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Faculty & staff

Office

General enquiries

Email: 
Phone: 250-721-7954
Fax: 250-721-6231

Main office

School of Nursing
University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Road
HSD Building, Room A402a
Victoria British Columbia V8P 5C2
Canada

Mailing address

School of Nursing
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC
V8W2Y2
Canada

Faculty

Dr. Lenora Marcellus

Professor and Director School of Nursing

Office: HSD B208 250-721-7953

Area(s) of expertise:
Neonatal nursing; perinatal substance use; leadership; nursing education
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Dr. Damien Contandriopoulos

Professor and Associate Director Graduate Education and Graduate Advisor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Office: HSD A430 250-721-6467

Area(s) of expertise:
Primary care, Nurse practitioners, Health policy, Home Care, Nursing, Physician compensation, Social Network Analysis, Realist evaluation, Knowledge Exchange

Dr. Kim Daly

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Associate Director School of Nursing

Office: HSD B220 250-472-4495

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Dr. Blythe Bell

Assistant Teaching Professor – Limited Term School of Nursing

Office: HSD A441 250 472 4265

Area(s) of expertise:
Social Justice, anti-oppressive pedagogies, Perinatal nursing

Katherine Bertoni

Associate Teaching Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD A456 250-853-3946

Area(s) of expertise:
Primary care delivery models, nurse practitioners, practice leadership, health promotion, diabetes care and management, palliative approach to care

Rebecca Bingley

Assistant Teaching Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD A460 250-721-6466

Area(s) of expertise:
Nurse practitioner training and education, primary health care and addiction medicine.

Dr. Lisa Bourque Bearskin

Associate Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD A434 250-472-4609

Area(s) of expertise:
Indigenous health nursing knowledge, Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous health rights, Indigenous-specific racism, cultural safety, cultural security, and cultural humility

Dr. Vera Caine

Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD A424 780-490-9174

Area(s) of expertise:
HIV, Refugees, Indigenous, narrative inquiry, community-based research, participatory action

Dr. Christina Chakanyuka

Assistant Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD A462

Area(s) of expertise:
Indigenous health nursing research, nurse education, community health, human rights, intergenerational mentorship, anti-racism, cultural safety and security, cultural humility
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Dr. Nancy Clark

Associate Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Office: HSD A426 250-472-4703

Area(s) of expertise:
refugees, migration, mental health, intersectionality, participatory action research, arts based methods, critical social theory, forced migration.
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Dr. Karen Evers-Fahey

Associate Teaching Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD A436 250-721-7956

Area(s) of expertise:
Jungian psychology, mental health issues in acute and chronic medical illness, adaptation, life stage development, relational nursing, post-adolescent brain development and teaching implications

Dr. Marilou Gagnon

Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

250-472-5428

Area(s) of expertise:
Social and structural determinants of health, Social justice, Critical theory, Qualitative methodologies (with a focus on grounded theory and case study), Concept analysis, Situational Analysis

Dr. Ingrid Handlovsky

Assistant Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Office: HSD A440

Area(s) of expertise:
Health equity, social environments/circumstances and health practices, experiences and outcomes, gender and sexual identity, individuals, groups and populations subject to disadvantage due to structural circumstances (with a focus on discrimination) and nursing practice thereof, mental health, substance use, harm reduction, critical theory, grounded theory

Dr. Leanne Kelly

Associate Teaching Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD B240 250-472-5682

Area(s) of expertise:
Indigenous community health, public health, community engaged learning, Indigenous methodologies, addressing Indigenous specific racism, equity and social justice, Indigenous pedagogies and land based learning.
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Dr. Jae-Yung Kwon

Assistant Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Office: HSD A450 250-721-7965

Area(s) of expertise:
Person-centred care; Patient-oriented research; Patient-reported outcomes; Social determinants of health; Mixed methods approach; Latent class analysis; Personas; Knowledge translation
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Dr. Anastasia Mallidou

Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD B236 250-472-5663

Area(s) of expertise:
Applied health services research, Knowledge translation, Evidence-based practice & policy, healthy aging.
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Dr. Kelly McInerney

