CMAPS - Key Persons


Abby Hutchison

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Adam Gerber

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Adam Sherk

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Aileen Chong


Alannah Rodgers

Job Titles:
  • Campus Planner

Alisa Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Practica Coordinator
  • Practica Coordinator / School of Nursing

Amanda Farrell-Low

Job Titles:
  • Communications Officer
  • Media Contact

Anastasia Mallidou

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director Graduate Education

Angie Barry

Job Titles:
  • Financial Assistant / School of Nursing

Bailey Fennellow


Barbara Eccles - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel

Barbara Fox

Job Titles:
  • Areas of Interest: Leadership Course Development Clinical Nursing Research
  • Development of the Nurse Practitioner
Barbara Fox was instrumental in strengthening the development of the Nurse Practitioner Program and Observed Clinical Exams and established the Challenging Conversations simulation program for UVic NP students. She received a UVic Teaching Professor Scholarship in 2016. She has been a consultant with the College of Registered Nurses of BC for NP privileging standards, prescribing and competencies.

Bergen Butterfield

Job Titles:
  • Privacy and Access Officer

Bernadette Zakher

Job Titles:
  • JBI Research Coordinator
  • JBI Research Coordinator / School of Nursing

Bernie Pauly

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Betsy Moyer

Job Titles:
  • Project Manger, Planning

Breanna Ransford

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Interior Modification Services

Brenda Canitz

Job Titles:
  • Areas of Interest: Interprofessional Practice Community Health Employee Engagement

Brent Dallimore

Job Titles:
  • Operations Project Manager

Brett Koenig

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Brigitte Sandhu

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Bruce Wallace

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Carol McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Associate Professor

Caroline Green


Carrie Andersen

Job Titles:
  • University Secretary
Carrie Andersen Office of the University Secretary usec@uvic.ca 250-721-8101

Catherine Duncan


Catherine Schafers

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Cecilia Benoit

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Celeste Macevicius

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Chris Horbachewski

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President External Relations

Chrissy Drew

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal & Governance Coordinator

Christopher Horsethief

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Cindy Kutyn


Colleen Juricic

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant

Colleen O'Keefe

Job Titles:
  • Senior Legal Counsel

Colleen Salter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Director, Mental Wellness Clinical Services, First Nations Health Authority

Corrado Agnello

Job Titles:
  • Director

Crystal Marshall

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Payable Clerk

Daniel Gudino Perez

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
  • Research Assistant to Dr. Bernie Pauly

Darryl Huculak

Job Titles:
  • Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator

Darryl Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Director, Project Planning Services

Darryl Sturtevant

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions

David Adams

Job Titles:
  • Energy Manager

Deborah Leftkowitz

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Deborah Ogilvie


Della Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Areas of Interest: Hospice Palliative Care Life Limiting Chronic Illness

Diane Sawchuck

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Associate Professor

Douglas Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant, Graduate Course Delivery
  • Assistant, Graduate Education Course Delivery / School of Nursing

Dr. Alissa Greer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University BC Centre for Disease Control Harm Reduction Program Peer Engagement & Evaluation Project ( PEEP )

Dr. Andrea Mellor

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
  • Post - Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Anita E. Molzahn

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Director of the UVic School of Nursing
Dr. Molzahn became Director of the UVic School of Nursing in 1992, after an international search. Molzhan was instrumental in establishing the groundwork for the MN and PhD programs at the school. In 1992, the School of Nursing was involved in development of a collaborative nursing program with colleges and university colleges across the province. This initiative offered opportunities for more students to obtain a BSN in nursing and was aligned with the goals of the profession to require a degree as entry to practice. It also resulted in significant expansion of the faculty and staff complement of UVic School of Nursing.

Dr. Brian Emerson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Deputy Provincial Health Officer, BC Ministry of Health

Dr. Carol MacDonald

Dr. MacDonald's scholarship and contribution to nursing emerged from interpersonal relationships and issues of social justice; as MacDonald claims, "from times I feel I can engage and make a difference about something that matters. This engagement has been central to the satisfaction of my work in mental health practice settings, research with LGBTQ people, teaching and learning with undergraduate and graduate students, and walking alongside Indigenous colleagues in the lifelong work of reconciliation".

