The upcoming year marks the 90th anniversary of the School of Nursing, which we will celebrate when we move into the new Faculty of Health Sciences’ building on Lees Avenue. Here are some of highlights of the past year, as we continue to foster excellence in research, teaching and practice in all fields of nursing.
Achievements
- Prof. Josephine Etowa was elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
- Prof. Jean-Laurent Domingue received the COUPN Excellence in Teaching Award.
- Prof. Sandra Harrisson received the COUPN Scholarship into Practice Award.
- Prof. Idrissa Beogo launched the Health Equity for the Aged Lab.
Undergraduate programs highlights
- 1,598 undergraduate students across three sites and four programs
- 491 new undergraduate admissions in September 2022
- 22 scholarships awarded to 35 recipients, totalling $84,600
- MOU with Algonquin College being renegotiated
- Major modification of the Bridging BScN pathway in the process of approval
- Government expansion of 50 additional BScN admissions for September 2023
- A special thank you to all the professors, school administrative personnel, lab facilitators and part-time professors for their continued dedication to meeting the highest quality standards in nursing education.
Graduate programs highlights
218 graduate students:
- 54 students in the PhD program
- 101 students in the MScN program
- 52 students in the MScN program combined with the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program (PHCNP)
- 11 students in the PHCNP diploma
Other highlights:
- Nine research rounds held this year, including a collaboration with professors who teach NSG 6401/6801 to host a special nursing research round, where graduate nursing students presented their final clinical projects in a three-minute thesis (3MT) format.
- Collaboration with Graduate Nurses Association to offer bilingual sessions on thesis supervision, including a knowledge mobilization presentation.
- Over $20,000 in scholarships were awarded for graduate students.
- One nursing doctoral student was awarded the Dorothy Monteith Scholarship from the Registered Nurses Foundation of Ontario.
- Continued facilitation of the Thesis in Progress group established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, which supports graduate students with their thesis or dissertation, fostering a sense of community and accountability.
- PhD program modifications initiated to replace comprehensive exams with a thesis proposal and remove two compulsory courses, allowing students more flexibility in meeting diverse methodological and theoretical needs. Prerequisites for NSG 7110 Doctoral Seminar were also removed to allow parallel scheduling of this course with other compulsory doctoral courses.