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Fifteen more nurse practitioners (NPs) will be trained at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø this fall, helping boost the number of professionals able to offer primary health care to the more than 800,000 British Columbians without a family doctor.      New funding of $532,500 from the BC government will expand the number of seats available in the Master of Science in Nursing – Nurse Practitioner program by a third to 50 places available this September. 

In the fall, 25 First Nations and Metis nurses from across BC will embark officially on their graduate studies at their home institutions as part of the Indigenous Graduate Education in Nursing (I-GEN) program, including eight students at UVic. A partnership between Indigenous communities, UVic, UBC-Okanagan, UBC-Vancouver, Thompson Rivers University and Trinity Western University, the first-of-its-kind master’s program is designed to decolonize and Indigenize nursing where graduate students live and work. The goals include bolstering the retention of Indigenous nurses, improving health outcomes for Indigenous communities and strengthening relational partnerships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuk health leaders to improve Indigenous health nursing education, practice and research.

The ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø is celebrating four outstanding researchers recently announced as 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholars and one prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellow.

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) is celebrating 10 ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø researchers—the most ever at one time—with the country’s highest academic honour.

Fifty delegates from six universities across BC, including UVic, gathered in Penticton to launch a master’s of Indigenous nursing research project. The first-of-its-kind master’s degree combines high-level professional training with community-driven interventions designed to meet the needs of Indigenous Peoples living in rural and remote areas.

On Sept. 6, the Royal Society of Canada announced seven scholars from UVic are elected to Canada’s highest academic honour.

Seven UVic researchers in the fields of science, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and human and social development have been elected to Canada’s highest academic honour.

James Matthew Besa, a fourth-year cis male nursing student of colour, receives the Margaret A. Evans scholarship and is recognized for his hard work and unusually positive outlook on life.

2022 Bachelor of Science in Nursing grad Tory Cundiff reflects on how she chose this career path and her experience coming into her profession during the pandemic.

Christine Ou (Nursing) is available to media to discuss her recent study about the connection between mothers, sleep and postpartum anger—the subject of [TITLE TO COME + HYPERLINK], published in The Conversation Canada today.

After a practicum organizing a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, Edget Waktola graduates this spring with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

Co/Lab takes a collaborative approach to promote health, health equity for people who use drugs

While MAPs largely flew under the radar for years, the COVID-19 crisis has led to a surge in interest, with new programs opening up across the country.

Nursing PhD candidate Meaghan Brown puts managed alcohol program experience and research into practice and policy.

The physical convocation ceremony for UVic’s 2020 nursing graduates will have to wait—they’re already playing key roles in community health. Sydney Hofmeyr is one of them, joining Island Health.

Vital family visits for seniors