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Calling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S3, Episode 6: Bernie Pauly - Making Systems Change through Collaborative Research with Marginalized PeopleSend us a textListen as Dr. Bernie Pauly describes her research projects over time, making change with people on the margins. She discusses how she got there, what motivates her and how the teams she worked with made it happen. Dr. Bernie Pauly is a Professor in the School of Nursing, a Scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and a University of Victoria Community Engaged Scholar. Her research focuses on the promotion of health equity at the intersection of substance use and homelessness in collaboration with communities impacted by health inequities. H...
2025-06-0433 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S3, Episode 5: Alysha Jones, Keara Allen, and Shona Lalonde: Creating Education about Environmental Racism for Nurses through CollaborationSend us a textAn Introduction to Environmental Racism for Nurses is an online heart, arts, and land-based continuing education course for nurses. This course is designed to empower nurses across Canada with essential knowledge on the critical issues of environmental racism and environmental justice. Listen as our guests describe how they translated their collaboration, evidence, and advocacy to action.Alysha T. Jones (she/her) is a second-generation white settler nurse educator and community health nurse, grateful to live on the lands of the T’Sou-ke and Sc’ianew Nations, and to teach and practice on t...
2025-05-2849 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S3, Episode 4 - Evelyn Voyager, Paul Willie and Joanna Fraser: Deconstructing Systemic Racism through Collaboration in the Learning Our Way ProjectSend us a textThe Learning Our Way project aims to address systemic racism and promote health equity for Indigenous peoples through field schools led by Indigenous Knowledge Holders. This three-year project, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), is a partnership between, Wuikinuxv, Kwakiutl, Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/Che:k:tles7et’h’, Dzawada̱ a̱ʼenux̱ x̱w communities and North Island College. Evelyn and Joanna are nurse researchers for the Learning Our Way project and Paul Willie acted as a Project Advisor. Evelyn and Paul are both of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation, of the Dz...
2025-05-2135 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses S3, Episode 3 - Mariko Sakamoto: Addressing Needs of Older Adults through Research CollaborationSend us a textWelcome to Season 3, Episode 3 of Calling All Nurses! Listen as Mariko discusses her collaborative research with both older adults and caregivers lived experiences to enhance outcomes at home, or in community, for older adults. Mariko Sakamoto joined the School of Nursing at the University of Victoria as an Assistant Professor in January 2023. She is a registered nurse with over 25 years of experience—primarily in community settings—and is a nurse researcher focused on enhancing the health, wellbeing, and quality of life of older adults, particularly those who live with dementia. Mariko’s resea...
2025-05-1430 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S3, Episode 2 - Kent Soltys and Lenora Marcellus: Supporting Early Career Nurses through CollaborationSend us a textWelcome to Episode 2 of Season 3! Listen as Kent and Lenora discuss the current landscape of clinical nursing and how frustration with the impossible situations new nurses were expected to navigate, turned into research. Channeling the frustration of new nurses leaving the profession, Kent and Lenora describe how their collaboration and subsequent engagement with co-leading a research project, is addressing these impossible situations with understanding and tangible actions. Kent Soltys is a dedicated healthcare leader, clinical nurse educator, and advocate for innovation in nursing education and leadership. With over a decade of fron...
2025-05-0741 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S3, Episode 1 - Celise Hack: Creating Health in Collaboration with Rural Saskatchewan CommunitiesSend us a textWelcome to Season 3 of Calling All Nurses! We are excited to present episodes this season that draw a picture of collaboration between nursing practice, nursing education, nursing research, and communities to improve the health and wellbeing of both populations and the lives of nurses. Listen as our first guest, Celise Hack, shares how collaboration with communities in her region of rural nursing practice worked to increase access to health care information, supports, and services. The Community Well, a volunteer group in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan came together with the goal of addressing p...
2025-04-3027 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - Season 2 Episode 10 - Live at NICSend us a textListen as NIC faculty alumni and Calling All Nurses co-hosts Betty Tate, RaeAnn Hartman, and Martha Russell discuss with their guest, Shanyn Simcoe, how her nursing education at NIC led her to political advocacy and change making in community health policy against the backdrop of the toxic drug poisoning public health crisis. Shanyn was a guest on Season One of the podcast and we were thrilled to have her back with us in front of our live audience!Shanyn Simcoe is a registered nurse of settler and Indigenous ancestry r...
2024-07-1823 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S2, Episode 9 - Summer SummarySend us a textGet set to listen as some of our Season Two guests convene and reflect collaboratively on key takeaways from listening and learning from each other at Calling All Nurses and their greatest wish for nurses and nursing right now. In Episode 6, Adriane Gear compared the current landscape of nursing like a plane just waiting and ready for takeoff. Continuing the metaphor, the outstanding leadership our guests represented this season are packed and ready for a new era of nursing, trying new solutions, and committed to transforming health systems while respecting what n...
