• The Spring 2013 issue of Communiqué is now available. Click here to view our special palliative care issue.

• For up-to-date information about research and scholarship sponsored events, view our key dates calendar!

The Communiqué research publication

The Communiqué is a research and scholarship publication of the University of Victoria School of Nursing. Communiqué is the source for information regarding research and scholarly activities in Nursing at UVic.

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Spring 2013 (palliative care issue)
Autumn 2012 (ethics issue)
Spring 2012 (informatics issue)
Winter 2012
Autumn 2011
Summer 2011
Spring 2011
Winter 2011
Autumn 2010

Submission guidelines:

Communiqué wants to hear from you! School of Nursing faculty, staff, students, alumni and community partners are welcome to submit to Communiqué! Tell us about your publication, award, funding success or most recent research or scholarly activity. Contributions to Communiqué (including articles, publication citations and announcements) must be submitted in completed form. Please contact Emma Hannah regarding submission details.

Communiqué distribution:

Communiqué is published in September, January and May of each year. If you would like to recieve the Communiqué electronically, please contact Emma Hannah.

School of Nursing biennial research conference

Thank you to all those who joined us at the 2013 UVic School of Nursing research conference, "Both/and' not "Either/or": Valuing multiple modes of inquiry, with keynote speaker, Dr. Margarete Sandelowski, Friday, May 10, 2013. Conference information will be archived shortly, please check back for updates.

Margarete Sandelowski, RN, PhD, FAAN is the Cary C. Boshamer Professor at the School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is Director of the School’s Summer Programs in Qualitative Research and an Associate Editor of Research in Nursing and Health. She is well published in the areas of technology and gender, reproductive technology, technology in nursing, and qualitative and mixed-methods research. Sandelowski is principal investigator of a NINR/NIH study to develop techniques to synthesize qualitative and quantitative research findings.

The research conference, Building connections: Nursing's contributions to health research, featuring Dr. Joy Johnson was held June 3 and 4, 2011. Visit our research conference page for more information about our upcoming and past School of Nursing research conferences.

• Research Application Summary Form (RASF) - Office of Research Services

Thesis and dissertation archive

• Visit UVicSpace to access a searchable database of archived School of Nursing graduate student projects, theses and dissertations.

• Centre for Addictions Research
  The Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia (CARBC), brings expertise in addictions from across the province. CARBC's primary mission is to create an internationally recognized centre, distributed across BC, that is dedicated to research and knowledge exchange on substance use, harm reduction and addiction. The Centre involves a partnership comprised of Simon Fraser University, Thompson Rivers University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Northern British Columbia and the University of Victoria.

• Centre on Aging
  The Centre on Aging at the University of Victoria is a multidisciplinary research centre established in 1992. Our mandate is to promote and conduct basic and applied research throughout the lifespan.

• Centre for Biomedical Research
  The Centre for Biomedical Research (CBR) is a collaborative group of scientists and clinicians who are investigating a number of important biomedical problems. The CBR is a multidisciplinary unit with an emphasis on genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology. The centre was created to promote interdisciplinary basic and translational biomedical research. There are seven important research clusters within the CBR: biological technology, infection and immunity, cell signaling, genetics, cardiovascular, neuroscience and developmental biology. Our members span several UVic departments, the UVic Division of Medical Sciences, the Vancouver Island Health Authority and the BC Cancer Agency.

• Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (CAHR)
  CAHR is dedicated to promoting and engaging in health research in partnership with Aboriginal peoples to improve their health. The Centre is a University of Victoria research centre that was created in May 2008. We would like to acknowledge with respect the Coast Salish and Straits Salish peoples on whose traditional territories the Centre is graciously hosted.

• Centre for Co-operative and Community Based Economy
  The Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy (CCCBE) is a focal point on campus for the promotion of interdisciplinary research and learning on subjects related to co-operative and community-based economy engaging faculty members from the University of Victoria and elsewhere, graduate and undergraduate students, and members of the wider community.

• Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
  The CSRS is a community of academics dedicated to the scholarly study of religion in relation to all aspects of human society, from law and politics to family and culture to history, the sciences and the arts. We have no affiliation with any religion and no religious agenda. We are equally interested in Eastern, Western, ancient and contemporary religions.

Our people: research and scholarship

Noreen Frisch, BSN, MSN, MSW, PhD
Director, School of Nursing
Phone: 250-721-7953
Email: nfrisch@uvic.ca

Bernadette (Bernie) Pauly, RN, PhD
Associate Director, Research and Scholarship
Phone: 250-472-5915
Email: bpauly@uvic.ca

Kelli Stajduhar, BN, MSN, PhD
Associate Director, Research and Scholarship
Phone: 250-721-7487
Email: kis@uvic.ca

Emma Hannah, BA
Coordinator, Research and Scholarship
Phone: 250-853-3946
Email: ehannah@uvic.ca