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School of Nursing
Faculty of Health and Social Development
ART360 (ARTS Building)
1147 Research Road
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
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April Ambler | Clinical Assistant | School of Nursing | april.ambler@ubc.ca
Tannis Andersen, MSN | Adjunct Professor | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | tannis.andersen@interiorhealth.ca | 250.469.7070 (ext. 13896) | Remote
Research Interests: • Primary Care
• Knowledge Translation
Courses & Teaching: • NRSG 424/425 Primary Care Nursing
Christine Balfour | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Nursing | Christine.Balfour@ubc.ca | 12503062510 | ART 148
Research Interests: Strong interest in community health, adolescent sexual health, teaching and learning
Courses & Teaching: Team Lead for UBC SON Year 2: Community & Mental Health Nursing
Nursing 111 - Foundation of Health
Nursing 228 - Community Health
Nursing 238 - Community Health in Practice
Nursing 428 - Advanced Community Health
Supreet Kour Bali | School Assistant | School of Nursing | supreetkour.bali@ubc.ca | 250-807-8160 | ART 360
Jessica Barker | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | jessica.barker@ubc.ca
Julianne Barry | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | School of Nursing | julianne.barry@ubc.ca | 250.807.8742 | RHS 117
Janice Bell | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | jmbell@ucalgary.ca
Joan L. Bottorff, PhD | Professor Emeritus | Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity, School of Nursing | joan.bottorff@ubc.ca | 250.317.0810
Research Interests: Health promotion, health behaviour change, cancer prevention, smoking cessation, men's health, family health, knowledge translation
Courses & Teaching: Previous courses taught: Advanced Research Methods, Leadership in Knowledge Application and Translation, Qualitative Research
Supervisory Eligibility
MSN thesis and PhD Nursing co-supervisor or committee member (pending approval by the School of Nursing Graduate Program and College of Graduate Studies)
MSN (course work) Capstone Faculty Facilitator
Graduate Supervision (last 5 years)
Bawumia, Ali R. - MSN (thesis) - committee member (in progress)
Vignau, Fernanda - MA - Supervisor, 2023
Sharp, Paul, PhD - Committee member, 2021
MSN Capstone Faculty Facilitator (last 5 years)
Mitchell, P. - MSN (in progress)
Shukaliak, C. - MSN 2022
Sellinger, T. - MSN 2021
Taccayan, M. - MSN 2020
Watson, J. - MSN 2020
Sandra Broughton, MSc | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | sbroughton@bccancer.bc.ca
Sarah Ann Camacho | Lecturer | School of Nursing | Sarah.Camacho@ubc.ca
Rishma Chooniedass | Associate Professor of Teaching | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | rishma@mail.ubc.ca | ART 341
Research Interests: Maternal and child health; food allergy and anaphylaxis; equity and social justice
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 120 Introduction to Nursing Research
NRSG 126 Health and Healing I
NRSG 136 Nursing Practice I
NRSG 313 Relational Practice (Connecting Across Difference)
HINT 320 Global Health
HINT 321 Planetary Health
NRSG 338 Nursing Practice with Childbearing Families
NRSG 339 Nursing Practice in Child Health
Jasmine Clark, MSN, BSN, RN | Nursing Practice Placement Coordinator | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | jasmine.clark@ubc.ca | 250.807.9976 | ART333
Jeannine Costigan | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | jeannine.costigan@ubc.ca
Corinne Crocket | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | corinne.crockett@ubc.ca
Leah Dawe, MSN | Clinical Assistant | School of Nursing | leah.dawe@ubc.ca | 250-807-9248 | CCS 251
Nicole de Bosch Kemper, RN, MSN, CCNE | Associate Professor of Teaching | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | nicole.deboschkemper@ubc.ca | ART 146
Courses & Teaching: Chair of the School of Nursing Program Evaluation Committee
Courses taught include NRSG 329_O and 339_O: Child Health (theory and clinical practice), NRSG_O 112: Introduction to the Profession of Nursing Part 1, NRSG_O 122: Introduction to the Profession of Nursing Part 2, NRSG_O 140: LPN Access to the BSN Program, HINT_O 320 Global Health, NRSG_O 431/434: Nursing Preceptorship
Jacqueline Denison, MSN RN | Associate Professor of Teaching | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | jacqueline.denison@ubc.ca | ART 339
Research Interests: Health Equity and cultural safety; Nursing education; curriculum innovation
Courses & Teaching: Jackie has taught across all years of the BSN program with interests in professional practice, relational practice, maternal-child health and leadership.
