Cindy Rosser

 

Cindy Rosser is a student with the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan. She is currently employed with Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region at the Pasqua Hospital in Endoscopy.

 

Cindy grew up near Richmound, Saskatchewan. She trained in business administration in Regina and Saskatoon. Her prior experience is with Engineering, and Training and Development in the uranium mining sector. Desiring to pursue further education, she began with the University of Saskatchewan nursing program.. She will complete her BScN in December 2009. She has multiple interests including pediatrics, obstetrics and perioperative nursing. Future plans include additional training in perioperative nursing and a Masters degree in administration. She plans to remain in Saskatchewan with her husband.

 

Cindy will be working on a research project with Dr. Pammla Petruka and Dr. Sandra Bassendowski, focusing on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and a national nursing portal, NurseONE.

 

 

 

Jennifer McIntyre

 

Jennifer McIntyre is a student in the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan. Jennifer is currently employed with the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region at Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, in addition to volunteering with several community organizations.

 

Jennifer’s interests include patient safety, medical/surgical nursing, emergency and critical care nursing, nursing education and nursing history. Jennifer will be working on a research project with Dr. Sandra Bassendowski and Dr. Pammla Petruka, focusing on the history of Saskatchewan Registered Nurses who enlisted and served in World War I and II.

 

Born and raised in Regina, Jennifer hopes to remain in Regina upon finishing her Undergraduate degree in September 2009. Jennifer plans on beginning her nursing career in critical care, and intends to pursue a Masters degree in the future.

 

 

 

Jodie Bigalky

 

Jodie Bigalky was born and raised in Regina Saskatchewan, where she currently resides with her husband.

 

She graduated from the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 2002 and began her nursing career in obstetrics. She also has nursing experience with surgical patients including general surgery, plastic surgery and orthopedics. Jodie currently works as a clinical nurse on Labour and Birth at the Regina General Hospital and teaches clinical nursing for the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan in the area of obstetrics.

 

In 2006, she received Perinatal Certification from the Canadian Nurses Association. She is a current member of the Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently Core Team in the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region.

 

Jodie’s areas of interest in research in nursing are related to Maternal Newborn Nursing. She has previously worked as the local research coordinator for several international studies coordinated by the Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health Research Unit at the Centre for Research in Women’s Health in Toronto. She looks forward to working on the Maternal Child Health Research Project in 2009.

 

Jodie is currently working towards a Maters degree in Nursing from the University of Saskatchewan. She hopes to continue to work as a nurse in teaching and in research as well as in the clinical setting.

 

 

 

Lionel Tancrede

 

Lionel Tancrede Graduated in the September 2005 class of the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan. Prior to nursing Lionel worked as an emergency medical technician in a rural Saskatchewan community. During this time Lionel became very involved with various community organizations such as the president of the local daycare center, organized bicycle helmet safety programs and child car seat clinics, and co-chair of the cardiac care team. While Lionel was an undergraduate student he became involved with Regina Nursing Student Society (RNSS) and was chair of the organization prior to graduating. Lionel has received the Ruth Hicks Award, John Currie Leadership Award, and Gerry Meili Leadership Award. Soon after Lionel graduated, he joined the executive leadership team of Nursing the Future. Lionel has joined the SIAST division of nursing faculty, while working in his graduate studies in nursing at the University of Saskatchewan. Lionel’s research interest includes policy development, and politics within the context of the health care system, and nursing; with a focus in primary health care and interprofessional collaboration and bringing to the forefront marginalized / vulnerable population groups. Lionel is currently volunteering in his spare time organizing with interdisciplinary teams a student run health clinic in North Central Regina.

 

 

 

Liz MacDougall

 

Liz MacDougall is a graduate of the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan where she earned her BSN from the University of Saskatchewan in 2007. She has been working fulltime as a RN on the Mother Baby Unit at the Regina General Hospital since graduation. She also serves as a member of the board of directors for the Saskatchewan Nurses Foundation, a non-profit organization that awards bursaries to Saskatchewan nurses or nursing students to assist them with education costs. Liz is currently a fulltime student in the masters in nursing program at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Graduate Studies. She was awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship this year which has allowed her to work as a teaching assistant to Dr. Sandra Bassendowski.

 

Liz’s areas of interest are maternal child health, quality work environments and patient safety, and informatics and the integration of technology into nursing practice environments and nursing education. She will be working on a research project this year with Dr. Bassendowski and Dr. Pammla Petruka that focuses on the use of technology by nurses (such as PDAs and e-books) in an acute care nursing facility, and the effects that technology will have on the quality of work life for those nurses. Liz currently resides in Regina, Saskatchewan where she works and attends school. Her future goals are to continue on with her education and pursue a Ph.D. in nursing, and to eventually teach in a nursing education program.

