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2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Highlights
- Addressing Racism | A timeline of steps taken in 2020 to address racism in nursing, in academia, and in health care
- Building and Being Health Leaders | The 2020 GSNA Symposium
- Tuum Est - It Is Yours | Graduation Receptions and Awards
- Virtually Educating | Nursing Education in Pandemic Mode
- A Year's worth of Kudos for Faculty and a sampling of Students
- Celebrating the Birth of the Canadian Academy of Nursing | and celebrating our new CAN Fellows!
- New Faculty announcements
- Nursing Leadership in the English NHS | Marion Woodward Lecture and Symposium
Referenced Links
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MINDING HISTORY
- BC Nursing History: https://www.bcnursinghistory.ca
NURSING ALUMNI
- Nursing Alumni: mailto:alumni@nursing.ubc.ca
ADDRESSING RACISM
- June 6 Statement Against Racism: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news-story/08-jun-2020/statement-racism
- Dec 1 Statement Addressing Racism in Health Care: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news/01-dec-2020/nursing-statement-in...
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- Building and Being Health Leaders full program: https://bit.ly/GSNA2020
PAGE 6 - 7 SPRING CONVOCATION
- UBC Convocation Ceremony Youtu.be/TFFuI0ZOILc
- Nursing Graduation videos and memorabilia: nursing.ubc.ca/grad-2020
- List of awards for 2020: nursing.ubc.ca/awards-scholarships-and-bursaries
PAGE 8 FALL CONVOCATION
- Nursing Reception: https://youtu.be/hH2SfbJCFwI
- UBC Graduation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFuI0ZOILc&feature=youtu.be
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WIDENING CIRCLES
- Indigenous Cultural Safety Strategic Initiatives: https://nursing.ubc.ca/about/indigenous-cultural-safety-strategic-initia...
- Indigenous Advisory Circle: https://nursing.ubc.ca/about/indigenous-cultural-safety-strategic-initia...
- Anti-Racism Task Force: https://nursing.ubc.ca/about/anti-racism-task-force
RISING STARS
- Applied Science Rising Stars: https://apsc.ubc.ca/spotlight/nikko-asistio-arlene-singh
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- Gillian McKay – Featured in UBC ALUMNI: https://www.alumni.ubc.ca/2020/profiles/gillian-mckay-bsn09/
PAGES 14-15 KUDOS
- Jennifer Baumbusch, Canada Research Chair: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news-story/16-apr-2020/jennifer-baumb...
- Wendy Hall, 2020 winner of Dean’s Medal of Distinction: https://apsc.ubc.ca/news-events/applied-science-celebration-2020
- Naz Havaei for “Evaluation of rapid redesign and resource deployment in Long-Term Care during COVID-19”: https://www.msfhr.org/evaluation-rapid-redesign-and-resource-deployment-...
- Fuchsia Howard CIHR Grant: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news-story/03-mar-2020/cihr-invests-h...
- Fairleth McCuaig – PhD in Nursing Practice from Gonzaga University, Spokane Washington, September 2019. Watch her hooding ceremony – (at 1:02:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6fjbprSiYk&list=PLkmUKoGARysqYuRLrVc9FR...
- Alison Phinney Leads project to help Canadians living with dementia and their caregivers: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news/21-jan-2020/government-canada-in...
- Alison Phinney Award for Excellence in Student Mentoriing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUpsxZff2XU&feature=youtu.be (at 02:42)
- John Oliffe: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news/18-aug-2020/canada-research-chai...
- Cheryl Segaric Killam teaching prize: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news-story/20-may-2020/cheryl-segaric...
- Sally Thorne and Colleen Varcoe named Charter Fellows of the new Canadian Academy of Nursing. https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news/11-may-2020/can-announces-ubc-so...
- Sabrina Wong: Inducted into the American Academy of Nursing: https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AANNET/c8a8da9e-918c-4dae-b...
