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The University of Victoria School of Nursing prides itself on its outstanding people. The School's faculty and staff is comprised of committed educators, learners, researchers and administrators who share the common aim of supporting innovative and accessible nursing education.
Browse the directory tabs below to find alphabetic listings of faculty and staff. Click on the names to access profile pages to learn about our roles within the School, our teaching and research activities and philosophies, as well as our publications and projects. Here you will also find contact information to help you connect - and stay connected - with each of us.
School of Nursing directory:
Faculty
Elizabeth Banister | Professor and Associate Director, Graduate Education
Anne Bruce | Associate Professor
Gweneth Doane | Professor
Karen Evers-Fahey | Assistant Teaching Professor and Associate Director, Undergraduate Education
Barbara Fox | Assistant Teaching Professor
Noreen Frisch | Director and Professor
Marcia Hills | Professor
Mary Lougheed | Assistant Teaching Professor
Marjorie MacDonald | Professor
Karen MacKinnon | Associate Professor
Anastasia Mallidou | Assistant Professor
Lenora Marcellus | Assistant Professor
Carol McDonald | Associate Professor
Jeannine Moreau | Assistant Teaching Professor
Wendy Neander | Assistant Teaching Professor
Bernie Pauly | Associate Professor and Associate Director, Research and Scholarship
Mary Ellen Purkis | Professor and Dean, Faculty of Human and Social Developement
James Ronan | Assistant Professor
Maureen Ryan | Assistant Teaching Professor
Esther Sangster-Gormley | Assistant Professor
Margaret Scaia | Assistant Teaching Professor
Robin Scobie | Assistant Teaching Professor
Rita Schreiber | Professor
Debra Sheets | Associate Professor
Laurene Sheilds | Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Human and Social Development
Kelli Stajduhar | Associate Professor and Associate Director, Research and Scholarship
Rosalie Starzomski | Professor
Deborah Thoun | Associate Professor
Coby Tschanz | Assistant Teaching Professor
Madeline Walker | Writing Scholar
Lynne Young | Professor
Adjunct
Faculty
Darcee Bidgood, BSN, MSN
Areas of interest: Hospice palliative end of life care including interprofessional practice
Elizabeth Borycki, RN, HBScN, MN, PhD
Areas of interest: Nursing informatics, clinical informatics, human factors, information needs, change management, quality improvement, information management and information technology management
Robert Calnan, RN, BScN, MEd
Areas of interest: Leadership, quality professional practive environments, professional organizations, advanced nursing practice
Brenda Canitz, BScN, NP, BA, MSc
Areas of interest: Health care service design, multidisciplinary teams plus rural and remote health care
Alyse Capron, BSN, MN
Areas of interest: Nursing informatics
Cheryl Cherpitel, BSN, MPH, PhD
Areas of interest: Consultation, research design and data analysis
Gerrit Clements, BA, LLB
Areas of interest: Health care law
Eileen Greene, BSN, MSN
Areas of interest: Home of Good Hope Project, Namibia, Africa, mental health and international nursing
Lynn Guengerich, BSN, MSN, NP(F)
Su Er Guo, BSN, MSN, PhD
Areas of interest: Multivariate analysis and other quantitative methods in research
Kathryn Hannah, RN, BSN, MSN, PhD
Areas of interest: Nursing and healthcare informatics, electronic nursing documentation
June Kaminski, BScN, MScN, PhD
Yassmin Kandil, BA, MFA
Areas of interest: consultation, resources development
Stanley Marchuk, BSN, MN, NP(F)
Areas of interest: Nephrology, curriculum development
Wayne Mitic, MA, MHEd, PhD (Ed.D)
Areas of interest: Chronic disease prevention, utilization-focused evaluation
Lesley Moss, RN, BA, MA
Areas of interest: leadership, management, organizational behavior
Brian Pound, MB, BS, LRCP, MRCS, LMCC, FFEAM
Areas of interest: Teaching, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy
Barbara Radons, BSN, MN, NP(F)
Areas of interest: Clinical teaching, preceptorship for nurse practitioner students
Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham,BSN, MScN, PhD
Darelene Sanderson, BSN, MA, PhD
Areas of interest: Indigenous research methodologies, water policy development and traditional knowledge
Richard Sawatzky, RN, PhD
Areas of interest: methods of patient-reported outcmes and quality of life measurement,
Blair Stanley, MD, BSC, FCFP
Areas of interest: Interprofessional learning experiences and research activities
