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The accolades keep coming! We are so proud of our students, post-docs, adjuncts, research partners, honorary professors, alumni and other colleagues who do such amazing work. A few have been recognized over the past few months, and this is just a sample of the scope and variety of their achievement. Congratulations to all! Elizabeth Straus, Doctoral student, has received a Killam Teaching Assistant Award. Dr. Tara Horrill, a Michael Smith Foundation Health Research (MSFHR) Trainee awardee, is working with supervisor Dr. Annette Browne on: Identifying organizational and contextual factors impacting…read more

Elisabeth Bailey | Assistant Professor of Teaching | Received the Excellence in Nursing Education award from the Nurses & Nurse Practitioners of BC (NNPBC). Recipient of the 2021 APSC Dean’s Award of Excellence. Jennifer Baumbusch | Associate Professor and CIHR Chair in Sex and Gender Science | Fellow of the American Association of Nursing and received a Legacy 2020 Centenary Award of Distinction from her alma mater, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing. Suzanne H. Campbell | Professor | Named Fellow of the Canadian Nurse Educator Institute (CNEI) from the…read more

A Virtual Fashion Show The BC History of Nursing Society’s Margaret Scaia, Sheila Rankin Zerr and Lenore Radom presented a slideshow of nurses’ uniforms. Almost all were from Ms. Rankin-Zerr’s collection, some of which are shown below. Her study of attire worn by nurses reveals a great deal, not only about their struggle for professional status and recognition, but also about their roles within contemporary society, and about their independence. This presentation forms part of the 2021 Nursing History Symposium video. Jeanne Mance, born 1606, was founder of the first…read more

Following the Marion Woodward keynote lecture, Dr. Wilson joined a panel discussion with invited panelists Tania Dick, UBC Nursing’s newly appointed Nursing Indigenous Lead, and Chloe Crosschild, UBC Nursing PhD trainee and Assistant Professor at the University of Lethbridge. The panel was moderated by UBC Nursing assistant professor, Dr. Saima Hirani. “I think there are some ways that we can start to shift the way in which we do things which then starts shifting the climate about what’s acceptable and what’s not acceptable about talking, about racism, and how people…read more

GSNA Symposium 2021 This year’s Graduate Students in Nursing Association (GSNA) Symposium took place online on October 15, 2021. GSNA President, Abdul-Fatawuy Abdulai opened the event with a welcome and introduction of a panel discussion. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc, who was joined by panelists Dr. Manon Ranger, Dr. Margaret Moss, Dr. Lillian Hung, Dr. Kristen Haase, and Mr. Abdulai. The panel discussion focussed on innovation in nursing. Dr. Hung and Mr. Abdulai explained how innovation in technology transforms some nursing care. Dr. Haase considered how innovation…read more