- The Birth of the Canadian Academy of Nursing: American Academy of Nursing | Canadian Academy of Health Sciences | Canadian Academy of Nursing | Canadian Nurses Association
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STUDENT KUDOS
- Chloe Crosschild’s Interview at University of Lethbridge: https://stories.ulethbridge.ca/chloe-crosschild-silver-medal/?fbclid=IwA...
- Kalina Repin CNF https://cnf-fiic.ca/kalina-repin/
- Simrin Sangha CNF https://cnf-fiic.ca/simrin-sangha/
- Emily Warren CNF https://cnf-fiic.ca/emily-warren/
IN MEMORIUM
- Sonia Acorn: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/story/15-jun-2020/sonia-acorn-memoriam
- Clarissa Green: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news/24-aug-2020/remembering-clarissa...
- Helen Shore: https://nursing.ubc.ca/news-events/news-story/09-nov-2020/helen-shore-di...
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- New Faculty: https://nursing.ubc.ca/our-people
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- Marion Woodward Lecture 2020: https://youtu.be/o9G2WeXLTic
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- Navigating the Tempest – Symposium: https://youtu.be/xpniKkXV9g4
2019 Fall/Winter Touchpoints
Highlights
- 2019 Verna Huffman Splane Public Health Nursing Lecture | The Cornerstone for Global Access to Universal Health Coverage by 2030 with Michael Villeneuve
- 51st Marion Woodward Lecture | Nursing in the not-to-distant future with Richard Booth
- Afternoon Symposium | The Future is Now
- Prescription for a Healthy Planet | Act Local Think Global
- Faculty on the Global Scene
- History Repeating | Helen Shore's Gifts to The School of Nursing
- Leah Lambert | Health System Impact Post-doctoral Fellowship
- Amazing Alumni | Focus on the Class of 1958 and the Class of 1969
- Building Nursing - 100 Years and Counting | Announcement from Development
- New Graduate Student Nursing Association Executive Announced
Referenced Links
- UBC Nursing’s Research Report for 2018 (Research Report PDF)
- Marion Woodward Lecture and Afternoon Symposium (Page 6-7 VIDEOS)
- Nursing Rounds | Think Local Act Global (Page 8 VIDEO)
- Nursing Now Campaign (Page 11 – Nursing Now WEBPAGE)
- World Health Organization (Page 11 – World Health Organization WEBPAGE)
- Leah Lambert (Page 13 – Full Interview on Amazing Alumni WEBPAGE)
- Jennifer Kryworuchko Memorial Fund (Page 14 - Give in memory of Jennifer Kryworuchko)
- Contact Darya Sawycky (Page 16 - the Class of 1958 Emergency Student Fund DONOR PAGE)
- Read the full story of the Class of 1969 Reunion (Page 17 – Class of 1969 Reunion BLOG)
- Donate to the Building Fund (Page 18 – Building Nursing DONOR PAGE)
- History Symposium 2020 (Page 19 - Events WEBPAGE)
- Nursing Events (Page 19 - Events WEBPAGE)
- Vancouver Summer Program (Page 19 - Events WEBPAGE)
Photographs of Nursing spaces from the UBC Open Library:
- 1925 View of the UBC Fairview Campus (CITE: [unknown]. (1925, April 29). View of UBC Fairview campus [P]. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0156308)
- 1926 Photograph of Science Building by Leonard Frank (CITE: Frank, L. (1926, January 1). Science building [P]. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0018817)
- 1940s Photograph of Huts (CITE: [unknown]. (1AD, January 1). Hut 08 used as classrooms for the School of Nursing, ca late 1940s [P]. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0163391)
- 1959 Photograph of the Wesbrook Building (CITE: [unknown]. (1959). Wesbrook Building [P]. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0020890)
- 2014 Photograph of Front of Acute Care Centre, Koerner Pavilion. School of Nursing photo (no link).
