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New Canada Research ChairCongratulations to Dr. Farinaz (Naz) Havaei on being selected as UBC School of Nursing's Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Strengthening the Health System. Her research aims to address the nursing shortage by improving nurses’ working conditions, increasing their retention and recruitment, and elevating patient care quality and safety.
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NNPBC AwardsCongratulations to Dr. Lillian Hung on being chosen for NNPBC’s inaugural Innovation & Inquiry Award in recognition of her sustained and exemplary leadership in advancing nursing practice through inquiry-driven innovation that directly informs care delivery.
UBC Nursing adjunct faculty Raluca Radu was also selected for the NNPBC’s new Planetary Health Champion Award.
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2026 Helen Nahm Research Lecture AwardCongratulations to UBC Nursing’s Dr. Sabrina Wong, recipient of the 2026 Helen Nahm Research Lecture Award in honour of her outstanding contributions to nursing science and research.
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IMPaCT AwardCongratulations to UBC Nursing's Dr. Scott Ramsay on being awarded $70,000 through the IMPaCT Training Award to support a pilot randomized controlled trial examining telehealth as a tool for pediatric concussion follow-up care.
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UBC EDI.I awardsTwo nursing doctoral students received funding through UBC Applied Science Student Fund to Advance Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity.
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UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant AwardThe UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award recognizes graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and learning. Congratulations to UBC School of Nursing doctoral student Shams Al-Anzi on being recognized with this award. Her supervisors are Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc and Dr. Rubee Dev.
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Segall Prize awardeeCongratulations to Jessica Casey, MA, winner of the best student paper, Inventing Arctic Hysteria: Colonial Power, Psychiatric Research, and the Culture-Bound Disorder, 1960 to 1980, delivered at the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine conference. Her supervisor is UBC Nursing historian Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek.
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2026 Nursing Gala AwardeesCongratulations to UBC Nursing's alumni and preceptor awardee recipients:
Preceptor Awards
» Jenna MacLellan
» Jane Narayan
» Kirsten Boonstra
» Vienna Kan Alumni Awards
» Minna Miller
» Rana Jin
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GSNA Research SymposiumThe UBC School of Nursing's Graduate Student in Nursing Association (GSNA) is hosting their 2026 Research Symposium, From Ideas to Impact: Nursing Knowledge that Moves the World, on Thursday, June 18, 2026. Registration is now open.
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Realist ReviewsLearn more about Realist Reviews: Principles and Fundamentals on Friday, July 3, 2026, at The University of Victoria. UBC School of Nursing’s professor emeritus Dr. Maura MacPhee will be presenting on the "Realist Review in Action" from 14:15 pm to 15:15 pm.
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Nursing Exhibit at Surrey MuseumVisit the new exhibit called, Journeys in Care: Stories from Nurses of Indian Heritage, curated by Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek, with the support of Ranjit Dhari, and contributions from several UBC students and educators.
The exhibition is on display at the Surrey Museum from March 14 - July 19, 2026.
Or take the Virtual Tour!
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Substance use is relevant in every setting: Resources for enhancing teaching and practiceJoin UBC School of Nursing’s Dr. Colleen Varcoe on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 @ 12-1pm for approaches and resources for practice and teaching to promote substance use health, using culturally safe and trauma and violence informed approaches. Register to attend (in-person or online).
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For Youth Like Me: Early Insights from an Affirming Sexual Health InterventionJoin UBC’s Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Yeshvi Mehta and Julia Vokey will share early insights from For Youth Like Me, a youth sexual health intervention study for 2SLGBTQ+ youth ages 14–25. Join to attend online.
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Modern Persia & Nursing HistoryWho were the women who traveled to modern Persia? Not diplomats. Not adventurers. Nurses. They built hospitals, opened nursing schools, and gave women a professional path that would change the course of their lives. Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek has spent years in the archives recovering this forgotten history. This is not a simple story of heroism. It's not a simple story of imperialism either. It's messier than that. More human.
Listen to the Podcast.
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Transforming Health SymposiumUBC's Data Science & Health Cluster (DASH) sponsored the talk “Fighting Misinformation at Scale: AI and Health Equity” by Dr. Meaghan Thumath (HERO Lab, UBC Nursing) on April 9, 2026 at the Transforming Health Symposium. Dr. Thumath powerfully noted, “If we’re using AI to drive major innovations like advances in cancer care, patients need to trust us enough to walk through our doors. Without that trust, they won’t benefit from these breakthroughs.”
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Embedded Clinical Nurse Scientists Driving CNS Workforce ChangeUBC Nursing Rounds in May 2026 featured Dr. Sandra Lauck and Dr. Leah Lambert who shared how by working within the system embedded clinical nurse scientists are driving CNS workforce change in BC.
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Co-creating VR in long-term care and Indigenous VR projectsUBC School of Nursing’s Dr. Lillian Hung and doctoral student Joey Wong presented Nursing Rounds in April 2026 on Co-creating VR in long-term care and Indigenous VR projects at the IDEA Lab.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
No more ‘just say no’ — Canadian schools will soon have a roadmap to address student substance use
A new cross-Canada standard sets out what evidence-informed substance use prevention, education and intervention should look like from kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12). The new standard was developed through a national partnership between Wellstream: The Canadian Centre for Innovation in Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use led by Dr. Emily Jenkins at UBC, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and the Canadian Association of School System Administrators.
The Conversation
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PUBLICATIONS
* denotes UBC Nursing trainees & alumni Web-based mentorship resources for improving access to abortion information in Canada: a utilisation and reach analysis
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
P. Mehta, W. Norman, Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence and its Mental Health Impacts: Perspectives from Racialized Youth about Sources of Support and Barriers
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
N. Punjani, Saima Hirani, N. Basuray, R. Selvakumar, S. Karim, B. Salami, K. Wells, S. Dow-Fleisner Trends in Trust, Safety, and Health Service Access Among Women Participating in an Antiviolence Outreach Program: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study
JMIR Research Protocols
Vicky Bungay, Phoebe Long, A. Guta, S. Comber, L. Laforet, Patricia Tait “I’m still your wife”: Exploring subjectivity and intimacy in the later postpartum period
Midwifery
Rachel Ollivier, M. Aston, K. Hunker, M. Sim, S. Price Identifying challenges in concurrent mental health and substance use disorder care: qualitative findings from an e-Delphi study in British Columbia, Canada
BMC Health Services Research
Iva Cheung, Michelle Carter, Elizabeth Dogherty, Trevor Goodyear, Angela Russolillo Determinants of social participation among community-dwelling older adults: A mixed-methods systematic review
International Journal of Nursing Studies
Y. Yang, S. Chen, G. Wang, Y. Wang, A. Leung, Lillian Hung, Z. Wang Interventions to Improve Clinician Implementation of and Patient Adherence to Recommendations on Geriatric Assessment and Management: A Scoping Review
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
L. Freeman, N. Ku, A. Ayala, I. Steenstra, N. Legacy, Kristen Haase, et al. ‘There are so many good things outside, let me tell you’: Children’s qualitative perspectives of outdoor play affordances at early learning and child care
Journal of Early Childhood Research
R. Ramsden, Emily Jenkins, Sally Thorne, I. Pike, M. Brussoni
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