society to aid visible minority and immigrant women.

She was a volunteer with the B.C. Special Olympics and Kelowna Triathalon.