Hope Bilinski is an Associate Professor at the College of Nursing. Her career primarily has been in direct practice in the rural setting working in acute care, long term care, and in home care where she presently works on a casual basis. Her research interests include the cardiovascular health and health promotion of rural populations. This overall interest has evolved to exploring the risk factors that children develop as they age, which influence their cardiovascular health in later decades of life. In her Master's research Dr. Bilinski examined physical activity patterns in a group of rural preadolescent children living in Saskatchewan. In her dissertation work she used a mixed methods approach to examine overweight/obesity, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and dietary patterns in a group of preadolescent children. In addition, this study used a focused ethnographic approach to explore the meaning of health in a subgroup of this population.

Hope has taught in each of the four years of the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan. Presently she is teaching the theory and clinical classes relating to community health as well as in the senior nursing practicum.

• Interprofessional Education
• Rural health
• Children's health
• Obesity
• Health behaviours
• Health promotion

• Mixed methods

Bilinski, H., Henry, C., Humbert, L., & Spriggs, P. (2013). The Connection between Psychosocial Health, Health Behaviours and the Environment In Rural Children. Child Indicators Research, 6(4). 
Comment: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12187-013-9204-8

Bilinski, H., Berry, L., & Wright, A. (2013). Health professional education as community development: A Case report of lessons learned in rural Canada. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 4(2), 20-28.

Bilinski, H., Duggleby, W., & Rennie, D. (2013). Lessons learned in designing and conducting a mixed methods study to explore the health of rural children. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 51(1), 1-10.

Bilinski H (Principal Investigator), McHugh T (Co-investigator), Teucher U (Co-investigator). Rural children and their communities leading the way toward the enhancement of sports and recreation, SSHRC and Sport Canada Sport Participation Research Initiative. Total: $55,963.00 for 2015-01 to 2017-01

Butler L (Principal Investigator), Andrews ME (Co-investigator), Berry L (Co-investigator), Bilinski H (Co-investigator), Bullin CA (Co-investigator), Exner-Pirot H (Co-investigator), McCabe J (Co-investigator), Pacik A (Co-investigator), Tomtene M (Co-investigator). Building the Scholarship of Remote Presence Telementoring to Extend its Practice in Health Education and Practice, Connections Grant SHRF. Total: $5,000.00 for 2014

Butler L (Principal Investigator), Andrews ME (Co-investigator), Berry L (Co-investigator), Bilinski H (Co-investigator), Bullin CA (Co-investigator), Exner-Pirot H (Co-investigator), McCabe J (Co-investigator), Pacik A (Co-investigator), Tomtene M (Co-investigator). Building the Scholarship of Remote Presence Telementoring to Extend its Practice in Health Education and Practice, Planning Grant - Aboriginal Planning for First Nations, Inuit, or Metis Planning Activities CIHR. Total: $23,438.00 for 2013 to 2014

Bilinski H (Principal Investigator), McQuarrie A (Co-investigator), Smith-Windsor T (Co-investigator), Shevchuk Y (Co-investigator). Advancing Knowledge and Practice in Interprofessional Health Education, University of Saskatchewan - Community Engagement and Outreach. Total: $3,000.00 for 2013 to 2015

Bullin C (Principal Investigator), Butler L (Co-investigator), Berry L (Co-investigator), Bilinski H (Co-investigator), Tomtene M (Co-investigator), Pacik A (Co-investigator), Anderson S (Co-investigator), Poelzer G (Co-investigator). Telerobotics: The Use of Technology for Teacher Presence in the Delivery of an Undergraduate Nursing Course, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness. Total: $10,000.00 for 2012 to 2013 
Comment: Provost's Project Grant for Innovative Practice in teaching and learning

Butler L (Principal Investigator), Bullin CA (Co-investigator), Berry L (Co-investigator), Bilinski H (Co-investigator), Tomtene M (Co-investigator), Pacik A (Co-investigator), Anderson S (Co-investigator), Poelzer G (Co-investigator). Distributed Learning: Using Information Communication Technolgies in the College of Nursing, Curriculum Innovation Grant Innovative Curriculum Project Fund (GMCTE). Total: $20,250.00 for 2012 to 2013

Bilinski H (Principal Investigator), Racine L (Co-principal Investigator). Advancing knowledge and practice in interprofessional health education, Faculty and Staff Development Committee, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan. Total: $1,000.00 for 2012 to 2013