Lynn Stevenson, BSN, MA, PhD
Areas of interest: Leadership, practice, quality and safety
Sheila Turris, BHS, MScN, DNP, FNP
Areas of interest: Vunerable populations in urban centres
Lori Vergin, BScN, MN
Laura Vicol, BSN, MN, NP(F)
Marie Anne Weatherby, BSN, MN, NP(F)
Areas of interest: support for patients with chronic disease, comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management of older adults
Sessionals
Michele Agostinelli, BSN
Email: mma@uvic.ca
Christina Bailey, BSN
Email: cvbailey@uvic.ca
Sarah Baker, RN, BScN
Email: bakersj@uvic.ca
Susan Beiderwieden, BSN, MEd
Email: susandb@uvic.ca
Brenda Canitz, BSN, NP, MSc
Email:
Elsie Chan, MA
Email: esfchan@uvic.ca
Gerrit Clements, JD
Email: gclement@uvic.ca
Patricia Clark, BSN
Email: clarkp@uvic.ca
Mary Converse, BSN, MN
Email: maryconverse@me.com
Kim Daly, BSN, MA
Email: kimdaly@uvic.ca
Laurie Dokis, RN, BSN, MN (ANP)
Email: ladokis@uvic.ca
Margaret Eastman, RN, BSN, MN, CAE
Email: meastman@uvic.ca
Pasquale Fiore, BSN, MN
Email: fiore@uvic.ca
Eileen Greene, BSN, MEd
Email: eileeng@uvic.ca
Carolyn Hammond, RN, MN
Email: chammond@uvic.ca
Krisitie Harding, BSN
Email: kharding@uvic.ca
Martha Haylor, RN, BSN, MN, MS, PhD
Email: mhaylor@uvic.ca
Lona Heinzig, RN, BSN, MA
Email: lheinzig@uvic.ca
Heather Hepworth, BSc, RN, MN
Email: Hepworth@cotr.bc.ca
Maureen Hobbs, RN, BSN, MN
Email: maureenh@uvic.ca
Melissa Holland, RN, BScN
Email: m4hollan@uvic.ca
Deborah Hollands-MacKinnon, BSN, MScN
Email: dwmckinn@uvic.ca
Karen Hoskyn, BSN
Email: Khosykn@uvic.ca
Shauna Huffman, RN, BScN
Email: huffmans@uvic.ca
Joan Humphries, RN, BSN, MN
Email: humphriesj@camosun.bc.ca
Leanne Kelly, BA, BSN, MN
Email: leannek@uvic.ca
Megan Kirk, BSN, MSN
Email: kirkm@uvic.ca
Dawn Kuzemski, RN, BSN, MA
Email: dpethyb@uvic.ca
Marg Lauchmuth, RN, BSN, MN
Email: lachmuth@uvic.ca
Linda Latham, RN, MHSc
Email: lmlatham@uvic.ca
Wanda Martin, BSN, MN, PhD (C)
Email: wmaartin@uvic.ca
Carlene Meilleur, BA, BSN
Email: carlenem@uvic.ca
Lyn Merryfeather, BSN, MN, PhD(c)
Email: lynnm@uvic.ca
Olga Petrovyskya, RN, BScN, MN, PhD(c)
Email: olgap@uvic.ca
Anita Rusk, RN, BSN
Email: arusk@uvic.ca
Kara Schick Makaroff, RN, MSN, PhD
Email: karimasm@uvic.ca
Linda Shea, RN, BSN, MSN, PhD(c)
Email: lshea@uvic.ca
Tracy Shenton, BSN
Email: tshenton@uvic.ca
Candis Spiers, BScN, MN
Email: cspiers@cotr.bc.ca
Sandra Stewart, N, BSN, MA
smstewar@uvic.ca
Cici Tavares, BSN, MSN
Email: ctavares@uvic.ca
Carla Tilley, BSN, MN (NUED)
Email: tilleyc@uvic.ca
Shirley Turcotte. BSN
Email: shirleyt@uvic.ca
Christine Upright, RN, BScN, MN
Email: cupright@uvic.ca
Professors
Emeriti
Elizabeth Lindsey
Joan MacNeil
Marjorie McIntyre
Jane Milliken
Professional and
Admin Staff
Professional Administrative Staff
Carolyn Hammond | Practica Coordinator, Graduate Programs
Emma Hannah | Coordinator, Graduate Research and Scholarship
Lori Klear | Coordinator, Student Affairs
Cindy MacDonald | Program Coordinator, Distance Education
Diane MacLeod | Practica Coordinator, Undergraduate Education on Campus and College of the Rockies
Doreen McConachie | Practica Coordinator, Post RN
Paul Meier | Admissions Liason Officer and Student Advisor
Diana Walton | Academic Administrative Coordinator
Administrative Assistants
Karen Brown | Administrative Assistant, Graduate Programs
Sophie Côté | Administrative Assistant, Graduate Programs
Diana Gicas | Administrative Assistant, Distance Education and Post RN Practice
Shelley Lietaer | Administrative Assistant, Faculty and On Campus Undergraduate Program
Jennifer McClintick | Administrative Assistant, On Campus and Graduate Practice
Jill Nichol | Office Manager and Assistant to the Director
Nadja Pearce | Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Admissions and Advising
Naomi Poeschek | Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Admissions and Advising
Advisory
Council
The SON Advisory Council is comprised of members from the health care community, the Director and Associate Directors of School of Nursing, Lynne Milnes, Development and External Relations Officer, UVic Faculty of Human and Social Development.
The Director of the School of Nursing co-chairs the Advisory Council with one community member. The purpose of this council is to advise the Director and Associate Directors on current and emerging issues in health care and nursing, and to advise on strategic challenges facing the school.
Robert Calnan
Pat Coward
James Dutton, MD
Karen Evers-Fahey
Leslie Moss
Noreen Frisch
Marg Lachmuth
Lynne Milnes
Rosalie Starzomski
Lynne Young