FACULTY of NURSING
OFFICE OF THE DEAN
The Office of the Dean supports the overall strategic goals and administrative activities of the Faculty. This work includes supporting student success and a meaningful, learner-focused student experience.
Deans
Dr. Christy Raymond
PhD (Alberta); RN
Dean, Faculty of Nursing
Professor, Department of Health Systems and Sustainability
Dr. Christy Raymond is an experienced educator, researcher and administrator, having worked in various areas of nursing postsecondary education for over 20 years. Christy has taught extensively in continuing, baccalaureate, and graduate nursing education, supervised graduate students and mentored numerous educators over her career. With a special interest in the development of nurse educator capabilities, Christy has delivered various keynote addresses, co-published a fundamentals of nursing textbook utilized by local health authorities, and offered various faculty development sessions related to her areas of expertise.
Dr. Raymond has a diverse research program, exploring dually nursing education and nursing practice from the lens of the educator and nurse, respectively. More specifically, Christy is engaged in CIHR and SSHRC funded work studying nurse staffing and its impact on care outcomes; as well as innovating nursing education practices to increase the learning of future nurses. Christy also actively engages in scholarship of teaching and learning projects specific to nurse educators’ abilities to create meaningful learning environments for students in clinical learning environments. Christy has been a strong advocate for nursing research in Canada, recently serving the Canadian Association for Nursing Research (CANR) as Interim President.
Throughout her administrative experience, Dr. Raymond has led various nursing programs spanning different institutions, demonstrating expertise in academic program development, implementation and evaluation. Practicing from a relational and caring approach, Christy has received a number of awards for her teaching and leadership, recognizing her outstanding abilities and commitment to excellence in creating inclusive, student-centered nursing education.
Jananee Rasiah
MN (Alberta); RN; BN
Associate Dean, Faculty of Nursing
Associate Professor, Department of Health Systems and Sustainability
Jananee is an experienced educator, creative administrator, and early career researcher with combined experience of 18 years across the health system and post-secondary institutions. She was recognized as one of Edmonton’s Top 40 under 40 in 2021 for her significant and well-rounded career accomplishments, including co-ownership of film and video production company, FRAME Productions. Jananee volunteers her time as a board director and finance chair for the Alberta Registered Nurses Educational Trust (ARNET), which is a charity focused on facilitating excellence in nursing practice, education, and research through fund disbursement. She was also the director and acting lead for the Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Patient Engagement platform in Alberta (2018-2020) and lead key initiatives to strengthen the science and practice of patient engagement.
Jananee’s research interests are in frailty and aging, patient engagement, and more recently arts-based knowledge translation. She has co-authored 16 publications in the last 2.5 years and is a co-investigator/co-applicant on two multi-year tri-council grants. She also holds a new grant (2022-2023) from a local charity aimed at mobilizing knowledge about youths' experience with bullying through film because it invokes empathetic understanding to affect knowledge, attitudinal, and behaviour change. Over the last 3 years, she was recognized for her accomplishments in frailty and aging research and leadership roles when awarded the Canadian Frailty Network Interdisciplinary Fellowship (2019) and the Dr. Peter N. McCracken Legacy Scholarship (2022).
Dr. Jill Vihos
PhD (Alberta); RN; BScN; MN
Interim Associate Dean, Faculty of Nursing
Assistant Professor, Department of Professional Nursing and Allied Health
Dr. Jill Vihos is an experienced nursing educator and academic administrator. Inspired by advancing student-centered education and promoting excellence in nursing practice, she values invigorating curiosity, inquiry, and supportive learning environments to facilitate learner achievement and confidence. Her acute care surgical nursing practice led to teaching roles in clinical, classroom, and laboratory learning in baccalaureate nursing education programs. Building knowledge and experience in these roles served as a path to academic administration where she has fulfilled positions including teaching team lead, program coordinator, and department chair. Guided by authentic and transformational leadership principles, she strives to establish cultures of respect, integrity, and appreciation to inspire excellence in all team members.
Dr. Vihos research pursuits are informed by teaching experiences and care for learner success. Her program of research focuses on learner experiences and relationships in the context of emerging technologies in nursing education. She has served as principal investigator and coinvestigator on studies including nursing student clinical judgement, headset-based virtual reality learning experiences, open-educational resources, and animal assisted intervention. Her further contributions to scholarship include peer review for academic journals and nursing textbooks. Jill eagerly embraces opportunity in teaching, research, and leadership to evolve teaching practices to challenge and prepare learners to innovate and lead in professional nursing practice.
Administration
Clinical Placement Team
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