Assistant Teaching Professor School of Nursing

Area(s) of expertise:
Mental health, addictions, youth

Dr. Brenda Mishak

Associate Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD B214 250-472-4588

Area(s) of expertise:
community, public health, intersectionality, housing security, nursing research
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Dr. Wendy Neander

Associate Teaching Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD A452 250-472-4701

Area(s) of expertise:
Bicultural interactions in Nursing Education and Practice; HIV/AIDS in vulnerable populations; Interdisciplinary Education; healthy aging; global health; health promotion and social justice; Indigenous knowledge and Nursing knowledge, similarities and differences. nursing work force issues, retention; applied nursing science, for clinical practice with vulnerable populations.

Dr. Lorelei Newton

Associate Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Office: HSD B216 250-721-6462

Area(s) of expertise:
Nursing ethics; professional practice/leadership; rural nursing; advanced practice nursing; nursing education; geriatric oncology; palliative care; knowledge translation; nursing pedagogy; ageism; aging
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Marcey Norman

Assistant Teaching Professor School of Nursing

Area(s) of expertise:
Equity oriented care, outreach, primary care, team-based care, substance use and substance use disorders.

Dr. Christine Ou

Assistant Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Office: HSD A448 250-721-7100

Area(s) of expertise:
Sleep; children; perinatal/maternal mental health; parenting; policy; knowledge translation; mixed methods; relational autonomy

Dr. Bernadette (Bernie) Pauly

Professor School of Nursing

Office: Health and Wellness, Room 261 250-472-5915

Area(s) of expertise:
Substance use; harm reduction (Needle and syringe distribution, supervised consumption sites, managed alcohol programs, drug checking, Naloxone distribution, peer to peer support); safer supply, overdose responses, health equity; social determinants of health; vulnerable populations; public health systems and services, nursing ethics; public health ethics; access to health care; homelessness, housing, community engaged research, qualitative research; mixed methods

Dr. Olga Petrovskaya

Associate Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Office: HSD A454 250-472-4607

Area(s) of expertise:
Technology in health care; eHealth; Electronic Health Records; online patient portals; care practices; Continental philosophy; post-structuralism; socio-material theory; actor-network theory; nursing theory; health services research; qualitative research methods; ethnography; systematic literature reviews; scoping & umbrella reviews

Dr. Sarah Pirani

Assistant Teaching Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD A442 250-721-6345

Area(s) of expertise:
Curriculum Design, Teaching & Learning Strategies, Simulation, Nurse Practitioner Education, Primary Care, Mental Health & Psychiatry

Dr. Maureen Ryan

Teaching Professor (tenured), Associate Dean Academic - Faculty of Health School of Nursing

Office: HSD A102a 250-721-8051

Area(s) of expertise:
Nursing Education Scholarship; Indigenous Health and Well-being; Community Health; Participatory Action Research; Critical Social theory
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Dr. Mariko Sakamoto

Assistant Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Office: HSD B206 250-472-4835

Area(s) of expertise:
Aging, Dementia, Gerontological Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Health Care Transitions, Participatory Action Research, Qualitative Methods, Integrated Knowledge Translation

Dr. Allie Slemon

Assistant Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Office: HSD A420 250-721-7966

Area(s) of expertise:
social justice; health equity; mental health; 2S/LGBTQIA+ communities; stigma and discrimination; nursing philosophy; critical theory; qualitative methodologies; discourse analysis; social media

Dr. Kelli Stajduhar

Professor School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

250-721-7487

Area(s) of expertise:
Palliative and end-of-life care; family caregiving; home care; HIV/AIDS; oncology; vulnerable and marginalized populations; gerontology; health services research; qualitative and quantitative research methods; mixed method study design; collaborative, participatory research

Dr. Coby Tschanz

Associate Teaching Professor, Practice Education Lead School of Nursing

Office: HSD A422 250-721-7958

Area(s) of expertise:
Hospice palliative nursing practice, human living experiences, nursing theory-guided practice and research, nursing education: rituals in nursing education, inter-professional and interdisciplinary teamwork
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Dr. Don Versluis

Assistant Teaching Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD A416 250-721-6552