Recently taught courses:
Nursing 112: Professional Practice I
Nursing 126: Health and Healing I
Nursing 432: Capstone Community Project
Kathryn Douglas-Campbell | Manager, Strategic and Academic Initiatives | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, School of Nursing, Social Work | kathryn.douglas-campbell@ubc.ca
Linda Drew, RN, BSN | Clinical Assistant | School of Nursing | linda.drew@ubc.ca | CCS252
Colleen duManoir, MSN, RN, CCNE | Lecturer | School of Nursing | colleen.dumanoir@ubc.ca | 250.215.3809 | ART 175
Jonathan Durynek | Faculty Administrator | Faculty of Health and Social Development | jonathan.durynek@ubc.ca | ARTS 360F
Michelle Earl | Clinical Assistant | School of Nursing | michelle.earl@ubc.ca
Sheila Epp | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Nursing | sheila.epp@ubc.ca | 250-807-9975
Research Interests: Curriculum Development; Pedagogy; New Graduate Transition
Courses & Teaching: She has taught in multiple areas across the undergraduate program. Most recently her teaching has included:
NRSG 422 Leadership
NRSG 431 Capstone Acute Care Preceptorship
NRSG 434 Practice Electives
NRSG 439 Global Health Practicum
Marion Fauth | School Assistant | School of Nursing | marion.fauth@ubc.ca | 250-807-8180 | CCS Building | Room 253
Kristy Folk, BSN, MSN, CVAA | Clinical Assistant | School of Nursing | kristy.folk@ubc.ca | CCS
Clare Harvey, PhD | Director | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | clare.harvey@ubc.ca | ART 340
Carla Hilario, PhD | Assistant Professor | Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (IGS), School of Nursing | carla.hilario@ubc.ca | UBCO Landmark Offices
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Child and youth health; participatory research; health equity; implementation science.
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 502 - Research and Inquiry for Evidence-Based Nursing and Healthcare
Norma Hilsmann, DNP, MSN | Lecturer | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | norma.hilsmann@ubc.ca | 250.807.9961 | Arts 147
Research Interests: Pharmacology in nursing; integration of evidence-based practice in nursing; technology in nursing education; digital healthcare; research dissemination and knowledge translation (KT); microlearning and nanolearning; generational learning styles; professional development/continuing education; student evaluations; upward bullying; primary care nursing; rural nursing.
Courses & Teaching: N522 - Intro to Nursing Education
N597 - MSN Capstone Projects
N210, N220 - Pharmacology I and II
N431/434 - Preceptorship
N432 - Leadership Capstone Project Seminar
N421- Acute Care NCLEX preparation
N236, N237, N336, N337 - 2nd and 3rd year Medical and Surgical Clinicals
Brenda Huber | Clinical Assistant | School of Nursing | brenda.huber@ubc.ca | 250-718-3327 | CCS 251
Dennis Jasper | Lecturer | School of Nursing | dennis.jasper@ubc.ca
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 229 Mental Health in Nursing
NRSG 239 Mental Health Clinical Practice
NSRG 313 Relational Practice V
NRSG 427 Advanced Mental Health (elective)
Shahin Kassam, PhD | Assistant Professor | School of Nursing | shahin.kassam@ubc.ca | ART 178
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Women's health; Forced migration; Racism-Sexism; Intersectionality; Community-based research and knowledge mobilization; Environmental justice; Planetary health; Qualitative methods; Systematic review
Courses & Teaching: Fall 2025:
HINT 429/529 - Advanced Global Health
Amielya Keast, RN, MSN | Lecturer | School of Nursing | amielya.keast@ubc.ca
Lindsay Kennedy | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Nursing | lindsay.a.kennedy@ubc.ca | A132
Research Interests: Clinical reasoning; undergraduate nursing education
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 421: Capstone NCLEX Preparation
NRSG 423: Advanced Clinical Reasoning for Care of the Complex Client
NRSG 432: Capstone Community Project
NRSG 431: Capstone Acute Care Preceptorship
Elizabeth Keys, PhD | Assistant Professor | Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity, Global Studies, School of Nursing | Elizabeth.Keys@ubc.ca
Research Interests: Pediatric sleep; Parent-child interactions; Infant and parental mental health; eHealth and precision health; Community engagement; Community and public health nursing; Mixed methods; Knowledge synthesis; Integrated knowledge translation and implementation science
Mary Kjorven, PhD | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | Mary.Kjorven@interiorhealth.ca
Research Interests: Mitigating the risk of hospitalization on older adults, autoethnography as methodology and method, risk, discourse analysis, community health workers engagement and education.
