A look at some new and some “firsts”

Our newest faculty members include three who have served the School of Nursing faithfully for a number of years, most recently under the title lecturer. We are grateful for the opportunity this past year to appoint to the tenure-track rank of instructor, Ranjit Dhari, Fairleth McCuaig, and Cheryl Segaric.

New to the School of Nursing and appointed as instructor, is Elisabeth Bailey (RN, DNP, PMHNP-BC (ANCC, USA)). Dr Bailey graduated from Boston College where she studied advanced practice in psychiatric nursing and advanced practice in pediatric primary care. She received her doctorate of nursing practice in 2015, has held academic appointments at Yale University and Boston College and has worked at Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.

We have had the pleasure of working with Manon Ranger, BSc, PhD as a clinical assistant professor and member of the BC Pain Research Network. Dr Ranger is beginning a new role in the School of Nursing as assistant professor. Dr Ranger is a pain researcher whose longterm goal is to improve the care of infants born preterm worldwide through translational research combining both animal models and clinical studies.

Farinaz (Naz) Havaei, PhD, is an alumnus, a new assistant professor, and a health systems researcher with a passion for improving quality and safety of patient care delivery for a diverse range of patient populations. She is very interested in health human resource planning and nursing care delivery models. Dr Havaei’s teaching philosophy is to maximize learning and stimulate critical thinking for a diverse student body through cooperative, active learning approaches.

We welcome our newest associate professor, Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN. Dr Moss has also been appointed for a five-year term as Director of the First Nations House of Learning. She joins us from the University of Buffalo where she served as Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion. Dr Moss’ research and policy work has primarily been focused on American Indian Elders and aging; she also published the first nursing textbook focused on American Indian Health.

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Here are some firsts at the School of Nursing:
First Assistant Professor:
Ethel Johns (1919)

First Professor
Evelyn Mallory (1952)

First Professor of Teaching
Elsie Tan (2017)

First Public Health Nursing Diploma
Louise Elizabeth Buckley (1920-21)

First Bachelor of Applied Science in Nursing Graduates:
Fisher, Healy, Johnson (1921)

First National Conference on Research in Nursing Practice (1971)

First Independent Study Modules (1973)

First male nurse graduate:
Mike Lawrence (1973)

First Indigenous BSN Grad:
Mary Macko (1984)

The School Initiates Its First:
MSN program (1968/69)
PhD program (1991)