Colleagues,
I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Nadine Janes, RN, BScN, MSc, ACNP, GNC(C), PhD as Associate Dean, Bachelor of Nursing cluster, in the School of Health Sciences, effective August 1st, 2016.
Dr. Janes, a distinguished leader in nursing education and interprofessional practice, comes to us with an exceptional history of teaching and leadership experience in various well-known, high profile organizations. In particular, she taught at Humber College, Practical Nursing and Collaborative UNB/Humber Programs; Ryerson University in the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing and previously served as Director, Interprofessional Practice and Clinical Education at Westpark Healthcare Centre. Dr. Janes led a large, diverse, and complex team of healthcare professionals at Westpark, and was the 2012 President’s Award for Values, Award for Collaboration recipient. Prior to Westpark, Dr. Janes held clinical leadership positions at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Providence Centre preceded by positions of Staff Nurse in Geriatrics at Sunnybrook and Public Health Nurse in the City of York. Dr. Janes received her PhD, her Masters and her Bachelor degrees all in nursing science from the University of Toronto. She is certified in Geriatric Nursing through the prestigious Canadian Nurses Association Program.
Dr. Janes' research focuses on health policy, knowledge utilization, and person-centered practices and workplace cultures. Her scholarship is directly informed by her rich firsthand knowledge of the challenges facing today’s front line practitioners, as well as by her experience in leading diverse healthcare teams.
I would like to acknowledge and express all of my appreciation to Dr. Lenore Duquette, whose outstanding 4-year tenure as Associate Dean, and more than 30 years serving Humber has been noteworthy for setting a new standard in nursing education. Among the many achievements under her leadership were the fully successful accreditation status with the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing for each pathway in our UNB/Humber portfolio of programs, and the recent exemplary consent renewal with the Provincial Education Quality Assessment Board. We are enormously grateful for her service to the School, and Humber College and we will miss her greatly.
In addition, I would like to thank the search committee for its outstanding work in identifying an exceptional Associate Dean who will provide leadership in the next iteration of UNB/Humber excellence. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Nadine Janes to our School of Health Sciences family.
Jason Powell
Dean, School of Health Sciences