A University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team is working directly with Indigenous communities throughout Saskatchewan to improve methods for preventing Type 2 diabetes.
College of Nursing research facilitator and coordinator present at National Organization of Research Development Professionals annual conference.
As part of its Plan 2025 strategies, the USask College of Nursing is expanding its research impact.
Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing Dr. Holly Graham collaborates with Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing to offer a series of five virtual workshops.
The University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) donor-funded Pathways to Equity initiative has awarded funding to a trio of projects focused on housing security, renters’ rights, and homelessness.
College of Nursing’s Dr. Geoffrey Maina launches substance use disorder education toolkit.
College of Nursing hosts 2022 Research and Scholarship Day.
The College of Nursing invites applications for a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Refugee and Migrant Health Promotion and Integration.
College of Nursing Associate Dean - Research and Graduate Studies Appointed
A pen pal program connects individuals from Crossmount Memory Café and students from South Corman Park School.
April Mackey looks at menstrual hygiene management.
Social program investments affect disease incidence rates: USask research
Jordan Sherstobitoff is completing a Master of Nursing to create the change needed to achieve health equity.
USask study helps build a new ‘normal’ for family planning in 2SLGBTQ+ communities
Three College of Nursing research teams celebrate SHRF grant success.
Creating Indigenous community-led and culture-based Type 2 Diabetes education and self-management tools for youth.
Dr. Helen Vandenberg examines the history of Saskatchewan’s early hospitals.
Dr. Solina Richter publishes seven articles since joining USask College of Nursing.
Master of Nursing student Shawn Emard has received the first ever graduate research fellowship award in the College of Nursing.
Researchers create digital educational tools for healthcare providers aimed at increasing the quality of care in long-term and assisted living settings.
University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers from the College of Nursing and the College of Medicine are collaborating to improve the virtual care experiences of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Saskatchewan.
A research team is exploring how to increase access to breast cancer screening for Syrian refugee women in Saskatchewan.
A look into how telepsychiatry, in response to COVID-19, impacted the delivery of mental health service delivery.
Practicing relationship-centered teamwork to foster a teaching-learning-centered strategy.
A group of researchers and stakeholders are coming together to change the way we think about food and health in Saskatchewan.
Inaugural College of Nursing Research & Scholarship Day a Big Success.
Lots of exciting things happening with College of Nursing research.
Three College of Nursing research teams receive SSHRC Explore Grants.
nehiyaw wicihitwin (Cree helping Cree) program is grounded in Cree culture, language, values and beliefs
College of Nursing Assistant Professor Dr. Mary Ellen Labrecque (PhD) and PhD candidate Michelle Pavloff seek to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of nurses practicing in rural and remote communities.
An international team of nurses explores the father's experience of caring for a child with a chronic illness.
Using virtual reality, nurses are given an opportunity to walk through different Code White scenarios in a safe and secure, simulated environment, before experiencing them first-hand.
Virtual follow-up with discharged intensive-care patients and the development of culturally sensitive treatment for chronic musculoskeletal issues are just two of the 10 University of Saskatchewan (USask) research projects recently awarded funding from the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF).
As she enters retirement, Dr. Lois Berry reflects back on her nursing career.
Dr. Lee Murray has published an illustrated children’s book looking at the relationship between grandmothers and granddaughters.
Greetings from Interim Dean Cindy Peternelj-Taylor
Dr. Hua Li’s SHRF-funded research project identifying alternatives to mental health- and addiction-related emergency department visits is featured in the current SHRF newsletter.
USask College of Nursing staff, faculty and students receive cards to inspire their journey with truth and reconciliation.
Dr. Noelle Rohatinsky aims to help improve the quality of life and quality of care for older adults living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Interim Dean Cindy Peternelj-Taylor provides an update from the College of Nursing.
Two College of Nursing faculty step into college leadership roles.
Dr. Tracie Risling receives funding to develop a two-way mobile phone texting process to help people access mental health services.
Three College of Nursing graduate students have received funding for their scholarly work.
Dr. Roslyn Compton aims to bring together seniors with dementia and their caregivers at the Crossmount Memory Café.
University of Saskatchewan assistant professor Dr. Hua Li (RN, BSN, MPH, PhD) receives two grants totalling over $225,000 to tackle mental health and addiction-related challenges.