Dr. Carolyn Attridge

Dr. Attridge completed her undergraduate education in nursing in 1957, at a time when it was highly unusual for nurses to be educated at a university. Dr. Attridge was instrumental in developing a partnership of Schools of Nursing that eventually made it possible for nurses to complete their baccalaureate degree in their own communities at a time when the degree was becoming the entry requirement for the practice of nursing.

Dr. Catherine Paradis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Interim Associate Director, Research, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

Dr. Cynthia Milton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Associate Vice - President, Office of the Vice - President Research, University of Victoria

Dr. Debra Sheets

Dr. Debra Sheets joined the UVic School of Nursing in 2009. She earned certifications in nursing education and in gerontological nursing and taught at a California State University for nearly a decade. She completed her doctorale in Gerontology and Public Policy from the University of Southern California in 1999. Dr. Sheets is an elected fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing (FCAN), the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), the Gerontological Society of America (FGSA) and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (FAGHE). She served as the Victoria site lead for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging from 2011 to 2018. She is the founder of four community-based, intergenerational initiatives (e.g., Voices in Motion choir, Memory Cafes, Minds on the Go, and Momentia Victoria) in Victoria, BC, aimed at making the arts more accessible to persons living with dementia and their care partners. She is the host of the Call to Mind, a four-part podcast series created during the pandemic that aims to share intimate stories about the challenges and rewards of caregiving and finding joy by living in the present. Her research has focused on caregivers, dementia and healthy aging. She has published many articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Dorothy Kergin

RN, PhD Second Director of the UVic School of Nursing: 1980-1988 Dr. Kergin was well known for her exceptional work in nursing in Canada and internationally. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Jeanne Mance Award from the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and the Ethel Johns Award from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN). She was associate Dean of Health Sciences at McMaster University from 1970 to 1979, and Director of the School of Nursing at UVic from 1980 to 1988. During her tenure there, along with others, she further developed distance education programs for registered nurses, delivered via the newly established Knowledge Network.

Dr. Elaine Gallagher

Dr. Gallagher served as the third Director of the UVic Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health. In 1996, Dr. Gallagher received a Women of Distinction award from the Victoria YWCA for her work on elder abuse and gerontological nursing. In 2007, she was named Outstanding Alumni of the Year by Simon Fraser University. She is also the recipient of a Distinguished Academic Award from CUFA BC, and has been a key member of two groups receiving the BC Premier's Awards for work on making cities and towns more "Age Friendly".

Dr. Elizabeth Banister

Dr. Banister's research interests included adolescent sexual health and media literacy, sexual health education, knowledge translation, and qualitative research design. She served as Advisory Board Member for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) for six years, and as a Professorial Research Fellow at the School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Practice at the Victoria University of Wellington, NZ for three years, where she subsequently served as Honorary Research Associate.

Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey

Dr. Lindsey's academic career was founded on the philosophy, principles, and practices of community development and health promotion. This particular focus informed her teaching, writing, and practice. Through this lens, she became the coordinator of a partnership between the UVic and nine provincial nursing schools in the creation of a new and innovative undergraduate nursing curriculum. As a result of this work, Dr. Lindsey received an award of distinction from the Registered Nurses Association of BC (RNABC).

Dr. Erin Hobin

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Dr. Esther Sangster-Gormley

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr. Sangster-Gormley served in several leadership positions including coordinator of the nurse practitioner program and Associate Dean of the Faculty of HSD. She provided leadership in the development, implementation and advancement of the nurse practitioner role in Canada. In addition to her national involvement in advancing the nurse practitioner role she served on provincial committees in BC and New Brunswick including the BC College of Nurses and Midwives Nursing Education Program Review Committee and the Nurse Practitioner Standards Committee. Primary health cared, advancing the role of the nurse practitioner, nurse practitioner standards and education

Dr. Gweneth Doane

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor
Dr. Doane has an interdisciplinary background as a nurse and psychologist. She served in several leadership roles within the UVic School of Nursing as the associate Dean of Graduate Studies, acting Director of the Learning and Teaching Centre, chair of the Senate Committee on Learning and Teaching, and coordinator of the Family Health Centre. She was recognized with several awards including the 3M Fellowship Award, Canada's highest award for excellence in university education.