Contact Information
- Update your address
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
- Online: alumni.ubc.ca/connect
- Going green
- To receive TouchPoints via email, please contact communications@nursing.ubc.ca
- Planning a reunion?
- Contact Alumni Relations
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
2019 Spring/Summer TouchPoints
Highlights
- Centenary Gala
- History of Nursing Symposium 2019
- Ethel Johns: National Person of Historical Significance
- Vivian Lucas: A Portrait in Giving
- The McArthurs: Giving Back to the Next Century
- Seventh Annual GSNA Symposium
- EDGE Festival
- Medical Assistance in Dying - Nursing DIALOGUES
- Indigenous Cultural Safety Strategic Initiatives
- Congress 2019
Referenced Links
- More information on the Centenary Gala (Centenary Gala, p. 5)
- Systems Change podcast (p. 9)
- TouchPoints Spring/Summer 2017 (Graduate Student Research, p.11)
- Pulse and Puppies web-story (Graduate Student Research, p. 11)
- WHO - Fragile Lives (Students in Community, p. 13)
- Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH) (Student Awards, p. 13)
- New Nursing Electives (New Courses, p. 13)
- Graduation and Reception 2019 Photos (p. 15)
- EDGE Festival (p. 17)
- Comics in Nursing (p. 17)
- SARAVYC: SLEPHI method (Achievements, p. 18)
- Report on Medical Assistance in Dying from Council of Canadian Academies (Nursing Dialogues, p. 19)
- Recorded MAiD Dialogues Session (Nursing Dialogues, p. 19)
- Ignored to Death, the story of Brian Sinclair (The Role of Nursing in Promoting the Health of Indigenous Peoples, p. 21)
- NNPBC Awards and Recognition (Amazing Alumni, p. 22)
- Nursing Events (Coming Up, p. 23)
- Master of Health Leadership and Policy Program (backpage)
Contact Information
- Update your address
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
- Online: alumni.ubc.ca/connect
- Going green
- To receive TouchPoints via email, please contact communications@nursing.ubc.ca
- Planning a reunion?
- Contact Alumni Relations
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
2018 Fall/Winter TouchPoints
Highlights
- 50th Marion Woodward Lecture
- Afternoon Symposium
- Students in the Community
- Student Awards
- Nursing Initiatives in 2018
- CRIHHI in Rio de Janiero
- Calendar of Centenary Events
- Linda Buchanan, Amazing Alumni
- Chandra Waddington, Alumni, Faculty, Donor
Referenced Links
- Centenary calendar (Director's Message, p. 3)
- Ottawa Hospital's comprehensive list (Marion Woodward Lecture, p. 4)
- 50 years of Marion Woodward Lectures (Marion Woodward Lecture, p. 4)
- EQUIP Health Care website (Marion Woodward Lecture, p. 5)
- Dr Dawn Stacey - Strategies and Tools for Putting Patients First (Marion Woodward Lecture, p. 5)
- Pecha Kucha presenter bios and presentations (Marion Woodward Lecture, p. 5)
- Congress 2019 website and Event page (Events Calendar, p. 10)
- Centenary timeline (Events Calendar, p. 10)
- Interrupting the Cycle of Poverty to Improve Health (Faculty Initiatives, p. 11)
- Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry website (Highlights from Nursing Research Units, p. 14)
- Capacity Research Unit website and support UBC (Highlights from Nursing Research Units, p. 14)
- CRiHHI website (Highlights from Nursing Research Units, p. 14)
- SARAVYC website (Highlights from Nursing Research Units, p. 15)
- GERO website (Highlights from Nursing Research Units, p. 15)
- Film honouring Dr Truant (Achievements, p. 16)
- Empirical Nursing by Dr Bernie Garrett (Achievements, p. 16)
- Amazing Alumni Linda Buchanan's story (Amazing Alumni, p. 18)
- New Centenary Fund (Amazing Alumni, p. 18)
Contact Information
- Update your address
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
- Online: alumni.ubc.ca/connect
- Going green
- To receive TouchPoints via email, please contact communications@nursing.ubc.ca
- Planning a reunion?