2024-06-2638 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S2, Episode 8 - Aggie Black and Planetary HealthSend us a textThe Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment BC Committee (CANE BC) is a group of actively practicing as well as student and retired nurses. Their work began many years ago throughout the province. They are now joining forces as one provincial committee to have a greater impact given the urgency of the Climate Crisis and the compelling need to protect planetary health (CANE-BC, 2024). Listen as Aggie discusses the advocacy, action, and awareness which are the cornerstones of the work of CANE-BC as well as the national CANE organization. Aggie tells u...
2024-06-1234 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S2, Episode 7 - Christine Penney and BC Nursing RegulationSend us a textThe British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives [BCCNM] is the health regulator for five distinct professions— licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, and midwives. Regulation allows BCCNM to set standards for nurses and midwives. These standards ensure the public receives safe, competent, and ethical care. BCCNM honours the trust that the public puts in their hands and aspires to create unwavering confidence in the public’s every interaction with nurses and midwives (BCCNM, 2024). Join us and listen as Christine Penney, Chief Officer of Regulatory Policy and Programs at BCCN...
2024-05-2941 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S2, Episode 6 - Adriane Gear and the BC Nurses' UnionSend us a textThe BC Nurses' Union protects and advances the health, safety, social and economic well-being of their members, the profession, and communities (BCNU, 2024). Listen as BCNU President, Adriane Gear discusses the recently negotiated minimum nurse-patient ratios, led by BC, as well as how she sees nursing as "ready for takeoff", with all the current synergies of collaboration. Adriane Gear was elected president of BCNU in 2023. As union president, Gear is committed to ensuring that health employers treat BC’s nurses with respect and provide patients with the care they deserve.Adr...
2024-05-1335 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S2, Episode 5 - Leigh Chapman and Canada's Chief Nursing Officer positionSend us a textAfter approximately a decade, the Chief Nursing Officer [CNO] position in Canada is FINALLY reinstated and we are thrilled with both the reinstatement and appointment of Dr. Leigh Chapman, Canada's Chief Nursing Officer. Listen as Leigh talks about her federal position, engaging with nurses from all provinces and territories, her current project hot of the presses, The Nursing Retention Toolkit: Improving the Working Lives of Nurses in Canada. Dr. Leigh Chapman’s leadership for nursing across Canada, her commitment to the profession, unwavering belief in and support for nurses, and absolute hope and en...
2024-05-0632 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S2, Episode 4 - Zak Matieschyn and the BC Nursing Policy SecretariatSend us a textThe Nursing Policy Secretariat [NPS] for the BC Ministry of Health is the branch that helps support provincial nursing initiatives, guides policy, and provides a nursing voice to government. Listen as Zak discusses his new role within the BC Ministry of Health, his aspirations for nursing in BC, some of the current priorities of the NPS team, and how these priorities advance nursing practice. Zak Matieschyn is the provincial Chief Nurse and Executive Director, Nursing Policy Secretariat for the BC Ministry of Health, and a longstanding leader within his profession. He i...
2024-04-2432 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S2, Episode 3 - Patrick Chiu and Professional RegulationSend us a textProfessional regulatory authorities are government agencies or public organizations that have authority delegated by law from government. They provide oversight and certification to specified regulated occupations in B.C. (Government of BC, 2024). Professional regulation of the nursing profession has undergone significant change over the last decade with the Health Professions Act [HPA], primarily with professional associations and amalgamation of all nursing and midwifery colleges in BC. Listen as Patrick describes the evidence needed for both decision-making and evaluation with regulatory review, reform, and modernization. As professional regulatory competence, conduct, and discipline o...
2024-04-1028 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S2, Episode 2 - Angela Wignall and the BC Professional Nursing AssociationSend us a textThe Association of Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of British Columbia [NNPBC] is the professional association that represents the voice of all four nursing designations in BC – RNs, LPNs, RPNs and NPs. By bringing all nursing designations under one roof, our association is a first of its kind in Canada, and presents a stronger, united nursing voice to influence health and social policy and advance the nursing profession. (NNPBC, 2024). Listen as Angela offers an overview of BC's nursing professional association, what their current focus entails, and how policy can be the game changer for...
2024-03-2732 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses - S2, Episode 1 - Introduction to Season TwoSend us a textWe are back and so excited to bring you Season 2! Season 1 focused on conversations about nursing voice and advocacy with an amazing group of point of care nurses and how they brought leadership and change into their practices, despite challenging times. Season 2 focuses on the collective voice of nurses, collaboration, and how our nursing organizations liaise with nursing and each other to engage, support, listen, and act to change the current landscape of nursing. This season we are speaking with:Angela Wignall, Director, Professional Practice & Health Policy with th...
