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UBC Nursing's inaugural Indigenous Nursing Lead - Tania Dick
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The School of Nursing has recruited Tania Dick, a member of Dzawada’enuxw First Nations of Kingcome Inlet, a UBC Nursing Indigenous Advisory Circle Member and UBC School of Nursing Alumna, as our inaugural Indigenous Nursing Lead. While this is…
Undergraduate Anti-Racism Book Club
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In the spring of 2021, undergraduate student and NUS Representative Selyen Singh organized a virtual book club for members of her cohort. The group of ten to twenty then first-year students came together about once a month on Sunday evenings via…
New Health System Impact Fellows Announced
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According to a news release of August 4, 2021, "The Government of Canada is investing in some of our country’s brightest minds – to provide them with the opportunity to work directly within our health systems and tackle our most pressing and…
Marilyn D. Willman (1928-2021)
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Marilyn Dawn Willman was born in Hancock, Michigan on December 31st, 1928. Her father was an engineer, and the family moved often within Michigan during her childhood as a result of his job. After completing her high school education in Cadillac,…
UBC Nursing led team tapped by Health Canada to evaluate a new COVID-19 self-screening test
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UBC students living in residence and other select groups living and working on the Vancouver campus this summer will be able to access a new COVID-19 self-testing clinic, which opened May 26 on the third floor of the Orchard Commons student…
Distinguished University Scholar 2021
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Congratulations to Professor Elizabeth Saewyc, one of UBC's newest Distinguished University Scholars.The Distinguished University Scholar program recognizes members of UBC Faculty who have distinguished themselves as exceptional scholars. The…
Funding for EQUIP Pathways Announced
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On April 9, 2021, Ken Hardie, Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Kells, and BC Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Sheila Malcolmson made a joint announcement regarding government funding for the “Supporting Pathways to Care for People…
Rapid Testing at Orchard Commons
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Orchard Commons rapid testing was a fantastic experience; I have been following British Columbia’s COVID response since the pandemic began and had wanted to get involved with community testing, so the opportunity to be a part of the BD Veritor…
Virtual Nursing Gala 2021
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RSVP AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONSThursday, May 13, 2021 | 6:30 PM | VIA ZoomRSVP IS NOW OPENThis annual event is an opportunity to thank you, our alumni and supporters who have made a deep and lasting commitment to nursing education, teaching, and…
Glennis Zilm Announced as a 2020 Alumni Builder
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Glennis Zilm, BSN Class of 1958, Honorary Professor at the School of Nursing, and one of the authors (with Ethel Warbinek) of the much-referenced, much-gifted Legacy: History of Nursing Education at the University of British Columbia 1919-1994 has…