- Contact Letizia Ferreira, Associate Director of Alumni Relations
- Email: letizia.ferreira@ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
2018 Spring/Summer TouchPoints
Highlights
- 5th Annual Nursing History Symposium
- Alumni and Partnership Gala 2018
- Edge Film Festival
- Student Synthesis Projects
- Trans Youth In Translation
- Kudos
- Retirement Announcements for Joanne Ricci, Catherine Ebbehoj, Judith Lynam
- GSNA Research Symposium
- Class of 1958 Reunion Event
Referenced Links
- MHLP - Clinical Education program website (Director's Message, page 2)
- Research Resource Guide for Nursing, by Edwin Wodarczak, Archivist at UBC Archives (Nursing History Symposium, page 5)
- Video of the Symposium (Nursing History Symposium, page 5)
- UBC Library's Open Collections (Nursing History Symposium, page 5)
- Alumni & Partnership Gala 2018 photo album (Gala, page 6)
- Up-to-date School of Nursing Events page (Edge, page 9)
- Up-to-date SARAVYC website (Faculty Research, page 15)
- Up-to-date School of Nursing News page (Faculty Page, page 16)
- Just Retired - Director's full announcements (Faculty Page, page 16)
- School of Nursing Alumni page (Alumni, page 19)
- 50th reunion: Class of 1958 Emergency Award (Alumni, page 19)
- 50th Marion Woodward Lecture (Back page)
Contact Information
- Update your address
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
- Online: alumni.ubc.ca/connect
- Going green
- To receive TouchPoints via email, please contact communications@nursing.ubc.ca
- Thinking of donating?
- Contact Karen Cheng, Manager, Development & Strategic Initiatives
- Email: karen.cheng@ubc.ca
- Planning a reunion?
- Contact Alumni Relations
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
2017 Fall/Winter TouchPoints
Highlights
- Challenging Mental Health Stigma
- Marion Woodward Lecture 2017
- Alumni and Partnership Gala 2017
- GSNA Symposium 2017
Referenced Links
- School of Nursing news (Director's Message, page 2)
- Marion Woodward Lecture 2017 Photos (page 10)
- Marion Woodward Lecture 2017 Transcript (page 10)
- Marion Woodward Lecture 2017 Video (page 10)
- Alumni & Partnership Recognition Awards
- Gala 2017 Photos by Kellan Higgins
- SARAVYC (page 38)
- Recommended Reading by Health Officers Council of BC (page 49)
- Read Amazing Alumni Stories (page 57)
- 2018 EDGE Festival (page 62)
- Nursing Rounds: Family Councils in BC (page 64)
Contact Information
- Photo credits
- Share an alumni story
- Update your address
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
- Online: alumni.ubc.ca/connect
- Going green
- To receive TouchPoints via email, please contact communications@nursing.ubc.ca
2017 Spring/Summer TouchPoints
Highlights
- Dementia: New Paths to Understanding - Marion Woodward Lecture with John Keady
- Arts, Crafts, & Healing - 2017 Nursing History Symposium
- Elizabeth Saewyc Takes the Helm
- Community Nursing Matters and Student Blogs
- Edge Film Festival
Referenced Links
- Dr Suzanne Campbell Endowment for Nursing Student Leaders (page 2)
- Dr John Keady's Lecture | Teaser (page 5)
- Dr Elizabeth Saewyc's Profile (page 8)
- Quality Awards for BC Patient Safety and Quality Council (page 9)
- Community Nursing Matters Blog (page 10)
- UBC cIRcle (page 10)
- Maryam Koochek (page 11)
- Student Researchers: Students and UGM (page 14)
- Student Researchers: Pop-up Vet Clinic (page 14)
- Paws for Hope pilot on CBC (page 14)
- Community Veterinary Outreach (page 15)
Contact Information
- Gift and Estate planning