Dr. Howard Brunt

Dr. Brunt's clinical and research focus related to cardiovascular risk factor detection and health promotion. He received nursing degrees from the University of Vermont (1978), Yale University (1983) and a PhD in epidemiology and community health sciences from the University of Calgary (1990). He served in leadership positions with a number of national clinical and research organizations, including the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses, the Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics, the Community Health Research Services Foundation, and the Tri-University Meson Facility.

Dr. Isabel MacRae

Dr. MacRae planted the seeds for accessible distributed learning for nurses across Canada. By 1980, the UVic School of Nursing had developed its first credit nursing course using print, interactive cable, TV, and telephone to reach students across the province. Dr. MacRae was a visionary who introduced the principles of access to higher education for nurses who were mostly women. Today, over 4,000 nurses have graduated from the school's Post RN Diploma Program throughout its 45-year history.

Dr. James Clay

Job Titles:
  • Post - Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Jane Milliken

Dr. Milliken completed all her post-secondary studies at the University of Alberta, graduating with a BSc in Nursing in 1970, and an MA (1990) and PhD (1998) in Sociology. Her teaching focused on data analysis and research methods, as well as hospital and community clinical practice, while her research interests were the families of those with mental illness, chronic illness, and aging, as well as nursing education and student evaluation.

Dr. Janet Storch

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • Director of the School of Nursing
When Dr. Storch became Director of the School of Nursing, the baccalaureate degree as entry to practice was on the horizon. During her term, both the Registered Nurses Association of BC (RNABC) and the Ministry of Advanced Education united in their acceptance of a BSN degree as the entry-level credential. Dr. Storch was also instrumental in promoting and supporting collaboration among nursing programs. Also, as Director, a proposal for an Advanced Nursing Practice Masters Degree in nursing was submitted to the Ministry of Health; the proposal met with success and was approved in the next decade. In her post-Director days Dr. Storch has been fully involved in teaching ethics and nursing ethics in leadership and practice across Canada.

Dr. Jean Isobel Dawson

Dr. Dawson completed her PhD at the University of Toronto and came to the UVic in 1981 because of Dr. Dorothy Kergin's vision for nursing education. She was involved in the early development of the curriculum and courses on campus, and distributed learning offerings for the Post Diploma RN Program, the original Collaborative Curriculum, the Graduate Education Program, and the Nurse Practitioner Program.

Dr. Jeannine Moreau

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
Dr. Moreau received her BSN and MN degrees from the UVic, and her PhD (focusing in Gerontology and Nursing) from the University of Sydney in Australia. She also focused on Nursing Education throughout her career. Dr. Moreau has published several academic papers related to teaching/learning technologies and approaches and has received numerous awards, most related to teaching and the scholarship of teaching. She has held many leadership roles including membership on the UVic Senate, Senate committees and the Registered Nurses of BC Education Program Review committee.

Dr. Jennifer Claire Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
  • Post - Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Joan McNeil

Dr. McNeil graduated from the University of Alberta with a BSN in 1972. After two years of nursing in Canada, she volunteered with the Canadian Medical Association in St. Lucia. In 1981, she returned to Canada to complete an MN in Health Sciences at McMaster University and worked for the Canadian Nurses Association in Ottawa as International Affairs Manager. In 2003, she joined the World Bank as Senior HIV/AIDS Specialist. In 2006 she joined the School of Nursing faculty at UVic wher e she remained until her retirement in 2013. Joan's primary research interests were in HIV/AIDS prevention, transcultural nursing, and health policy.

Dr. Kelli Stajduhar

Job Titles:
  • Canada Research Chair in Palliative Approaches to Care in Aging and Community Health
The School of Nursing prides itself on its outstanding people. Our faculty and staff are committed educators, learners, researchers and administrators who share the common aim of supporting innovative and accessible nursing education.

Dr. Lucia Gamroth

After completing a BSN, an MPA, an MSc, and a PhD degree at the Oregon Health Sciences, Dr. Gamroth served as assistant professor in the School of Nursing in Oregon before coming to UVic. She dedicated her career to improving the health of older persons within the community, and to academic teaching. Her research focused on the lived experience of aging people, transitions in the lives of older persons, individualized care within the healthcare system, the impact of nursing practice on the quality of life of clients, and autonomy in long-term care.