Area(s) of expertise:
Medical Assistance in Dying, Palliative Care, General Internal Medicine, Quality Improvement
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Dr. Christina West

Associate Professor School of Nursing

Office: HSD B210 250-472-4705

Adjunct Faculty

Elizabeth Borycki PhD, MSN, BSN, Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: Nursing informatics, human factors, system design, software safety, virtual care and electronic health records

Elizabeth (Betty) DaviesRN, PhD, CT, FAAN, Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: Palliative Care, particularly for children and families

Gweneth DoaneRN, BSN, MA, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: Relational epistemologies and practice, knowledge translation, family nursing

Noreen Frisch RN, BSN, MSW, MSN, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: nursing theory, holistic nursing, nursing informatics, nursing terminologies

Kelly A Goudreau PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FCNS, FAAN, Adjunct Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: CNS as advanced practice nursing, simulation, education

Christopher HorsethiefMA, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: Indigenous Research Ethics; Indigenous Language Revitalization; Complex Systems/CI; T&R

Joan HumphriesRN PhD, Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: Women's health, perinatal mental health, hermeneutic philosophy and methodology, pedagogical approaches in nursing education

Marjorie MacDonaldBN (Calg); MSc (Wat); PhD (British Columbia), Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: Public Health Nursing; Public Health Systems and Services Research; Health Equity; Research Methods

Patricia Marck, RN, BScN, MN, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: Anti-racism, decolonizing practices, safety and quality in health care, restorative methods in health care, health systems leadership, academic leadership, organizational ethics, healthcare ethics, curriculum innovation, qualitative research methods, methodological innovations, international research partnerships

Debra SheetsPhD, MSN, RN, Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest:  caregiving, dementia, healthy aging, geriatric nursing

Esther Sangster-Gormley RNPh.D Adjunct Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: Primary health cared, advancing the role of the nurse practitioner, nurse practitioner standards and education

Richard Sawatzky RN, PhD Adjunct Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: person-centred outcomes measurement; palliative care; older adults; family caregivers

Diane Sawchuck RN PhD Adjunct Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: global maternal health, labor and delivery, program evaluation, knowledge translation, writing and publication, grant writing

Julie Ter Kuile RN MN Adjunct Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: emergency and critical care, knowledge translation, team-based learning; research focuses on fostering resilience and grit in adult learners, developing mentorship programs, and exploring hybrid/HyFlex models to support student persistence and retention

David ByresDNP, MSN, BScN (Hons.) BA RN FCAN ICD.D CHE, Adjunct Assistant Professor
President and CEO of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)

Nickolas J. CherwinskiPhD, MA, MPhil, CACII, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Law and Public Policy; Governance; Implementation and Evaluation; Nursing and Allied Health Clinicians in Policy and Governance; Mental Health Policy; Healthcare Worker Trust; and COVID-19 Policy

Tina Costa RN, BScN, MAL - Health, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Professional nursing practice, nurse patient ratios, nursing education, nursing leadership, organizational development, system re-design, virtual health

Julie FraserBSN, MN (Victoria), Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Home Care Nursing; Professional Practice; Nursing and Health Government Lobby Strategies; Board Participation on Nursing Organizations Provincial and National; Governance Structures and Nursing Council Development

Eileen Greene, RN, BScN, MEd, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Area of Interest: Nursing Education, International Nursing and Mental Health

Robin Humble, PhD, MPH, RN, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Public health nursing, social epidemiology, vaccination, health equity, child and family health

Frances Hunt-JinnouchiBSW, MA, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Indigenous community and organizational capacity development; community based research

Sally KimpsonBSN, MA, PhD (Victoria), Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Critical Disability Studies; Socio-Economic Well being of Disabled Women; Disability and Nursing; Social Policy Analysis; Qualitative Design; Post-Structural though and Writing Processes

Andréanne RobitaillePhD, MScN, BScN, RN, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest : Community health nursing, End-of-life care, Knowledge translation, Community participatory action research

Margaret Scaia, BSN, MN, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Nursing as Women’s Labour, History of Nursing in Post War Canada, Gender and History

Lacie White, PhD, RN, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Palliative care, relational ethics, contemplative approaches to nursing education and practice, family caregiving, embodiment and emotional labour in nursing, narrative pedagogy and practice

Chelsea WozniakMA, BN, BSc., RN, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Influenza immunization campaign with UVic

Staff

Louise Thornton

Administrative Officer School of Nursing Staff

Office: A402c 250-721-6335

Nicola Sison

Office Manager and Assistant to the Director School of Nursing Staff

As Office Manager & Assistant to the Director I am the central administrative support person to the School of Nursing, supporting school-wide and Director-led initiatives. Please contact me if you have a question for the school but are not sure who to contact, or if you’d like to request a meeting with the Director.