Don Leidl is proposing the use of virtual reality as a way to prepare students prior to and during clinical learning experiences.
Researcher Holly Graham has been awarded an Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Dr. Roslyn Compton and her team are hoping to change the model of care used in long-term care homes.
Eight University of Saskatchewan (USask) health research projects have been awarded nearly $3.6 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to improve health and quality of life for children, mothers, seniors, Indigenous communities, and people in rural areas.
Researchers are laying the groundwork to create an electronic portal aimed at supporting parents who have children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses.
Researcher Dr. Shelley Peacock hosts meetings to advance dementia care education in Canada.
As we celebrate the start of a new year, Dr. Lois Berry provides an update from the College of Nursing.
A sit down question and answer interview with students and faculty to take a look into what being an Undergraduate Student Research Assistant is really like.
Faculty member Dr. Tracie Risling delivers impactful presentation at USask TEDx event.
We are sad to announce the passing of a dear colleague, Dr. Jennifer Kryworuchko.
Rural Patients Join Research Team to Help Identify Gaps in Care for Those Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Rural Saskatchewan.
No Patient Left Behind: How Research is Addressing Potential Challenges and Benefits of Electronic Health Record Use in Saskatchewan.
Drs. Haase and Satter (PhD) from the University of Saskatchewan, College of Nursing were successful in two SHRF Establishment Grants earlier this month.
USask College of Nursing, Dr. Pammla Petrucka (PhD) receives the ACU Canada Fellowship – Outward (Gordon and Jean Southam) earlier this month.
Drs. Campbell, Penz, Li, Rohatinsky, Risling (PhD), and Besse were successful in CIHR’s Seed Grant Funding competition earlier this month.
The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association recognizes RNs and RN(NP)s, and members of the public who have made outstanding contributions to the practice of registered nursing.
Drs. Bally, Haase, Holtslander, Peacock, Risling, and Rohatinsky (PhD) from the University of Saskatchewan, College of Nursing were successful in two CIHR Planning and Dissemination grants earlier this year.
Deanna has demonstrated a commitment to Indigenous knowledge in pursuit of achieving truth and reconciliation throughout her academic and professional career.
Drs. Bowen, Graham, Leidl (PhD), and Pratt, King, and Klemmer from the University of Saskatchewan, College of Nursing were successful in three SHRF Research Connections Grants earlier this month.
Drs. Bally, Spurr, Risling, Sattar, Haase, Penz, and Campbell from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing were successful in a CIHR Seed Grant competition.
Interdisciplinary team receives grant for HIV-related research on vulnerable youth
Drs. Bowen, Fowler-Kerry, Graham, Maina, Racine (PhD), and Ms. Pratt from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing were successful in the 2018-19 Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation competition.
The SCPOR trainee shares her story about joining a research team that is looking at Indigenous Women and culturally safe birth.
Drs. Bally, Compton, Graham, de Padua, Rohatinsky (PhD) and Ms Luimes from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing were successful in the 2018-19 Sprout Grant funding competition.
Internationally recognized environmental and health researcher Dr. Ingrid Pickering (PhD) has been awarded the 2018 Achievement Award by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF)
Dr. Linda Ferguson is honoured with the 2018 Pat Griffin Scholar Award
Small, rural communities across Canada are facing decreasing skilled labour pools, inadequate access to technology, aging residents, unique health challenges,loss of services and rising crime.
Dr. Louise Racine and Dr. Susan Fowler-Kerry’s project explores the needs of and the challenges to providing culturally competent palliative care to Indigenous populations living in rural and remote areas of Saskatchewan
Dr. Louise Racine has been awarded five grants to help further her research on immigrant, refugee and Indigenous health.
Postdoctoral Scholar Meridith Burles has accepted a Research Fellow position with the Indigenous Peoples Health Research Centre
Please join the College of Nursing in congratulating Drs. Angela Bowen and Geoffrey Maina on their successful applications in the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) Sprout Grant competition. The SHRF sprout grant is offered in partnership with the Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research and is aimed at investing in patient-oriented research to improve the health and care of Saskatchewan people. The successful funding of both these projects represents a 100% success rate for College of Nursing applications in this latest competition.
Assistant Professor Dr. Don Leidl has received funding to evaluate the use of our distributed learning infrastructure.
A community partnership in Prince Albert, led by College of Nursing researcher Dr. June Anonson, is looking at homelessness.