Courses & Teaching: Mary serves as a graduate supervisor and field guide for graduate students interested in clinical nurse specialist advanced practice roles specifically focused on older adults. She has also served as a sessional instructor for the Faculty of Health and Social Development.
Andrea Knox, MSN | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | aknox@bccancer.bc.ca | 250.258.4928 | Remote
Muriel Kranabetter | Associate Professor | School of Nursing | muriel.kranabetter@ubc.ca | ART 131
Courses & Teaching: Relational Practice, Community Practice, Capstone Projects, Global Health
Donna Kurtz, PhD | Associate Professor Emeritus | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | donna.kurtz@ubc.ca
Research Interests: Indigenous Health and Wellness Traditional and Western; Decolonizing Strength-based Approaches; Qualitative research; Cultural Safety education and practice
Jessica Lewis | Clinical Assistant | School of Nursing | jessica.lewis@ubc.ca
Megan Lindner | Graduate Program Assistant | Faculty of Health and Social Development | megan.lindner@ubc.ca | 250-807-8189 | ART 331
Michelle Majeran | Research Finance Assistant | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, School of Nursing, Social Work | michelle.majeran@ubc.ca
Kara Malcolm, MSN, RN | Lecturer | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | kara.malcolm@ubc.ca | 778.885.9945 | ART 165
Research Interests: New graduate nurse transition to practice; new graduate nurse practice pathways
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 328: Health of the Childbearing Family, NRSG 338: Nursing Practice with Childbearing Families, NRSG 329: Child Health, NRSG 422 Leadership
Patricia Marck | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | patricia.marck@ubc.ca
Chris Marriott | School Graduate Assistant | School of Health and Exercise Sciences | chris.marriott@ubc.ca | Art 331
Natalie Matthews, BSC MSN RN | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Nursing | natalie.matthews@ubc.ca | ART 144
Graduate student supervisor. Accepting MSN students only.
Research Interests: Innovative educational modalities; mindfulness; moral injury; moral resilience, compassion in nursing practice
Courses & Teaching: She has taught in multiple areas across the undergraduate program.
Most recent teaching includes:
NRSG 125 Relational Practice I
HINT 320 Global Health
NRSG 432 Capstone Community Project
NRSG 431 Capstone Acute Care Preceptorship
NRSG 434 Practice Electives
NRSG 437 Mental Health Preceptorship
NRSG 438 Community Health Preceptorship
Laura Mercer | Lecturer | School of Nursing | laura.mercer@ubc.ca | 250-807-8487 (Office), 250-801-5167 (Cell) | Art 345
Courses & Teaching: Has taught in all 4 years of the nursing program. More recently has been teaching health and healing lectures in years 1 and 4. Indigenous Student Liaison, Team Lead for year 1, clinical teaching mentor, member of the FHSD EDI Committee and is active with other committees within the school of nursing.
Diana Monk | Clinical Assistant | School of Nursing | diana.monk@ubc.ca
Lisa Moralejo, MSN RN | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Nursing | lisa.moralejo@ubc.ca | 250-807-9956 | ART 132
Research Interests: Nursing Curriculum; Technology in Education; Clinical Reasoning
Courses & Teaching: Global Health, Advanced Clinical Reasoning, Leadership Practice, Clinical Preceptorship
Nelly Oelke | Associate Professor | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | nelly.oelke@ubc.ca | 250.807.9880 | RHS 118
Research Interests: Integrated health systems and services delivery; primary health care; mental health; rural health; climate change and climate change events and mental health; integrated knowledge translation and implementation science.