Office: HSD A402a 250-721-7955

Angie Barry

Financial Assistant School of Nursing Staff

Office: HSD A402a 250-721-8502

Sandy Polomark

Undergraduate Student Advisor School of Nursing Staff

Credentials:
BPE, MKin

As the Undergraduate Student Advisor I am pleased to provide academic advice and support to prospective, newly admitted, and current BSN students in the School of Nursing. Advising is provided to students on campus (UVic) and partner site campuses (Aurora College, Camosun College, College of the Rockies, and Selkirk College) regarding admissions and progression through the School of Nursing BSN curriculum.

I work collaboratively with the Undergraduate Education Advising and Administrative Team on the development and implementation of policies and procedures specifically pertaining to BSN student recruitment, admissions, advising and progression. In this position, I also coordinate the award process for all undergraduate nursing students. It is a privilege to support BSN students from admission through to graduation. 

Office: HSD A404 250-472-4702

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Olivia Scully

Assistant to the Faculty and Undergraduate Course Delivery School of Nursing Staff

As Assistant to the Faculty, I work to help faculty have all they need to have a successful teaching term. I work with our Partner Colleges to ensure smooth delivery of our UVic courses at Partner sites. Additionally, I work with the Administrative Officer and Director to organize teaching assignments for faculty, timetabling for all School of Nursing programs, and sessional instructor hiring. I’m very happy to support the School of Nursing in ensuring that our programs run smoothly to provide the best quality education to our students.

Office: HSD A402a 250-721-6333

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Holly Miller-Stroes

Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Admissions & Advising School of Nursing Staff

Office: HSD A402a 250-472-4361

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Kristen Elder

Graduate Education Coordinator School of Nursing Staff

Credentials:
BA

The Graduate Education Coordinator is responsible for coordinating administrative activity in the School of Nursing pertaining to recruitment, admission, student records, progression, and academic advising of students at the graduate levels. The Advisor facilitates the development and implementation of school academic policy through committee membership and co-chair roles. The Advisor is also the contact person for graduate student awards, other university departments such as FGS, and other community partners (College of Registered Nursing of British Columbia, Island Health, government ministries, etc.).

This position oversees and coordinates, with other administrative staff, the academic calendar cycle changes throughout the calendar year for both the graduate and undergraduate programs.

Office: HSD A406 250-721-7961

Russell Hawkins

Administrative Assistant, Graduate Programs School of Nursing Staff

I am the administrative assistant for the masters and doctoral programs at the School of Nursing. I provide support to students enrolled in the APL, NP, NUED, NUHI and PhD options throughout the duration of their program, as well as to faculty members involved with graduate students. I work in close relationship with the School of Nursing Coordinator of Student Affairs, and UVic's Graduate Admissions and Graduate Studies departments.

I am usually the first person students or faculty contact regarding questions about the graduate application process, administrative documents for graduate students, or directing graduate students and faculty to the appropriate contact person if an issue should arise.

Office: HSD A402a 250-721-8994

Sandy Meadow

Program Manager, Nurse Practitioner Program School of Nursing Staff

Credentials:
MA, MSc, PGCert (PH)

As Program Manager for the Nurse Practitioner program, I oversee the administrative, operational, and clinical training activities of the program (with the exception of clinical placements, which are handled by my Practica Coordinator colleagues). I oversee the logistics of program delivery, facilitate strategic planning, and am the first point of contact for accreditation and regulatory bodies.

