Deans Office
Welcome to the Faculty of Nursing!
As we embark on the next decade, I am thrilled to introduce our newly minted 2024-2034 Strategic Plan, Unbounded: Connecting Learning and Life. This plan is a testament to our commitment to advancing nursing education and research excellence.
Our vision is to work together to enhance the well-being of all. We aim to build a nursing community that provides exceptional learning environments, recognizing individual talents and gifts while honoring the interconnectedness of nursing, health, the person, and the environment.
Our strategic priorities, or Primary Intentions, will guide us in this journey:
Engage in and Develop Reciprocal Relations: We are committed to better understanding our relational impact with students, community, staff, and faculty.
Generate Curiosity to Investigate Influential Questions: Thought leadership is a driving force within a university setting. To be an effective thought leader, knowledge translation and dissemination activities are critical.
Value the Connectedness between the Environment, the Person, Health, and Nursing: Nursing’s metaparadigm emphasizes interdependent relations among the environment, humans, health, and nursing.
Dismantle Oppressions, Racism, and Hate: We are committed to improving educational and nursing practices through embedding equity, diversity, inclusivity, anti-racism, reconciliatory, and decolonization practices within our teaching, research, and administrative activities.
Through creating a community where we all truly belong and feel welcome, opportunities will be available for students, faculty, and staff to thrive. We believe in the importance of honoring who we are, where we are, where we have been, and where we are going. Our strength, wisdom, and courage lie within our relationships and interconnectedness.
We invite you to join us on this exciting journey as we shape the future of nursing education and research together.
Go far, Together.
Bienvenue à la Faculté des sciences infirmières!
Alors que nous entamons la prochaine décennie, je suis ravie de vous présenter notre nouveau Plan stratégique 2024-2034, Sans Limites : connecter l'Apprentissage et la Vie. Ce plan témoigne de notre engagement à faire progresser l'éducation en soins infirmiers et l'excellence de la recherche. Notre vision est de travailler ensemble pour améliorer le bien-être de toutes et de tous. Nous visons à construire une communauté infirmière qui offre des environnements d'apprentissage exceptionnels, reconnaissant les talents et les dons de chacun, tout en honorant l'interconnexion entre les soins infirmiers, la santé, la personne et l'environnement.
Nos priorités stratégiques, ou Intentions primaires, nous guideront dans ce parcours:
Cultiver et promouvoir des liens réciproques: nous nous engageons à mieux comprendre notre impact relationnel avec les étudiant.e.s, la communauté, le personnel et le corps professoral.
Éveiller la curiosité afin d'explorer des enjeux importants: le leadership éclairé est une force motrice dans un cadre universitaire. Pour être un leader éclairé efficace, les activités de traduction et d’application des connaissances sont essentielles.
Valoriser les liens entre l'environnement, la personne, la santé et les soins infirmiers: le méta paradigme des soins infirmiers met l’accent sur les relations interdépendantes entre l'environnement, les êtres humains, la santé et les soins infirmiers.
Combattre les oppressions, le racisme et la haine: nous nous engageons à améliorer les pratiques éducatives et infirmières en intégrant l'équité, la diversité, l'inclusivité, l'antiracisme, la réconciliation et les pratiques de décolonisation dans nos activités d’enseignement, de recherche et administratives.
En créant une communauté où chacun développe un sentiment d'appartenance et se sent véritablement bienvenu, des opportunités seront offertes aux étudiants, au corps professoral et au personnel afin de s'épanouir. Nous croyons en l'importance d'honorer qui nous sommes, où nous sommes, d'où nous venons et où nous allons. Notre force, notre sagesse et notre courage résident dans nos relations et notre interdépendance.
Nous vous invite à vous joindre à nous dans ce voyage passionnant alors que nous façonnons ensemble l'avenir de l'éducation et de la recherche en soins infirmiers.
Allons loin, Ensemble.
Our Commitments
Partnerships
Meet the Team
Dean: Faculty of Nursing
Meet Robin Evans, Interim Dean
The Dean provides leadership and vision to the Faculty of Nursing, liaising with senior management at the University, and working closely with faculty members and partners to ensure Nursing is moving forward in a good way.
Associate Dean: Faculty Relations & Strategic Initiatives
Meet Janine Brown
(This position provides strategic leadership in the areas of student recruitment, student success, and scholarly awards. Dr. Brown’s research interests include dignified, safe, end-of-life care practices for individuals with life-limiting illnesses, their families, and health care providers, including research related to medical assistance in dying.
Associate Dean: Undergraduate
Meet Karen Lehmann
This Associate Dean provides strategic leadership in the Faculty of Nursing on matters pertaining to academic programs at the undergraduate level, undergraduate admission standards, and undergraduate academic misconduct. Karen’s impact on the administration and delivery of the Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program has been bolstered by her 25-year career as a Public Health Nurse practicing in southern Saskatchewan’s rural regions and her keen interests in distance learning advantages for those living in rural regions, public health, maternal-child, social determinants, and child safety.
Associate Dean: Research, Scholarship & Graduate Programs
Meet Laurie Clune
This Associate Dean provides strategic leadership in the Faculty of Nursing on matters pertaining to research in general, academic programs at the graduate level, graduate students, research funding, research policies, and laboratory safety. Dr. Clune’s research focuses on vulnerable students and people in the community and is recognized nationally and internationally for promoting academic and community environments where all can thrive.
Faculty Administrator
Meet Sarina Wowchuk
The Faculty Administrator is responsible for developing, establishing and managing an efficient and effective administrative, technical and applied scientific staff complement that will support the teaching, research and service activities of Nursing.
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Meet Nicole Brodner
The Executive Assistant (EA) to the Dean provides executive-level administrative support to the Dean and the Faculty of Nursing Leadership Team. Nicole manages the Dean’s schedule and serve as the primary contact and information source for students, stakeholders, partners and the broader UR Community. Nicole also supports a variety of Faculty of Nursing committees, by reviewing all submitted materials, ensuring procedures are followed, and keeping a record of decisions.
