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Alumna Sarah Walji advocates for nursing on a global level

Tuesday, Aug 13, 2019: Walji has been “on the move” since graduating from the BScN program at McMaster in 2017. Juggling a busy schedule, she says that every day is an adventure. Read More

Featuring: Olive Wahoush, Peter Helli, Tracey Jewiss and Terry McCurdy

Welcome to our summer students

Monday, Jul 29, 2019: Meet our summer students! Read More

Students take Canadian Nurses Foundation awards

Tuesday, Jul 23, 2019: Congratulations to our five students who recently won Canadian Nurses Foundation awards. Read More

CIHR funds research on hospital-to-home transitions

Monday, Jul 22, 2019: Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid and her research team have been awarded a new grant through the CIHR project scheme. Read More

Featuring: Kathryn Fisher, Rebecca Ganann, Jenny Ploeg and Maureen Markle-Reid

Nursing history show and tell: Issue 5

Tuesday, Jul 16, 2019: Who was Henrietta Alderson? Read More

BScN class of 1989 celebrates 30 years

Monday, Jul 15, 2019: A highlight of the tour was a visit to the Centre for Simulation Based Learning. Read More

New grants will fund research into diabetes

Thursday, Jun 27, 2019: Dr. Diana Sherifali has been awarded six grants to continue her research into technology-enabled diabetes coaching support. Read More

Featuring: Diana Sherifali

Dr. Bernice Downey receives Education Innovation Fund grant

Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019: The primary objective of this research study is to assess how inter-professional learners benefit from Core Indigenous Cultural Safety training. Read More

Featuring: Bernice Downey

Simple habits are key to health, says Dr. Diana Sherifali

Wednesday, Jun 26, 2019: Diana Sherifali, associate professor in the School of Nursing at McMaster University, spoke at the Benefits Canada 2019 Chronic Disease at Work conference. Read More

Featuring: Diana Sherifali

Dr. Janet Landeen wins Health Professions Educator Award

Friday, Jun 21, 2019: Dr. Landeen was recognized for sustained and continuing excellence in education scholarship, graduate supervision and innovation in nursing education. Read More

Featuring: Janet Landeen

Dr. Bernice Downey wins MacPherson Institute’s PALAT grant

Friday, Jun 21, 2019: Dr. Bernice Downey is one of seven recipients of the 2019 Leadership in Teaching and Learning fellowships and Priority Areas for Learning and Teaching (PALAT) grants. Read More

Featuring: Bernice Downey

Class of 1969 celebrates reunion

Thursday, Jun 20, 2019: The BScN graduating class of 1969 came together to celebrate their 50th anniversary from May 29 - June 1. Read More

New funding for youth homelessness project

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2019: Dr. Naomi Thulien has been awarded an additional $150,000 in funding for her Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness research project. The additio... Read More

Featuring: Naomi Thulien

Dr. Joanna Pierazzo Appointed Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Nursing Programs

Wednesday, Jun 19, 2019: Dr. Pierazzo brings a wealth of educational and leadership experience to our nursing programs. Read More

Featuring: Joanna Pierazzo

New provincial research centre brings expertise in healthy aging

Thursday, Jun 06, 2019: Announcing the newest research centre in the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU) network: the MIRA | Collaborative for Health & Aging. With Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid. Read More

Featuring: Maureen Markle-Reid

Nursing history show and tell: Issue 4

Thursday, Jun 06, 2019: In 1952, the School of Nursing made a film to promote the new school and to help spread the word that baccalaureate education in nursing was even an option. Read More

Publications and Presentations Mar to May 2019

Monday, Jun 03, 2019: Discover some of the latest articles and presentations by faculty members and graduate students in the School of Nursing. Read More

Retired professor ensures her legacy with a gift of life insurance

Friday, May 31, 2019: Majumdar is extending her remarkable legacy through a gift of life insurance, of which McMaster is the owner and beneficiary. Read More

Featuring: Basanti Majumdar

Micah Zagala wins alumni award

Thursday, May 30, 2019: Congratulations to Micah Zagala, a recent graduate of the McMaster BScN program. Micah won an alumni award for her social, academic and advocacy i... Read More

Carley Ouellette wins award for pain research

Tuesday, May 28, 2019: Graduate student Carley Ouellette has won the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (IPRC) Graduate Scholarship. Read More

Featuring: Michael McGillion

Research Focus: Cancer and precision medicine

Thursday, May 23, 2019: Precision medicine is changing the face of cancer treatment through the use of targeted therapies that differ from traditional chemotherapy, says Dr. Denise Bryant-Lukosius. Read More

Featuring: Denise A. Bryant-Lukosius

Carly Whitmore Awarded a Vanier Scholarship

Thursday, May 23, 2019: Whitmore is a PhD Nursing student in McMaster’s School of Nursing and a trainee with Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid’s Canada Research in Person-Centred Interventions for Older Adults with Multimorbidity and their Caregivers program. Read More

Featuring: Maureen Markle-Reid

McMaster celebrates Indigenous Nurses Day 2019

Thursday, May 23, 2019: How do Indigenous nurses express our own Indigenous knowledge? How do we integrate it into our practice? These were some of the questions that panelists addressed at the Indigenous Nurses Day Celebration. Read More

Featuring: Bernice Downey

Meet today's Nursing valedictorian

Wednesday, May 22, 2019: Meet Micah Zagala, the valedictorian at the May 22 convocation for the School of Nursing. Read More

Faculty of Health Sciences convocation ceremonies this week

Wednesday, May 22, 2019: Students from the nursing school consortium of McMaster and Conestoga and Mohawk colleges receive their degrees at convocation on Wednesday, May 22. Meet two students from the Graduate Program: Julie Rubel and Carly Szabo. Read More