Office: HSD A470 250-472-5434

Kim Dorio

Program Assistant, Nurse Practitioner Program School of Nursing Staff

Office: HSD A402a 250-472-5676

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Leanne Ruston

Coordinator, Clinical Training, Nurse Practitioner Program School of Nursing Staff

250-721-7333

Kia Cade

Practica Coordinator Graduate School of Nursing Staff

Credentials:
RN, MSN

The practica coordinators in the School of Nursing secure and coordinate quality practice placements for students in undergraduate and graduate programs that match curriculum learning goals and align with student’s career aspirations.

The practica coordinators build and maintain relationships with a network of resource people in various health and educational institutions across Canada to provide rich learning environments and opportunities for practicum students to grow professionally.

Office: HSD A410 250-721-7204

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Cheryl-Lynn Hébert

Practica Coordinator Graduate School of Nursing Staff

Credentials:
BScN, RN (Reproductive Health (STI and CM) Certified)

Cheryl Hebert, RN, is a member of the Métis Nation of Greater Victoria and grew up on the traditional territories of the Ktunaxa and Secwépemc Nations. Her paternal ancestry is Métis-Cree, tracing through the Lucier and Bronconnier families of the Red River Métis homelands (Treaty 2), and her maternal lineage is of Scottish-Irish settler heritage from the Katzie and Kwantlen territories.

Cheryl’s nursing practice has focused on Indigenous health and community engagement. She currently serves as a Practicum Coordinator in the School of Nursing, where she aims to apply her experience to support culturally grounded and community-responsive practicum opportunities for graduate students.

Office: HSD A476 250-853-3843

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Alisa Palmer

Practica Coordinator Undergraduate School of Nursing Staff

Office: HSD A433 250-721-6334

Sarah Yee

Practica Coordinator Undergraduate School of Nursing Staff

Credentials:
RN, MScPH

In my role as practica coordinator, I work collaboratively with nursing students, faculty, and practice partners to coordinate placements for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Master of Nursing (MN) programs. I consult with nursing students to identify their learning needs in relation to their academic, practice and career goals.

I am proud to be a registered nurse with experience in acute care and public health. It is my privilege to support the UVic School of Nursing program, its students, and connections with the practice community.

Office: HSD A412 250-472-4608

Kendra Allen

Practica Coordinator School of Nursing Staff

As a UVic School of Nursing alumnus ('07), I am grateful to be part of an exceptional team to provide students with quality practice experiences.

In my role as practica coordinator, I work collaboratively with nursing students, faculty, and practice partners to coordinate placements for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Master of Nursing (MN) programs. I consult with nursing students to identify their learning needs in relation to their academic, practice and career goals.

250-472-4687

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Wiktor Pawelec

Administrative Assistant Practice Education School of Nursing Staff

Office: HSD A402a 250-472-4315

Melina Quijano

Status: On maternity leave

Assistant to Research & Scholarship School of Nursing Staff

Office: HSD A402a 250-472-4416

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Mitch Brown

Assistant to Research & Scholarship School of Nursing Staff

Office: HSD A402a 250-472-4416

Sam Kaiser

Junior Educational Technology Specialist School of Nursing Staff

As the Junior Educational Technology Specialist in the SoN, I work with faculty and staff to deliver courses and resources to students using UVic online tools like Brightspace and the SoN website. I also work on integrating new educational technology software to the SoN to further improve the resources available to students during their studies.

Office: HSD A474 250-721-6470

Sessional instructors

2025-2026

  • Bill Brasset
  • Meaghan Brown
  • Kia Cade
  • Tina Colarossi
  • Jess Crawford
  • Colleen DeRoache
  • Emily Doehnel
  • Kelly Goudreau
  • Eileen Green
  • Katie Hennessy
  • Shauna Huffman
  • Dawn Kocuper
  • Paula Leweke
  • Patti Nicks
  • Joyce O'Mahony
  • Margaret Scaia
  • Julie Ter Kuile
  • Jose Benito Tovillo
  • Shirley Turcotte
  • Morgan Yates

  • Priya Bains
  • Tatijana Dunat
  • Kim Cooper
  • Fiona Hutchison
  • Alison Perry
  • Heidi Smith
  • Brittany van Viegen