Dr. Lynne Young

Dr. Young's doctoral research explored family influence on risk for cardiovascular disease, which led her to study lone mothers' risk for cardiovascular disease in her post-doctoral work. Dr. Young worked interprofessionally to improve pain care (2004 to 2019), serving on Pain BC's inaugural Board of Directors. Dr. Young has also received Awards for Excellence in Teaching from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (2012) and the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (2013) and has published many articles and textbooks on teaching nursing.

Dr. Majorie McIntyre

Dr. McIntyre first earned a Diploma in Nursing, practiced in surgical and oncology nursing, finished a BSN, worked as a nurse educator in two community colleges, completed an MN and PhD, and became a professor at two different universities. Dr. McIntyre was a pioneer in refocusing nursing textbooks from a Canadian perspective, most notably, five editions of The Realities of Canadian Nursing.

Dr. Marcia Hills

Dr. Marcia Hills began her career as a nursing student at the Halifax Infirmary School of Nursing. Her early nursing practice was in the area of children's mental health. She subsequently completed her BSN at the University of Alberta, followed by an MA and PhD in Counselling Psychology and Human Development. Marcia began her academic career at the University of Victoria in 1982 teaching in schools of Nursing and Education. In 1989 she was appointed as the Founding Director of the Collaborative Nursing Program and held faculty positions in both the School of Nursing and the School of Child and Youth Care until her retirement at the end of 2022.

Dr. Margaret Scaia

Job Titles:
  • UVic School of Nursing 2005 - 2022
I will always appreciate the opportunity I had to work at the School of Nursing and bring a historical lens to my teaching and scholarship. The support, goodwill and comradery extended to me over the years and the intense and rewarding experiences with my students will stay with me in the years to come.

Dr. Marion Selfridge

Job Titles:
  • Post Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Marjorie MacDonald

Job Titles:
  • Areas of Interest: Public Health Nursing Public Health Systems and Services Research Health Equity Research Methods
From 2009 to 2015, Dr. MacDonald held the inaugural CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Research Chair, the first research chair held by a faculty member in Nursing. She was President of the Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) from 2011 to 2015. In 2015, Marjorie received the Award for Excellence in Advancing Nursing Knowledge and Research from the Association of Registered Nurses of BC, and in 2016, a Lifetime Achievement Award from PHABC. In 2018, PHABC established the Dr. Marjorie MacDonald Scholarship for Contributions to Public Health.

Dr. Mark Asbridge

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Dr. Mary Ellen Purkis

At that time Dr. Purkis assumed Directorship of the School of Nursing there were 9 colleges and UVic in partnership. That year, the province of BC approved a new qualification -the Applied Degree. Soon afterwards, two partner institutions located in the Lower Mainland notified UVic that they were intending to apply to offer an Applied Degree independent of UVic. Despite these challenging times, the school of nursing thrived, developing new graduate programs including a distance-based Family Nurse Practitioner Program, which was launched in 2004. Dr. Purkis then became the second female Dean of the Faculty of Human & Social Development from 2005 to 2015.

Dr. Noreen Frisch

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Director of the School of Nursing
During her tenure as Director of the School of Nursing, Dr. Frisch continued to represent the school's commitment to service and innovation. Among many accomplishments, Dr. Frisch lead the Students on the Move project, an event to support the Royal Jubilee Hospital's move to a new building, and expanded the NP, MN and PhD programs. She was a key leader and developer of InspireNet: BC's nursing and health services research network which grew to connect over 5,000 members in a virtual learning community-something that led to networking capacities now used by the BC SUPPORT Unit for patient-oriented research.

Dr. Rita Schreiber

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
Dr. Rita Schreiber joined the UVic School of Nursing in 1996. She had been a clinical nurse specialist at the Queen Street Mental Health Centre in Toronto and had served a year as senior consultant with the Nurse Practitioner Project of the Ontario Ministry of Health. In 2001, she published papers on advanced nursing practice and papers with a focus on the nurse practitioner role in BC. Dr. Schreiber also co-led the creation of an ongoing research seminar on grounded theory methodology within the School of Nursing. Her graduate student supervision was extensive, as was her work on faculty and school committees.