2024-03-1409 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses Episode 8 - Summer SummarySend us a textListen as all our Season One guests convene and reflect on their collective perspectives and hopes, garnered from listening to each other and learning about the variety of leadership roles represented.And true to these guests, Episode 8 Summer Summary was aptly reframed as a Love Letter to Nursing. BRAVO! Trust all of you to elevate, evolve, and summarize in the best possible way! And we really missed you Colleen Salter!Stay tuned for our Season Two trailer sometime in late August...huge plans are underway! Have a wonderful summer and...
2023-07-0531 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses Episode 7 - Colleen Salter and First Nations Health and WellnessSend us a textThe First Nations Health Authority [FNHA] is the first and only provincial health authority in Canada, working to transform and reform the way health care is delivered to First Nations people in BC. The FNHA works towards the health and wellness of all First Nations in BC through its unique approach to wellness and its support of community wellness activities. ( FNHA, 2023). Colleen Salter is a graduate of NIC Bachelor Science in Nursing 2014 and has since completed a Master of Leadership (Health concentration) at Royal Roads University. Colleen currently w...
2023-05-2434 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses Episode 6 - Laura Hoyseth with the Pandemic and Public HealthSend us a textPublic health, in general and at all levels, focus on health promotion, disease and injury prevention, primary health care, and population health. Two primary distinguishing factors of public health from other components of the health system are the focus on populations as a whole, and health promotion, prevention, and control of disease and injury rather than treatment of diseases. Listen as Laura describes how public health nurses were able to do what they do best in the most challenging of times, creating change and making history during the worldwide health emergency, called a...
2023-05-1739 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses Episode 5 - Josh Duncan with Acute Care and New Graduate TransitionsSend us a textIn 2019, in response to the Nightingale Challenge, a global initiative encouraging health employers to provide leadership development for new nurses and midwives throughout 2020, Island Health and the University of Victoria joined forces, establishing the New Graduate RN Council. The purpose of the New Graduate RN Council is providing new nurses with opportunities to contribute to and be mentored in leadership, governance, and change. (Island Health, 2020). Building on the research of Judy Boychuk Duchscher, who studied new graduate transitions, the New Grad RN Council seeks to understand and support new graduates through the transition p...
2023-05-1036 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses Episode 4 - Megan Tomlinson and Planetary HealthSend us a textThe Canadian Nurses Association [CNA] believes that the public expects nurses to be aware of and know how to promote Canadians’ health in the context of environmental health issues. This is accomplished through nurses’ roles in clinical practice, education, research, administration and policy (CNA, 2017). Eco-literacy in nursing education focuses on the impact of climate change to human health, and the impacts are growing. In B.C. alone, we only need to consider a deadly heatwave that took the lives of over 600 people, seasonal wildfires, and atmospheric river devastation. Listen as Megan reveals her work...
2023-05-0327 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses Episode 3 - Shanyn Simcoe and the Toxic Drug Poisoning EpidemicSend us a textApproximately 11,171 deaths are attributed to the toxic drug poisoning since the public health emergency was declared in April, 2016. In B.C., the Coroner’s service reports approximately 6 lives lost every day to drug toxicity. These numbers will only continue to climb by day, month, and year as more deaths are investigated. Listen as Shanyn describes her call to action and how she gets the attention of political leaders to create change. Shanyn is the first to admit that never in a million years did she think her nursing career would be li...
2023-04-2629 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses Episode 2 - Dawn Tisdale with Anti-Indigenous Racism in HealthcareSend us a textIndigenous stereotyping, racism, and discrimination is not only widespread in healthcare, but limits medical access and treatment, particularly disproportionately impacting Indigenous girls and women (In Plain Sight, 2020). Healthcare personnel, administrators, educators, and governments know this. What has changed, if anything, and what will it take to change? Listen as Dawn tells us about her career, what policy can do and what still needs to be addressed. How does one make it happen? Dawn Tisdale is a Registered Nurse of mixed Mi’kmaq and European ancestry and is the Indigenous Senior Professional Pr...
2023-04-1928 minCalling All NursesCalling All Nurses Episode 1 - Introduction to Season OneSend us a textThis introductory episode introduces the co-hosts Betty, Martha, and RaeAnn and explains how and why they chose to do this podcast. There are a new generation of nurses making change in challenging times and in Season 1, this trio want to give voice to their advocacy, innovation, policy making, political action, and social justice. These new leaders are disrupting tradition and inspiring innovation to change while keeping the core beliefs, values, and morals of nursing at the heart for patients, clients, families, communities, and society. This first season focuses on current health issues and t...
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