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Moving beyond meds to improve mental health care

  • Gillian Rutherford - Folio
  • 09 June 2025
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Strong Like Two People

  • 02 June 2025
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Harnessing AI to improve access to quality health care

  • Geoff McMaster - Folio
  • 20 May 2025
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Meet eight nurses transforming health for the better

  • Gillian Rutherford - Folio
  • 12 May 2025
Joanne Olson, Ferlyn Regis, Kobe Lizotte, Pauline Paul

Enriching the Story of Nursing at the University of Alberta

  • 12 May 2025
Kathryn Durksen, Kokum Hazel McKennitt, Kokum Alvina Lake, Kristin Zelyck, Gillian Lemermeyer

“In a good way”: Teaching about Indigenous Health in Canada

  • 09 May 2025
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Alberta health experts aim to close gaps in women’s health research

  • Andrea Huncar - CBC
  • 27 March 2025
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Nursing program sees surge in rural placements and enrolment

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 18 March 2025
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Celebrating International Women's Day

  • 07 March 2025
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For healthy aging, there’s no place like home

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 04 March 2025
Neelam Punjani

U of A researchers find better ways to spark conversations around healthy sexuality

  • 25 February 2025
John Smith

Nursing student will fill a gap in health care

  • 11 February 2025
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We are an incubator for nursing leaders

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 28 January 2025
Sadaf Murad-Kassam

Alberta PhD student examines dementia in South Asian community – and the stigma with getting help

  • 24 January 2025
Heather Morris

Heather Morris contributes to op-ed on the drug crisis in Alberta

  • 24 January 2025
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Celebrating excellence

  • Celeste Peterson
  • 29 November 2024
Tatiana Penconek

Tatiana Penconek

  • 21 November 2024
Youssef Rivera

Convocation Spotlight: Youssef Rivera

  • 21 November 2024
Meighan Sommer

Convocation Spotlight: Meighan Sommer

  • 21 November 2024
Kelly Baskerville

Convocation Spotlight: Kelly Baskerville

  • 21 November 2024
Chentel Cunningham

Convocation Spotlight: Chentel Cunningham

  • 21 November 2024
Alan Han

Convocation Spotlight: Alan Han

  • 21 November 2024
Alex Stasiw

Convocation Spotlight: Alexandra Stasiw

  • 21 November 2024
Lily Lu

Convocation Spotlight - Lily Lu

  • 21 November 2024
Kyra Mack

Convocation Spotlight:Kyra Mack

  • 21 November 2024
Linda Diane Ogilvie

2024 Distinguished Alumni Award: Linda Dianne Ogilvie

  • 21 October 2024
Shannon MacDonald

U of A researcher works to answer parents’ immunization questions

  • 20 September 2024
Nicole Tegg

Missed periods due to exercise could spell heart-related complications during pregnancy or later in life: researcher

  • GIllian Rutherford
  • 16 September 2024
Christie Brulhart

Recent U of A grad serves rural Alberta community as sole primary care provider

  • 10 September 2024
Dr. Linda Dianne Ogilvie

Linda Dianne Ogilvie joins 2024 Distinguished Alumni

  • 05 September 2024
Hannah O'Rourke

U of A projects funded through Priority Announcement Awards

  • 05 September 2024
ECHA

New research looks into the joys and challenges of caring for an older adult in Sask.

  • 07 August 2024
ECHA

U of A Nursing group studies the long-term health of childhood cancer survivors

  • 02 August 2024
Christie Brulhart

New nurse practitioner sets up clinical practice in small-town Alberta

  • 18 June 2024
Shannon MacDonald

Can Alberta hit Canada’s 2025 childhood vaccination targets?

  • 04 June 2024
Karlin Su

Embracing the unexpected leads Karlin Su to a career in nursing and much more

  • Danica Erickson
  • 31 May 2024
Winnifred Savard

Convocation Spotlight: Winnifred Savard

  • 31 May 2024
Sarah Beatty

Convocation Spotlight: Sarah Beatty

  • 31 May 2024
Alyssa Lord

Convocation Spotlight: Alyssa Lord

  • 31 May 2024
Mark Haykowsky

Mark Haykowsky and postdoc fellow Steve Foulds discuss their research into the longevity of those who ran a 4-minute mile

  • 31 May 2024
Mark Haykowsky

Is intense, vigorous exercise actually good for you?

  • 16 May 2024
Four Minute MIlers

Sub-four-minute mile runners outlive expectations

  • 10 May 2024
April 2024 pin recipients

April 2024 Pinning Ceremony

  • 03 May 2024
Hannah O'Rourke

The global crisis of loneliness

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 01 May 2024
Shannon Scott and Anita Molzahn

Faculty of Nursing begins a new tradition

  • 30 April 2024
Chelsey Jeffrey

Back to her future

  • Danica Erickson
  • 30 April 2024
Makayla Mantla

Indigenous nursing student is breaking barriers and embracing her heritage to inspire others

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 29 April 2024
Nicole Tegg

Research by graduate student Nicole Tegg published in JAHA

  • 05 April 2024
Keith King

Keith King visits POP

  • 05 April 2024
Shannon Scott

From the Provost’s Desk: Announcing the dean of Faculty of Nursing

  • 15 March 2024
Mark Haykowsky

Mark Haykowsky visits the Inside Exercise podcast

  • 13 March 2024
Kathleen Hunter and Sherry Dhalke

Ageism, gerontological nursing and healthcare contexts

  • 11 March 2024
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U of A nursing student Ivy Wang spends time at the Stollery Children's Hospital playing cello to de-stress patients