Dr. Susan Duncan

In her term as Director, Dr. Duncan continues to make a significant commitment to nursing education leadership, provincially and nationally. As chair of the Nursing Education Council of BC, and co-chair of the Nursing Education Planning Council, she works with others to influence policy directions in nursing education through facilitating critical debate, developing consensus in upholding a vision of academic nursing education, and offering future oriented perspectives on preparing nurses at all levels. As the Director in 2020, Dr. Duncan is in a unique position in leading the School of Nursing into a new era and way of being amidst a global pandemic.

Dr. Thea van Roode

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate
  • Research Coordinator

Dr. Tim Dyck

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Dr. Trudy Norman

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Dr. Virginia (Jinny) E. Hayes

Dr. Hayes retired in 2008 as Full Professor with a half-time cross-appointment as Senior Practice Leader for Nursing Research at the Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia. From 2003 to 2008, she led an interdisciplinary team that examined the impact of training community-based child health practitioners in early assessment of infants; a project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Dr. William Kerr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Senior Scientist, Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute

Dwayne McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Deputy Commissioner, Commanding Officer, BC RCMP

Dzifa Dordunoo

Job Titles:
  • Acting Director

Elizabeth (Betty) Davies

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor
Dr. Davies' career as a staff nurse, clinical instructor, university professor, and eventually, nurse researcher reinforced her commitment to caring for families of children with life-limiting illness and enhancing the role of nurses in caring for the dying. She obtained her accreditation from the University of Alberta, the Misericordia Hospital and the Cross-Cancer Institute in Edmonton, St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, and the Universities of British Columbia and of California San Francisco. In 2009, she came to the UVic to serve in the newly created position of Senior Scholar.

Elizabeth Croft

Elizabeth Croft, PhD Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost provost@uvic.ca 250-721-7013

Elyse Kim

Job Titles:
  • Research Administrator

Emily Nichol

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant to Dr. Karen Urbanoski

Emmanuelle Guenette


Erin Hodgson

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Fergus O'Neill

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Genevieve Arsenault


Gerrit Clements

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor

Ginger Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant to Dr. Bernie Pauly

Gord Shirley

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Grace-Ann Wynter

Job Titles:
  • Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education

Grant Sim

Job Titles:
  • Chief Utility Engineer

Heather Waterlander


Helena Watling

Job Titles:
  • Pacific and Asian Studies

Holly MacKenzie

Job Titles:
  • Practica Coordinator / School of Nursing

Isaac Earl

Job Titles:
  • Economics

Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

James Fraser

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant to Dr. Karen Urbanoski

Jamie Millin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Paralegal - Corporate Governance / Real Estate

Janey Aspinall

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Janine O'Neill


Jarred MacLean

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor, Waste Reduction

Jason Minard

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Jay Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Job Titles:
  • FRCPC

Jeannette Watts

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jen Miley

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Jenny Cartwright

Job Titles:
  • Research Manager ( CMAPS, PSS, Co / Lab )

Jeremy Quin

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor Landscape

Jeremy Riishede

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator, Substance

Jessica Mensinger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Practice Lead, Substance Use Team, Interior Health Authority

Jessie Mantle

Jessie Mantle has had a unique history of continuing her education across Canada and universities. She received her Nursing Diploma from the Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing in 1950, practiced nursing for ten years, and then returned to her studies, graduating from McGill University with a BSN in 1966 and later, certification in Gerontological Nursing. In 1981, Mantle returned to Vancouver Island to take up a joint appointment as professor at the UVic School of Nursing and Clinical Nurse Specialist at Juan de Fuca Hospitals.

