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Biography

Dr. Helen Vandenberg joined the University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing an as Assistant Professor in July of 2015. Her current program of research is focused on the history of hospitals, health systems, and nursing in Western Canada during the turn of the twentieth century.

Any inquiries about Dr. Vandenberg's current or past work are warmly welcomed.

Research Interests

  • History of hospitals, health systems and nursing in Western Canada from 1860-present
  • Nursing history in undergraduate nursing education
  • Health systems, health policy and healthcare transformation
  • Philosophy
  • Culture and culture theorizing in nursing
  • Rural nursing
  • Nursing education

Methodology

  • Quantitative
  • Mixed Methods
  • Social History
  • Historiography

Teaching

  • Dr. Vandenberg has taught a number of courses and labs at the graduate and undergraduate level including:

    • NURS 201 - Perspectives on Health Wellness and Diversity in a Global Context
    • NURS 203 - Assessment and Components of Care II
    • NURS 204 - Communication and Professional Relationships
    • NURS 422 - Issues in Leadership and Management Transformative Practice in Health Care Organizations
    • NURS 440 - Inter-professional Perspectives: Health Systems and Policy Development within a Global Context
    • NURS 450 - Practice Integration
    • NURS 818 - Statistical Methodology in Nursing
    • NURS 891 - Concept Clarification in Advanced Nursing Practice

  • She currently teaches:

    • NURS 410/810 - History of Health Systems, Public Health, and Nursing in Canada
    • NURS 895 – Philosophy of Nursing Science

Publications

Grants

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (Principal Investigator), Vandenberg, H. (Co-Principal Investigator). (July 2022-June 2024). Exploring the Secrets and Provenance of the ‘Florence Nightingale Medicine Chest’ in Canada, $6999. SSHRC Explore, Office of the Vice-President Research (Internal).
Dyck, E., Clifford, J., Muhajarine, N., Vandenberg, H. & Harkema, C. (March 2022 - March 2024). Remembering and Rebuilding: Saskatchewan's COVID 19 Public Archive, $199,094. Partnership Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (External Peer Reviewed).
Vandenberg, H. (Principal Investigator). (January 2022 - December 2022). The History of Saskatchewan's Early Hospitals, 1873-1920, $9593. Project Grant, AMS Healthcare, (External Peer Reviewed).
Jansen S (Principal Investigator), Bassendowski S (Co­principal Investigator), Campbell T (Co-investigator), Dietrich Leurer M (Co-investigator), Malloy P (Co-investigator), Penz K (Co-investigator), Vandenberg H (Co-investigator), Rodger K (Co-investigator), Petrucka P (Co-investigator), Juckes K (Co-investigator), Bigalky J (Co-investigator), Lasiuk G (Co-investigator). BSN Nursing Students Perceptions of Distributed Synchronous Learning at the Yorkton and Regina, SK Campuses, The Provost's Project Grant for Innovative Practice in Collaborative Teaching and Learning University of Saskatchewan. Total: $10,000.00 for 2017-03 to 2019-03
Vandenberg H (Principal Investigator). Two projects: Inventory of archival sources for historical research on hospital and nursing history in Saskatchewan, 1860-­1960 (Completed) and Saskatchewan Oral Nursing History Project., Faculty Recruitment and Retention Program. Total: $50,000.00 for 2015-09-01 to 2020-08­-19

External Committees

Dr. Vandenberg has been involved in a number of capacities with history organizations: