TouchPoints

When the editorial team began planning this issue of Touchpoints, the pandemic was in the early days of the emergency, and we were busy coordinating our response to it. We assumed that this issue would be dedicated to the crisis, underscoring the importance of nurses and their recommendations, especially in public health and long-term care. Indeed, the school’s response to the COVID-19 crisis is something to be proud of. We moved staff, faculty, students, and research teams into work-from-home status in a matter of days, and classes resumed online in…read more

July 7, 2020 | The School’s Nursing Alumni committee (formerly the AEC) met online to finalize its terms of reference, to catch up with two alumni guest speakers, and to say farewell to co-Chairs, Kathy O’Flynn-Magee, who retired in November, and Cathy Ebbehoj who is opening up space for some new folks to join in. Also resigning her post is Marion Clausen, who has served for many years on the committee. Their tireless work and dedication will be missed. We are pleased to announce that Leanne Currie is stepping in…read more