Jindra Bélanger


Jinhui Zhao

Job Titles:
  • Scientist
  • Senior Data Analyst

Joanne Maclaren

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Joanne Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Jodi Miranda

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Interior Modification Services

John Tierney

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Julie Ellerton

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Julie Fraser

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Juliet Van Vliet

Job Titles:
  • Campus Planner

Kaitlyn Adderley


Karen Evers-Fahey

Job Titles:
  • Co - Associate Director Undergraduate Programs & Partnerships

Karen Kienapple


Karen Urbanoski

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Karla Moreno Aguirre

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Interior Planning

Kath Milinazzo


Katherine Hogan

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Kayla Green

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Interior Modification Services

Keegan Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Kelly Harms


Kelvin Bei

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Kendall Fraser

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Keri Jones

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Kevin Hall - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Vice - Chancellor

Kia Cade

Job Titles:
  • Practica Coordinator / School of Nursing

Kim Daly

Job Titles:
  • Co - Associate Director Undergraduate Programs & Partnerships

Kim Fawthorpe


Kim Frechette

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Kimberley Cook

Job Titles:
  • Public Administration

Kimberly Dorio

Job Titles:
  • Assistant, Nurse Practitioner Program
  • Program Assistant, Nurse Practitioner Program / School of Nursing

Kristen Elder

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Education Student Advisor
  • Graduate Education Student Advisor / School of Nursing

Kristi Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President Finance & Operations
Office of the Vice-President Finance and Operations ksimpson@uvic.ca 250-721-7018

Laleh Mousavi

Job Titles:
  • Public Health and Social Policy
  • Social Dimensions of Health

Laura Chambers

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Faculty and Undergraduate Course Delivery / School of Nursing
  • Assistant, Faculty & Undergraduate Course Delivery

Lawrence Glover

Job Titles:
  • Grounds Worker

Lawrence Lu

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Custodial Services

Leanne Rowand

Job Titles:
  • Areas of Interest: Healthcare Reform Mind / Body Health Primary Health Care Organizational Culture Interprofessional Teams NP Integration Leadership Community Engagement

Leigh Andersen

Job Titles:
  • Director, Customer Service & Program Integration

Linda Sheldon

Job Titles:
  • Music

Lisa Kalynchuk

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President Research & Innovation

Lori Shaw

Job Titles:
  • Immigration Coordinator

Lorrie Barth

Job Titles:
  • Civil Engineering

Lucas Baird


Lukasz Krawczyk

Job Titles:
  • Project Officer

Madeline Smith

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Maggie Li

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer
  • Administrative Officer / School of Nursing

Malina Yallanki


Margaret Dorthea Bennett

Margaret Bennett's career focus in nursing and teaching centred on family care and mental health care. In 1970 The Double-Bind of Motherhood was published. During her career at the UVic School of Nursing, Margaret conducted many workshops for faculty on topics related to the teaching of nursing. Between 1978 to1980 she was a consultant for the Victoria General Hospital Performance Appraisal committee and psychiatric nursing practice.

Maria Walker

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Marilou Gagnon

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Marilyn Faith Jackson

Marilyn Faith Jackson obtained her RN from Toronto's Wellesley Hospital, her BScN from the University of Manitoba, and her MEd from the Ontario institute for Studies in Education (OISE). She received a World Health Fellowship and Honorary Life memberships in both the Vancouver Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association.

Marion Buller

Job Titles:
  • University Chancellor

Marius Banuta

Job Titles:
  • Project Financial Coordinator

Mark Arrojado

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager, Planning

Mary Lewis Richmond

Mary Richmond graduated with a diploma in nursing from the Vancouver General Hospital, a diploma in Teaching and Supervision, a BSN from McGill School of Nursing, and an MA from Columbia University. In 1960, she served as Director of the School of Nursing Education at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. She introduced programs in tuberculosis care, public health, and psychiatric nursing and contributed to the development of the Council of Hospitals and Schools of Nursing, which included representation from all nursing schools in BC.

Mary Lougheed

Mary Lougheed's nursing practice was clinically focused, with a broad range of direct-care experiences in rural and urban hospitals. As a nurse educator she taught in diverse curricula, in varied classroom situations and in clinical and community placements. At UVic she taught in the Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, in the UVic and partners programs, and in the Post Diploma BSN program. Lougheed was influential in developing and implementing the Collaborative Learning Unit clinical education model in Victoria hospitals.