Courses & Teaching: NURS 505 Healthcare Policy
NURS 597 Capstone Course
NURS 581 Leadership in Knowledge Application and Translation
Bobbi-Jo Oliver, BSN, RN | Nursing Practice Placement Coordinator/ Clinical Assistant | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | bobbijo.oliver@ubc.ca | ART 333
Lise Olsen | Associate Professor | Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity, School of Nursing | lise.olsen@ubc.ca | 250-807-9180 | ART 164
Research Interests: child and family health promotion; inclusive recreation participation; safety and injury prevention; child development; well-being for children with neuro-developmental disabilities; community-based initiatives; online programs
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 507 - Quantitative Methods; NRSG 597 - Healthcare Capstone Practicum; NRSG 428/528 - Advanced Community Health Nursing
Karin Olson, PhD | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | karin.olson@ubc.ca | 780-935-1186 | Remote
Research Interests: health behaviour; symptom management; evidence based clinical practice; shared decision making; qualitative research methods
Courses & Teaching: Nursing 554
Barbara Pesut, PhD | Professor | Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity, School of Nursing | barb.pesut@ubc.ca | 250-863-9843 | ASC 287
Research Interests: Palliative and end-of-life care; Medical Assistance in Dying; volunteer and peer navigation models; nursing philosophy
Courses & Teaching: Nursing 580: Philosophy of Nursing Science
Katrina Plamondon, PhD | Associate Professor | Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Indigenous Knowledges, School of Nursing | katrina.plamondon@ubc.ca
Graduate student supervisor. Learn about our lab and submit an inquiry: https://www.equityscience.ca/contact
Research Interests: Connecting knowledge with action for equity; global public health; equity science; critical pedagogy; methods for relational, responsive research; methodologies include engaged/co-production approaches, dialogic methods, arts-informed approaches, narrative inquiry, critical discourse and policy analysis
Courses & Teaching: KTEA Knowledge to Equity Action Professional Development Course (Winter 2024)
Deliberative Dialogue Methods (Winter 2024; Spring 2025)
HINT 429/529 Advance Global Health (Fall 2024)
NURS 4429 Advanced Global Health Practice (Fall 2023)
HEAL 307 (Winter 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
CCGHR Knowledge Translation Summer Course (Summer 2020, 2021)
Manuela Reekie | Professor of Teaching | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | manuela.reekie@ubc.ca | ART 329
Research Interests: Curriculum Development; Nursing Education; Clinical Speciality Practice Learning Pathways
Courses & Teaching: Has taught across all four years of the BSN program. Has also taught in the MSN program. Most recently developed and taught NRSG 310: Palliative Approach to Chronic Illness.
Cathy Robinson (On Leave) | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Nursing | Cathy.Robinson@ubc.ca | ART177
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 522
NRSG 523
NRSG 329
NRSG 339
Carole Robinson | Professor Emeritus | School of Nursing | carole.robinson@ubc.ca
Charlene Esteban Ronquillo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | charlene.ronquillo@ubc.ca
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: health informatics; nursing; health equity; artificial intelligence; implementation science
Courses & Teaching: Jan 2025
NRSG 507 - Quantitative Research
NRSG 543 - Nursing Leadership and Management in Practice
Kathy Rush | Professor | School of Nursing | kathy.rush@ubc.ca | 250.807.9561 | ART150
Research Interests: atrial fibrillation; rural cardiac service delivery; rural health equity, telehealth; aging; new graduate nurse transition
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 542: Introduction to Leadership and Management
Jodi Ryan | Assistant to the Director | School of Nursing | jodi.ryan@ubc.ca | Cell: 250.469.4245 | ART 335
Michael Sandler | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | michael.sandler@ubc.ca | 604.313.6768 | Virtual
Research Interests: transformational leadership
operational leadership
change management in complex environments
program development
regional and provincial policy development
political advocacy
Courses & Teaching: Nursing - Policy and Regulation
Sana Shahram, PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor | Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention (IHLCDP), School of Nursing | sana.shahram@ubc.ca
Research Interests: Health Equity; Critical Population Health; Health Systems Transformation; Anti-colonial & anti-racist public health systems; Public Health; Mental Health and Substance Use; Maternal & Child Health; Complex Systems Change; Community- & Indigenous Nation- Led Research
Morgan Straza | Clinical Assistant | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing | morgan.straza@ubc.ca | CCS 251
Laura Struik, PhD | Associate Professor | Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity, School of Nursing | laura.struik@ubc.ca | 2508079972
Research Interests: Nicotine dependence; cancer prevention; tobacco control; youth and young adults; health promotion and gender-sensitive approaches; behavior change using digital technologies
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 500: Nursing Knowledge
NRSG 597: Capstone Practicum Course
Charlene Strumpel, RN, MSN | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Nursing | charlene.strumpel@ubc.ca | 250.807.8173 | ART 167
Courses & Teaching: Charlene’s primary teaching area is medical-surgical nursing. She teaches both classroom-based theory courses and hospital-based clinical placements, with an emphasis on helping students apply knowledge to real-world patient care.