 

 

 

Peggy Lumberjack

 

Peggy Lumberjack is a Registered Nurse of Saulteaux ancestry from the Kinistin First Nation. The opportunity for Peggy to become involved in health research was presented by way of the Native Access Program to Nursing/Medicine, University of Saskatchewan and the Indigenous Peoples Health Research Centre [IPHRC] in the spring of 2005. Peggy was successful at achieving two undergraduate research fellowships with the Indigenous Peoples Health Research Centre [IPHRC]. At which time Peggy was working towards her Baccalaureate Degree with Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan [NEPS] at the University of Saskatchewan. Peggy has since successfully completed the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan in the spring of 2007. Her research interests include: the ‘Ethics’ of research involving Aboriginal/ Indigenous Peoples; Nursing Informatics; Chronic Kidney Disease/ Chronic Renal Insufficiency; Nursing Recruitment and Retention; and Ethics/ Health and Knowledge. As well, Peggy’s interests include exploring diverse research methodologies within various research traditions, including: Photovoice; Appreciative Inquiry; Narrative Inquiry; Auto-ethnography; and Ethnography.

 

Currently, Peggy is a graduate student working toward her Masters’ Degree with the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan [UofS]. Her Masters’ research involves exploring 'Ethics/Health and Knowledge' within a First Nations health care provider perspective. Peggy attributes her success to supportive education environments, and mentorship. In recognition of her professional attributes the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association awarded her the Ruth Hicks Award in 2006 for student leadership. In 2006, the Honourable Lorne Calvert the Premier of Saskatchewan [2006] has recognized her accomplishments and awarded her a Certificate of Recognition from the Province of Saskatchewan.

 

 

 

Sarah Liberman

 

Sarah Liberman is a registered nurse and graduate student in the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan. Sarah has received academic awards from York University, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Sciences and Technologies and the University of Saskatchewan. Sarah has also received support from the Saskatchewan Nurses Foundation. Her research interests include advocacy, vulnerable populations, social justice, critical social theory, health equity, global health, social determinants of health, and qualitative and community based methods.

 

Sarah currently works as the Policy Advisor at the Saskatchewan RegisteredNurses’ Association (SRNA). She is involved in harm reduction, citizenengagement, poverty, healthy public policy, environmental stewardship, andgovernance and populations health and has presented at provincial, national,and international conferences. In her career, Sarah has sought out uniqueopportunities to learn about and be involved in addressing health disparities.Her clinical background in community, street, and mental health provided herwith a perspective that grounds her work endeavors in the experiences ofclients. Sarah’s publications include Critical Social Theory and HarmReduction: The Problem of Public Policy Infringing on Public Health as well asa past regular column for CanadaRN on Nursing Activism. She currently writesthe Policy in Action column for the SRNA newsbulletin. Sarah loves nursing andhas been a part of nursing in Canada, Finland, and Kenya. Sarah is seen as anActivator and likes to implement action in the nursing process and within herlife. She is passionate about the contributions nursing can make to advancinghuman rights and health equity.

 

 

 

Sarah Sundquist

 

Sarah Sundquist is a Registered Nurse based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan employed with the Saskatoon Health Region in Cardio Sciences at Royal University Hospital and Public Health Services. Since 2001, Sarah has also worked for the Calgary Health Region, Pitt County Memorial Hospital (Greenville, NC), Leonard Morse Hospital (Natick, MA), the Meadow Lake Tribal Council, SIAST, and the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan. She has been employed as a research assistant, collecting and transcribing data regarding potential interprofessional practicum placements throughout Saskatchewan. In her current role, Sarah is in a casual position in acute care and public health, and is working on a thesis towards the completion of a Masters in Nursing. Sarah is also a part-time clinical instructor and lab facilitator for the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan.

 

Sarah’s research focus is a qualitative content analysis on the experiences of Saskatchewan formal registered nurse leaders in policy. When not working, Sarah likes to travel the world and participate in many Canadian sporting activities, such as hockey and curling. Since returning to Saskatchewan, she has perfected the art of complaining about the cold weather, and often pines for warmer climates. Sarah can be reached at sas803@mail.usask.ca.

 

 

 

Suzanne Downie

 

Suzanne Downie was born, and attended elementary and high schools in Guelph Ontario. She attended the University of Western Ontario in London, and received a BA in geography, which she extended into an honours degree in geography, after one year at the University of Guelph. While doing her Masters degree in geography at McMaster University in Hamilton, Suzanne felt that her career path was not heading in the right direction. She decided to complete a diploma in nursing at Mohawk College in Hamilton. The career fit was decidedly better. She worked in psychiatry and acute care in Hamilton, and then moved with her husband to Saskatchewan to raise her three children. After this break she returned to nursing via the Nursing Update course at SIAST in Regina. She worked in acute care at the Yorkton Union Hospital, and taught various courses at the Parkland Community College. She began her interest in diabetes care after her father-in-law passed away from a silent heart attack as a complication of diabetes. She furthered this interest in diabetes at the Yorkton Tribal Council working on the aboriginal diabetes initiative, and other projects related to aboriginal health. She completed the aboriginal diabetes course, and became a certified diabetes educator. She continued in school at the University of Saskatchewan, and gained a Bachelors of Science in Nursing through the Post Registration BSN program, eventually working in primary health care managing nurse practitioners, and other projects related to primary health care in Sunrise Health Region. She is presently enrolled in the Masters of Nursing program at the University of Saskatchewan. Recently Suzanne has moved to Moose Jaw with her husband, and continues her interest in diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, and heart disease, as the Director of Patient Education for the Five Hills Health Region. She enjoys being involved in such projects as the Living Well with Chronic Conditions program as a master trainer and leader, the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Heart to Heart program, and the Diabetes Educators Section of the Canadian Diabetes Association.