Matthew Uganecz

Job Titles:
  • Maintenance Manager, Mechanical, Plumbing, Energy Systems and Controls

Meaghan Brown

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Megan Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor, Distribution Services

Melina Quijano

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to Research & Scholarship / School of Nursing

Melissa Donaldson

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Executive Director Facilities Management

Melissa Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Michelle Shen

Job Titles:
  • Biology

Mikael Jansson

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Mike Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Campus Planning and Sustainability at 250 - 472 - 5433 or
  • Director, Campus Planning and Sustainability

Natasha Prodan-Bhalla

Job Titles:
  • Areas of Interest: Women 's Health Heart Health Disease Prevention Marginalized Women

Nicola Sison

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Director
  • Office Manager
  • Office Manager and Assistant to the Director / School of Nursing

Nicole Vishnevsky

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
  • Research Associate

Orianne Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Pablo Gonzalez Nieto

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
  • Research Assistant to Dr. Jaime Arredondo

Pan Kaewsamrit


Panagiotis Galanopoulos

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Paula Wray

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Interior Planning

Peter Cassar

Job Titles:
  • Associate Manager, Custodial Services

Peter Lagan

Job Titles:
  • Building Automation System Specialist

Peter Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor Horticulture

Piotr Burek

Job Titles:
  • Research and Support Staff
  • Research Assistant, Vancouver Island Drug Checking Project

Priya Johal


Rachel Richmond

Job Titles:
  • Political Science

Randy Carter

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Richard Sawatzky

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
person-centred outcomes measurement; palliative care; older adults; family caregivers

Robin Scobie

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Teaching Professor
Robin Scobie became a full-time assistant teaching professor in 2002, first at the Langara College campus and then at the Victoria campus. She continued in this role until her retirement in December 2016. Scobie brought a passion for and expertise in community health nursing into her teaching. She worked for 30 years in Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, Ottawa as a Nurse Practitioner, as an Easter Seal Nurse, and in Kaslo BC and Calgary AB, as a Public Health Nurse. In 2000, she completed her MS in Nursing degree at the University of Ottawa, with a focus on primary health care.

Ron Granados

Job Titles:
  • Director, Maintenance & Operations

Rosanne Beuthin

Job Titles:
  • Areas of Interest: Narrative Research Narrative Nursing Approach Metaphors Storying Aging With HIV

Russell Hawkins

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Graduate Programs / School of Nursing
  • Assistant, Graduate Programs
  • Nursing

Róisín Unsworth

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant to Dr. Cecilia Benoit

Saeed Sheshehgar


Sally Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Geography

Sally Kimpson

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Sandra Boudewyn


Sandra Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • CEO, Victoria Foundation

Sandy Meadow

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Trainer, Nurse Practitioner Program
  • Coordinator, Clinical Training / School of Nursing

Sandy Polomark

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Student Advisor / School of Nursing

Sarah Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Assistant, Admissions & Advising ( Term )

Sarah Teves

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Interior Planning

Sarah Yee

Job Titles:
  • Practica Coordinator
  • Practica Coordinator, Undergraduate and Graduate Education / School of Nursing

Scott Schroeder

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Shanice Nkathazo

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant Practice Education / School of Nursing

Shelagh Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Chairman, Effective June 2024 )

Sister Kathleen Cyr

Sr. Cyr graduated from St. Ann's Academy in New Westminster in 1950 and entered the Sisters of St. Ann in Victoria in 1952. Her ministry encompassed education, health care, and congregational leadership. Her lifelong dedication to health and education continues through students at UVic and through the Sisters of St. Ann Scholarship in Nursing and Bursary in Education.

Stanley Marchuk

Job Titles:
  • Areas of Interest: Outcomes Research Nurse Practitioner Integration Nephrology Patient Self Care Outcomes and Interventions

Stephanie Hart - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Legal Counsel

Sue Gaudet

Job Titles:
  • Director, Finance & Admin Services
  • Payroll and Leave Reporting

Susan Martin

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Sybil Goulet-Stock

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Sydele Merrigan

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Terry Moen

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Tiffany Gordon


Tim Stockwell

Job Titles:
  • Scientist

Timothy Naimi

Job Titles:
  • Director

Tina Price

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Trevor Floer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Tristan Lowenberger

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Valerie Jefferd

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Valerie Tenning


Vicki Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Victoria BC Canada


Wendy Mah