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 the integration of equity-oriented healthcare for marginalized populations.

Sarah Crowe, a MSFHR Trainee awardee, is working with supervisor Dr. Fuchsia Howard on: Understanding critical care nurses’ prioritization of patient care.

Christina Chant, Adjunct Professor, received the Excellence in Nursing Administration award from NNPBC.

Lucy Barney, MSN 2005, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the NNPBC.

Dr. Corey McAuliffe is the recipient of a Health System Impact Post Doctoral Fellowship from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) for her project, Building Capacity for Campus Suicide Prevention: A Policy Practice Partnership. Her doctoral supervisor is Dr. Emily Jenkins.

UBC Nursing doctoral student Ismalia De Sousa was awarded a UBC Public Scholar Award for her project, Towards equitable stroke care: learning from young women’s experiences. Her doctoral supervisors are Dr. Sally Thorne, Dr. Sandra Lauck, and Dr. Thalia Field.

Doctoral student Alysha McFadden secured support for Arts-based storytelling: Strengths-based stratgies during dual pandemics from 2021 UBC Community Engagement Partnership Recognition fund.

BSN Student Tenyle Marie L’Heureux has received the inaugural Sandra Cawley award for an Indigenous student studying nursing with superior academic standing and demonstrating leadership and community involvement.

Marcia Carr, Adjunct Professor and Coordinator of Acute Geriatric Care, Burnaby Hospital, and Madeleine Dion Stout, Honorary Professor, were named Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing.

In a competition with six other finalists, The CRAB Project took home a Special Jury Prize from MEDEA Awards 2021. Kathy O’Flynn Magee represented the team at the online ceremony on Nov 18, 2021.

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In Memoriam – Marilyn D. Willman (1928-2021)

Dr. Marilyn Dawn Willman arrived at UBC School of Nursing in 1977 from the University of Texas to take up the position of Professor and Director; a position she held until her (mandatory) retirement in 1993. A strong champion of the need for a highly educated nursing workforce, Dr. Willman was intrigued by the challenge of a new country and health care system. Among the numerous changes Dr. Willman implemented at the school were the development of a full caucus of all faculty as the School’s primary decision-making body, moving the school from a patchwork of locations into a consolidated, “temporary” home, establishing a PhD program, and creating a nursing honour society (later the Xi Eta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International) – all of which innovations have continued to this day.

After retirement in December 1993, Dr. Willman lived a quiet life in Richmond, BC, taking annual vacations with family and collecting various dolls and artifacts. In time, her declining health required relocation to a care facility in Richmond, but she remained in contact with a few of her former School of Nursing colleagues. Marilyn D. Willman, Professor Emerita and former Director of the UBC School of Nursing, died on May 20, 2021. Her enormous contributions to shaping the UBC School of Nursing we know today constitute a major chapter in the School’s illustrious history. For more, please visit nursing.ubc.ca/Marilyn-D-Willman