- Visit giftandestateplanning.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.5373
- Update your address
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
- Online: alumni.ubc.ca/connect
- Going green
- To receive TouchPoints via email, please contact communications@nursing.ubc.ca
2016 Fall/Winter TouchPoints
Highlights
- International Nursing History Conference
- Toward Policies for Well-Supported Exits
- Outlets for Positive Masculinity
- Brenda Poulton
- Taline Round
- Lindsey (Meidinger) Strang
- Zachary Daly
- 25 Years of PhDs
- New MHLP - Clinical Education Program
- Class of '58 Emergency Award
Referenced Links
- (en)VISION 2020 Strategic Plan (page 2)
- Sisters of Providence(page 4)
- Joint Position Statement (page 6)
- iPanel (page 7)
- Dr Sally Thorne (page 7)
- Dr Jennifer Baumbusch (page 7)
- Dr Jennifer Kryworuchko (page 7)
- Dr Alison Phinney (page 7)
- Dr Patricia (Paddy) Rodney (page 7)
- Dr Rodney's footnotes (page 7) and VIDEO (now on Youtube, not Vimeo, as stated in the article)
- Nursing Rounds: Challenges in End of Life Care in the Context of Physician Assisted Death (page 7)
- Men's Health Research (page 8)
- Work 2 Give (EDGE 2017) (page 8)
- Study on Parkinson's, Depression, and Data (page 9)
- Stories from Fraser Health Communities (page 10)
- UBC Nursing Photo Collection on Flickr (page 13)
- Alumni Reunion Planning Guide (page 14)
- MHLP Program (page 18)
- Annette Browne - 2015 John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award (page 19)
- Vicky Bungay - SSHRC-funded Canada Research Cair in Gender, Equity and Community Engagement (page 19)
- Wendy Hall - 2016 Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Award for Excellence in Nursing Education (page 19)
- Emily Jenkins - Outstanding Dissertation Award (page 19)
- Sandra Lauck - 2015 Nursing Leadership Award from the Canadian College of Health Leaders (page 19)
- Elizabeth Saewyc - 2016 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (page 19)
- UBC Nursing Graduate Programs (page 24)
Contact Information
- Update your address
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
- Online: alumni.ubc.ca/connect
- Going green
- To receive TouchPoints via email, please contact communications@nursing.ubc.ca
2016 Spring/Summer TouchPoints
Highlights
- Ethel Johns Honoured for Contributions to Nursing
- Research Highlights
- Partnership in Cardiovascular Nursing
- Student/Alumni Profiles
- Sherry Dahlke
- Annie Lau
- Caitlin Ritchie
- Inez Jasper
- New Faculty Members
- Fuchsia Howard
- Emily Jenkins
- Jennifer Kryworuchko
Referenced Links
- DUDES Club (page 6)
- Man-Up Against Suicide (page 7)
- SARAVYC (page 8)
- MHLP Program (page 12)
- Trudeau Scholarship (page 17)
- Watch MWL: Nurses' Roles in Health Information Technology (page 18)
- Read Profiles (page 20)
- Fuchsia Howard (page 20)
- Jennifer Kryworuchko (page 20)
- Emily Jenkins (page 21)
- Beyond the Cuckoo's Nest: Nurses and ECT in Dutch psychiatry, 1940-2010 (page 23)
- Events Page (page 23)
- Capturing the History of Public Health Nursing and its Transformation from Nurses' Work Experiences (page 23)
- Graduate Student Research Symposium 2016 (page 23)
- Alumni Awards (page 23)
- UBC Master of Science in Nursing Program (page 24)
Contact Information
- Update your address
- Email: alumni@apsc.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604.822.9454
- Online: alumni.ubc.ca/connect
- Going green
- To receive TouchPoints via email, please contact communications@nursing.ubc.ca
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