She has been an early adopter of educational technologies to enrich teaching and learning, including the use of audience response systems, interactive video quizzes, online peer assessment, and lecture capture. Her more recent projects involve gamification of medical-surgical theory courses and the creative use of learning management system tools in clinical education.
Marie Tarrant, RN, MPH, PhD | Dean | Faculty of Health and Social Development, Global Studies, Power, Conflict and Ideas | marie.tarrant@ubc.ca | ARTS 360
Research Interests: Maternal and Child Health; Breastfeeding; Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative; Maternal and Childhood Vaccine Uptake; Influenza Vaccine
Deanne Taylor, PhD | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | deanne.taylor@interiorhealth.ca
Research Interests: Current areas of research include discovering resident/patient experience, care-giving, family, health and aging, policy, regulations, and the intersection between worker characteristics and workplace conditions and the influences on the conditions of care.
Courses & Teaching: Dr. Taylor has presented at numerous times at local, provincial, national and international conferences and scientific meetings in sociology, gerontology, and health care. She is a co-investigator, collaborator, and knowledge user/decision-maker on a several research projects that range from regional, provincial, national, and international levels.
Anita Verhun | Research Finance Assistant | Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, School of Nursing, Social Work | anita.verhun@ubc.ca
Jeanette Vinek | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Nursing | jeanette.vinek@ubc.ca
Nicola Waters, PhD | Adjunct Professor | School of Nursing | nicola.waters@ubc.ca
Research Interests: The social organization of health work at the interface of technology and humanity. Wound care, pressure injury
Courses & Teaching: NRSG 597 Qualitative Research NRSG 597 Healthcare Capstone Practicum
NRSG 428/528 Advanced Community Health Nursing NRSG 122 Introduction to the Profession of Nursing II
Maggie Weninger, RN, MSN, CCCI | Lecturer | School of Nursing | maggie.weninger@ubc.ca | ART 136
Courses & Teaching: Relational Practice II, Health and Healing I and V, Advanced Clinical Reasoning, Child Health, Clinical Practice Experiences
Melanie Willson | Associate Professor of Teaching | School of Nursing | melanie.willson@ubc.ca | 250-807-8468 | ART 337
Research Interests: Active learning; perinatal and childbearing families health; lactation; clinical education; BSN curriculum.
Courses & Teaching: Recent Courses Taught:
NRSG 228: Community Health
NRSG 439: Global Health Practicum (Rural and Remote)
NRSG 597: Healthcare Capstone Practicum
SONNC 0003 & 0004: Case Management and Care Coordination for Primary Care Nursing (non-credit micro-credential)
SONNC 0005 & 0006: Caring for Select Populations in Primary Care Nursing
Supervisory Eligibility:
MSN (thesis) co-supervisor or committee member (pending approval by the School of Nursing Graduate Program and College of Graduate Studies)
MSN (course work) Capstone Faculty Facilitator
Graduate Supervision (last 5 years)
MSN Capstone Faculty Facilitator or Mentor:
Hall, S. (2025)
Snider, R. (2023)
Gunther, T. (2022)
Mercer, L. (2021)
Ryan Wilson, PhD | Assistant Professor | School of Nursing | ryan.wilson@ubc.ca | ART 339
Research Interests: Dr. Wilson's research is focused on two areas of Self-Care in Atrial Fibrillation: 1) Before diagnosis-To build capacity among adults to perceive, evaluate and respond to their symptoms leading to early treatment-seeking and care; 2) Post Diagnosis-To enhancing patients' self-care and management of their AF and its related symptoms following an AF diagnosis. Cardiovascular diseases; Health Promotion; Patient‐Oriented Research; AF Self-Care and Education; Primary Care, Diagnosis Medical; Aging
Courses & Teaching: Nursing 326: Health and Healing III- Evidence-informed assessment and management of complex health challenges in both episodic and chronic illness utilizing a case study approach.
Nursing 421: Complex Health Challenges / Capstone Course- This course is designed to prepare fourth year nursing students for the NCLEX examination and transition into the new graduate nursing role.






































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