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Survey to help launch Faculty of Nursing’s five-year strategic plan

Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 13:22

Ground sign of Faculty of Nursing

Faculty of Nursing launched the initial stages of what will become a new five-year strategic plan. Nursing has created an online survey and is requesting feedback.

The faculty’s previous interim strategic plan, 2020-23, was created prior to the campus-wide “Aspire: Together For Tomorrow” strategic planning process. Now that Aspire is in place, nursing’s initiative is the next step for the faculty.

“Since the institution-wide Aspire plan has already rolled out, we can build a sustainable plan that not only is an extension of Aspire, but also builds on recent successes of the faculty,” says dean of nursing Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine. “Now is the perfect time to develop and implement a faculty plan.”

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 09:55

Young Lillie Johnson in Canada

Ontario’s first Black director of public health, Lillie Johnson, attributes perseverance and compassionate care for advancing the nursing profession.

As the Faculty of Nursing concludes its journey through its Black History Month feature series, the spotlight shifts to Lillie Johnson, a trailblazing figure whose impact resonates in Canadian health care.

Born in Jamaica in 1922, Johnson received nursing and midwifery training in her home country and the United Kingdom. She immigrated to Canada in 1960, where she continued her pursuit of excellence in health care.

Johnson earned her BScN from the University of Toronto and became the first Black director of public health in Ontario in the Leeds-Grenville and Lanark district, a community located near Ottawa.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 09:26

Bukola Salami profile photo

Bukola Salami’s transformative journey from neuroscience to nursing underscores her dedication to improving healthcare access and delivery for Black, migrant, and underserved populations.

During Black History Month, the Faculty of Nursing is featuring pioneers and difference-makers in the profession, past and present.

Bukola Salami

A famous author and minister once said, "Change your thoughts and you change your world."

That mindset resonates with UWindsor nursing alumna Bukola Salami (BScN 2004). Dr. Salami recalls events that led her to a different and rewarding career path in health sciences.

While still at high school in Toronto in 1998, she remembers job shadowing a nurse during a Black youth mentorship program, an experience that would prove pivotal in her life’s work.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - 14:16

Dr. Eric Tanlaka at his office desk having a conversation

Eric Tanlaka's research on the role of nurses in stroke rehabilitation seeks to enhance job fulfillment while bringing about changes to Ontario’s nursing curriculum.

During Black History Month, the Faculty of Nursing is featuring pioneers and difference-makers in the profession, past and present.

Eric Tanlaka

Nursing professor Eric Tanlaka is part of a research team examining the role of nurses in stroke rehabilitation with the goal of improving job equity and augmenting Ontario’s nursing curriculum.

Friday, February 2, 2024 - 11:34

Bernice Redmon broke barriers as Canada’s first Black public health nurse and first Black nurse to be appointed into Victorian Order of Nurses in Canada. Photo courtesy of www.bernicecarnegie.com/carnegie-family

February marks Black History Month across Canada. To honour the legacy of Black communities, the Faculty of Nursing is featuring nursing pioneers and difference-makers, past and present. We will share their history, successes, sacrifices, and victories.

Bernice Redmon

Born Bernice Isobel Carnegie in Toronto in 1917, Bernice Redmon would become a trailblazer in nursing by breaking barriers as a Black Canadian nurse.

Thursday, January 18, 2024 - 16:05

Diverse group of registered nurses

A new certification program at the University of Windsor will qualify nurses to prescribe medication.

The Faculty of Nursing, in collaboration with Continuing Education and in association with the Ontario Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner consortium, is launching a certification program that will enable Registered Nurses (RNs) in Ontario to prescribe medication for specific treatment and health care such as contraception, immunization, smoking cessation, and topical wound care.

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 10:28

Nursing students and healthcare organization connect at fall nursing career fair

Students learn about job opportunities at the nursing career fair, Nov. 30 in the Ambassador Auditorium.

More than 180 students took time Thursday to speak with representatives from 25 health-care organizations from both sides of the border at the Nursing Career Fair in the CAW Student Centre’s Alumni Auditorium. The event was jointly hosted by the Office of Career Development and Experiential Learning (CDEL), a unit of the Office of Experiential Learning, and the Faculty of Nursing.

“The nursing fair not only connects aspiring students with invaluable opportunities, but it also fosters meaningful partnerships between academia and healthcare employers by getting them on campus and exposing them to the exceptional student talent UWindsor has to offer,” said CDEL manager Krista Kelly.

Monday, November 13, 2023 - 16:10

Photo of Drs. Leigh Chapman, Michelle Acorn, and Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine at Intentional Conversations Event

Chief Nursing Officer for Canada Leigh Chapman, chief nurse of the International Council of Nurses Michelle Acorn, and UWindsor dean of nursing Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine addressed an audience during “Dean’s Intentional Conversations” speaker series.

Chief Nursing Officer for Canada Leigh Chapman and chief nurse of the International Council of Nurses Michelle Acorn delivered keynote speeches for the “Dean’s Intentional Conversations” speaker series at the University of Windsor during a recent visit. The two-day tour included stops at local health-care organizations on both sides of the border.

Monday, November 13, 2023 - 16:00

Photo of Dr. Kathyrn Pfaff

As associate dean of nursing for graduate programs and Research, Kathryn Pfaff aims to promote compassionate and interprofessional healthcare models while emphasizing collaboration in her approach to leadership.

Associate professor Kathryn Pfaff (BScN 1988, MScN 2008) began a five-year appointment effective July 1 as associate dean, graduate programs and research, in the Faculty of Nursing.

Dr. Pfaff’s nursing career spans over 35 years in acute care, community care, and academics. Born in Edmonton, Pfaff moved with her family to Windsor in the early 1970s. After earning undergraduate and master’s degrees in nursing at the University of Windsor, she completed a doctorate at McMaster University.

Monday, September 25, 2023 - 16:05

Photo of some Faculty of Nursing alumni from the Class of 1973

The University of Windsor, Faculty of Nursing alumni from the Class of 1973 got together this August in Ingersoll for their 50th Anniversary Reunion.

Coordinated in no small part by Leslie MacPherson, the alumni gathered both in person and on Zoom to reminisce, catch up with each other and reconnect with their roots at the University of Windsor.

Alumna Liz McHugh commented on how she loved the small and intimate size of her class. “We got to know one another so well. We got to be such good friends and many of us have remained very close”.

Darlene Scarrow remarked, “My years at the U of W were possibly the best of my life. Our education was superior and the friendships we made are life lasting”. She also noted, “things are so different in health care now - we really appreciate the training and support we received”.

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