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Executive |
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Catherine Mayers
President |
Catherine Mayers graduated
nursing school from Seneca College in 1982 and has continued her
lifelong learning by obtaining a BScN from York University in 1999 and a
Master’s degree in nursing from D’Youville College in 2004. Catherine is
a professor of nursing at Seneca College and teaches in the
collaborative BScN program. She is an innovative educator who
enthusiastically opens the minds of nursing students to the world of
professionalism and inquiry. She also continues her clinical practice as
an oncology specialist at Princess Margaret Hospital on the palliative
care and solid tumor in-patient units, and a wide variety of out-patient
clinics. She has been a member of the RNAO Board of Directors. Catherine
has become known for articulating the concerns and positions of the RNAO. |
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Marianne
Cochrane
Past-President |
Marianne Cochrane, RN,
BAS, MHSc(N), is currently full-time faculty, teaching at Durham College in
the Collaborative BScN Program with the University of Ontario Institute
of Technology in Oshawa, Ontario. Prior to joining the College, she
worked in the positions of Clinical Nurse, Resource Nurse, Program
Leader, and Clinical Leader. She has served in her local RNAO Chapter in
the positions of membership, treasurer, and President before being
elected for two terms of office on the Board of Directors of RNAO in the
capacity of Region 8 Representative. She served as President/Chair of
PNEIG from April 2005 to April 2008. She has worked for 20+ years in
Maternity and Neonatal Intensive Care and now enjoys sharing her nursing
experiences with students as they develop themselves to become critical
thinkers, yet caring nurses in their chosen profession. |
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Louela
Manankil-Rankin
Membership |
(Photo and Bio coming) |
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Kristine
Newman
Education
/Conference Officer |
Kristine Newman
is presently a PhD Nursing Science student at the University of Toronto
working with Dr. Diane Doran. Her background is in professional
practice, clinical education and rehabilitation nursing. She currently
holds her CNA certification in Rehabilitation Nursing and has interests
in nursing informatics and knowledge translation. |
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Paula Crawford-Dickinson
Communication |
Paula
Crawford-Dickinson RN BScN BA BHA MN-ACNP CNN(C)
Paula is a full-time faculty member in the School of Nursing at George
Brown College. Her previous roles include acute care nurse practitioner,
clinical educator, and staff nurse in neuroscience and trauma specialty
settings in the GTA. Her areas of interest include utilization of
e-learning technology, neuroscience nursing and health policy. |
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Sally Dampier
Finance / Treasurer |
Sally is a faculty
member at Confederation College in Thunder Bay. She teaches in the
Lakehead University/Confederation College BScN program.
Sally began her
nursing career in 1972 in Canada before heading off to Scotland to study
Midwifery, staying nearly 27 years. In Britain she continued her studies
in children’s nursing.
Her clinical work has mainly been in Children’s
Intensive Care and Emergency. Her teaching and research interests
include children’s nursing, law and ethics, community, scholarship &
leadership and telehealth. |
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Sandra Secord
Regional
Rep, West (1,2,3,4)
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Sandra Secord is a
full time faculty member in the Practical Nursing program at Sheridan
College. Her previous roles include operating room and emergency nursing as
well as educator in the Mohawk-McMaster-Conestoga Collaborative BScN.
Sandra's current areas of interest include Maternal Child nursing and the
use of Simulation in nursing and inter professional education.
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Susan Sproul
Regional
Rep, East (8,9,10) |
Susan Sproul RN, MScN is a graduate
of McMaster University and The University of Toronto. Her early career
path led her to The Hospital For Sick Children where her focus was on
pediatric neurological nursing. She has been an educator at Durham
College for the past 5 years where she has taught in the Collaborative
Nursing Program with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology
for the past two years. One of the nursing courses that Susan teaches is
a first year nursing course focusing on introducing nursing students to
the nursing caring paradigm. The transformation observed in the first
year novice nursing student is both enriching and rewarding as the
novice nursing student begins learning about the nursing profession.
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Pat Sevean
Regional Rep North 12 |
Pat Sevean RN, MA(Nurs),
EdD(Cand)
Pat is an Associate Professor School of Nursing at Lakehead University
in Thunder Bay. She teaches in the Lakehead University/Confederation
College BScN program and the Lakehead University 3 Year Compressed
Nursing Program. Her teaching and research interests include
evidence-based care, scholarship & leadership, telehealth and oncology
nursing. |
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Marja Pehkonen
Regional Rep North 11 |
Marja Pehkonen had such a
memorable time at Lakehead University's School of Nursing from 1977 to
1981 with her 17 fellow students. During those riveting university
years, she embraced leadership experiences in Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout
and Pikangikum. The curriculum was new to Nursing Education and it's
comprehensive and holistic approach was exciting. With incredible and
caring teachers there was no doubt that Marja longed to be such a
mentor. Following Nursing career milestones in Paediatrics and Princess
Margaret's Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, she taught part-time at Lakehead
University and Confederation College while her and her Husband raised
four amazing children. How meaningful that she returned to the
Collaborative Nursing Program in 2005, following 6 years of Nursing
Management in LTC to share her passion of being NURSE. Now she plants
the seed with her students to reflect upon excellence in care for our
Elderly! |
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Cheryl Sams
Regional Rep South
(5,6,7) |
(Photo and Bio coming) |
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Elizabeth Edwards
Policy, Practice & Political Action |
(Photo and Bio coming) |
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Janice Elliott
Newsletter Editor |
Janice Elliott is a
member of the policy and political action committee for the PNEIG executive.
She presently works as a nurse educator at Fanshawe College in London, ON.
Janice lives with 4 men, 3 sons and her husband and spends a lot of her free
time as a hockey mom.
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Farah Khan
Choudhry
Website Contact |
Farah Khan Choudhry
has a Master of Nursing degree from the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of
Nursing at the University of Toronto, and also holds a BScN and
Certificate in Leadership and Management from Ryerson University.
Currently, Farah is the Program Coordinator for the RBC First Office for
Injury Prevention at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and is also the
Graduate Clinical Placements Coordinator for the MN program at the
University of Toronto.
Farah’s research and
teaching interests are in nurse mentoring, knowledge translation,
nursing informatics, and patient safety. Most recently Farah has been
awarded with the RNAO President’s Award for Leadership in Clinical
Nursing Practice 2009. |
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Kathleen White-Williams
Mal Education |
(Photo and Bio coming) |
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NSO Student Rep |
Vacant, volunteers welcome |