  • 14 February 2024
Shannon MacDonald

Measles cases ‘just a matter of time’ in Alberta, warn doctors pushing for provincial action

  • 12 February 2024
Colleen Norris

Opinion: It's time to re-think women's heart health

  • 12 February 2024
Researchers Mark Haykowsky and Rachel Skow

Mark Haykowsky awarded Cardiovascular Research Institute grant

  • 07 February 2024
Colleen Norris

Five things all women should know about their hearts

  • Allie Voisin
  • 06 February 2024
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U of A nursing students share their thoughts as they prepare to enter the profession

  • 06 February 2024
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Visiting scholar from Brazil attends Faculty of Nursing to pursue her research

  • 05 February 2024
20 per cent of parents feel uncertain caring for their child after discharge from pediatric emergency: study

20 per cent of parents feel uncertain caring for their child after discharge from pediatric emergency: study

  • 05 February 2024
Carole Estabrooks

Repair and Recovery in Long-Term Care: Restoring Trust in the Aftermath of COVID-19 (2020-2023)

  • 30 January 2024
Shannon MacDonald

Routine vaccines for kids slipped during the pandemic. Now provinces are working to catch up

  • 30 January 2024
Shannon MacDonald

Measles cases are surging around the world, prompting calls for Canadians to ensure vaccinations up to date

  • 29 January 2024
Dr. Shannon Scott

From the Provost's Desk: Announcing the Acting Dean, Faculty of Nursing

  • 12 January 2024
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The impossible right thing

  • Anna Schmidt
  • 08 January 2024
Shannon MacDonald

Alberta directed removal of COVID, flu references in fall vaccine campaign, documents show

  • 22 December 2023
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It can be different: managing time, tasks and well-being in academia

  • 21 December 2023
Agostinho Araújo

Visiting scholar from Brazil is passionate about nursing education and empowering nursing students to make a difference

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 15 December 2023
Dr. Carmel Montgomery

Far horizons

  • Caitlin Crawshaw
  • 08 December 2023
Dr. Umar Yunusa

Visiting scholar from Nigeria is researching strategies to increase vaccine uptake in children

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 06 December 2023
Dr. Salima Meherali

Empowering women through innovative numeracy and literacy tools

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 04 December 2023
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Minor Patients, Major Research

  • Colleen Biondi
  • 01 December 2023
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Research Reaches Aging

  • Mary Frances Hill
  • 01 December 2023
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The New Generation

  • Jennifer Allford
  • 01 December 2023
Dr. Beverly Leipert

With the future in mind

  • Keri Sweetman
  • 01 December 2023
Gail Low

Researchers serve up a menu for mental and nutritional health

  • 27 November 2023
Anne Summach

U of A expert shares insight into nurses’ role in the medical system

  • 23 November 2023
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Convocation spotlight: Chidiebere Ezenyem

  • 21 November 2023
Higinio Fernández-Sánchez

He was an undocumented migrant who couldn’t get into university. Now he has a nursing PhD — and a mission

  • 17 November 2023
Sherry Dahlke

Improving nursing practices with older people

  • 01 November 2023
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2023 Alumni Honour Award: Mona Lisa Bourque Bearskin

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 25 October 2023
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Nursing alumna Reagan Bartel receives University of Alberta Alumni Honour Award

  • 25 October 2023
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What do we know about the new RSV vaccine, especially its cost?

  • 19 October 2023
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A New Index to Assess Frailty and Promote Healthy Ageing

  • 16 October 2023
ECHA

Health-care student program aims to bridge the gap between rural and urban care

  • 16 October 2023
Shannon MacDonald

She got the point

  • 10 October 2023
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How seniors can access 4 key vaccines this fall — for COVID, flu, pneumonia, and RSV

  • 10 October 2023
Hannah O'Rourke

2023 Alumni Horizon Award: Hannah O’Rourke

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 10 October 2023
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2023 Alumni Honour Award: Reagan Bartel

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 22 September 2023
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New Precision Human Health Lab will explore how people with chronic diseases can get the most benefit from exercise

  • 29 August 2023
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Opinion: Federal reform of long-term care needs to be more than words

  • 25 August 2023
Carole Estabrooks

The predictable crisis of COVID-19 in Canada’s long term care homes

  • 25 July 2023
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Better communication key to mitigating moral distress for nurses, say researchers

  • 12 July 2023
Eunah Cha and Vidhi Vyas

Honours nursing students’ research on the use of intersectionality theory in immunization uptake studies published in peer-reviewed journal, Vaccine

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 23 June 2023
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Honours nursing grad embraces the joys and challenges of rural emergency care

  • Sasha Roeder-Mah
  • 07 June 2023
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A desire to break down language barriers in health care leads Maggie Yap, ‘23 BScN, to the field of nursing.

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 07 June 2023
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Reddit posts reveal youth struggles with mental health and getting support

  • 14 May 2023
ECHA

Our Nurses, Our Future

  • 12 May 2023
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Innovator Spotlight: Kemi Amodu

  • 11 May 2023
Bukola Salami

U of A professor finds different approaches are needed to support mental health of racialized youth

  • 10 May 2023

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