NESA Instructors
Meet the instructors in the Nursing Education in Southwestern Alberta (NESA) Program
Instructors below teach at the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Polytechnic, or both.
Danielle Aitkens, MSN, RN
Instructor
Lethbridge Polytechnic
danielle.aitkens@lethpolytech.ca
Areas of Teaching: NSG 2421, Health of Families and NSG 2422, Acute Care Pediatrics
Areas of Interest/Scholarship: Simulation-Based Education, Indigenous Health, Social Inequality and Health, Student Success, Women's and Children's Health and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Karen Ander RN, BN, MScN
Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Mental health and addictions, acute care, rehabilitation
Research Interests: Acute and chronic mental illness, concurrent disorders, mental health awareness and stigma reduction
Aaron Burke
Brooklyn Collar
Gillian Comchi, MN, RN
Faculty
Lethbridge Polytechnic
gillian.comchi@lethbridgepolytech.ca
Areas of Teaching: NSG 2321 Health of Persons, NSG 2322 Praxis of Persons
Research Interests: Simulation, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Rural Nursing, Unregulated healthcare members
Chloe Crosschild
Kim Derksen
Trenna Devoy, RN, MN
Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Mental Health and Addiction, Community Mental Health, Praxis in Health Promotion, Final Preceptorship
Research Interests: Acute and chronic mental illness, concurrent disorders and addiction, mental health awareness and stigma reduction, cultural safety in healthcare, nursing clinical education and simulation
Heather Dyck RN BN
Instructor
Lethbridge Polytechnic
heather.dyck@lethbridgecollege.ca
Areas of Teaching: Child Health, maternal-child nursing care and pediatric clinical
Research Interests: Child Health, Nursing education
Teri Dyck MN, RN
Instructor
Lethbridge Polytechnic
Areas of Teaching: Year 1, Year 2, Year 1 After-Degree (NSG 1400 Becoming a Nurse, NSG 1410 Personal Health and Wholeness, NSG 1522 Introduction to Praxis, NSG 1500 Caring Communication, NSG 1521 Health Assessment, NSG 2300 Evidence in Praxis)
Research Interests: Teaching and Learning, Curriculum, Health and Wellness
Chantelle Fitton, MSc, RN, CCCI
Faculty
Lethbridge Polytechnic
chantelle.fitton@lethbridgecollege.ca
Areas of Teaching: Year 1 and 2 theory and praxis
Research Interests: Anti-colonialism, equity and diversity, social justice, connection to land, land-based healing
Cole Gilmer BN, RN, CCCI
Instructor, School of Health Sciences
Centre for Health and Wellness, NESA Program
Katherine Haight
Bryde Henderson, she/her, MN-LPNP, RN
Instructor
Lethbridge Polytechnic
bryde.henderson@lethbridgecollege.ca
Areas of Teaching: Introductory Theory and Maternity Clinical
Research Interests: Leadership, nursing education, social justice
Rachel Herder BN, GradCert (PEOLC), RN
Term-Certain Faculty
Lethbridge Polytechnic
Areas of Teaching: NSG 1410 theory and lab, NSG 2322 clinical (subacute and rural), NSG 2321
Research Interests: NCLEX advisory committee, ethics
Lisa Johnson, RN, MSN
Simulation Health Centre Coordinator, Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Simulation Facilitator, Acute Disruptions in Health (Medical-Surgical) Theory and Labs
Research Interests: Simulation-Based Education, Rural Nursing, Digital Health, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Madeline Kearns
Peter Kellett, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: research methods, leadership. men's health
Research Interests: Social Inequality and Health, Gendar and Health, Masculinities and Mental Health, Immigrant Health, Intersection of Gender, Migration, and Mental Health, 2SLGBTQ+ Health, Leadership, Men in Nursing, Health System Accessibility
Website: http://www.gapsinhealth.com
Wendi Lokanc-Diluzio
Morgan Magnuson RN, BN, MPH
Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Community health, global health
Areas of Interest/Scholarship: Health promotion planning and evaluation
Bob Marthiensen MScN, RN
Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Community health nursing theory and practice, leadership in nursing, and senior clinical consolidation
Areas of Interest/Scholarship: Self-care, personal health and wellness, stress management through the practice of mindfulness
Jenna McDonald
Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Community Health, Health Promotion, Women and Health
Research Interests: Community health, women's health, perinatal health, childbirth, breastfeeding
Danielle McGregor
Bill McKay
Dianne Nolette
Benjamin Northcott, MN RN CCNE
NESA Faculty
Lethbridge College
benjamin.northcott@lethbridgecollege.ca
Areas of Teaching: Medical/Surgical, Rural, Professional Identity, Intersectionality
Research Interests: Effective Classroom and Clinical Teaching in Nursing, Curriculum Design and Evaluation
Tracy Oosterbroek, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Historical, professional, and global health issues, research methodologies, rural nursing, acute med/surg, preceptorship.
Areas of Interest/Scholarship: My current research projects focus on factors relevant to nursing education with a special interest in rurality, and trauma informed care including trauma informed interventions and harm reduction from a lens that supports and encourages equity, diversity, ad inclusion (EDI)
Cyrena Quinn
Monique Sedgwick, PhD, RN
Full Professor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Ethics, nursing research, professional issues
Areas of Interest/Scholarship: Nursing education, ethics, rural nursing
Melissa Schalk
Instructor
Lethbridge Polytechnic
melissa.schalk@lethpolytech.ca
Areas of Teaching: Maternal-Child clinical, Women and Children’s Health nursing care
Areas of Interest: Obstetrics, Women and Children’s Health and Family Centered Care
Shannon Seitz
Faculty
Lethbridge Polytechnic
shannon.seitz@lethpolytech.ca
Areas of Teaching: Health Assessment, Adult population with stable/acute/chronic conditions interacting within the healthcare system, clinical assisted living, rural and urban instructing experience
Research Interests: Evidence based care for seniors, organ donation, student success, nursing student success, nursing student growth, teaching practices
Claudia Steinke, BSc, MSc, PhD
Tara Vande Griend, BScN, MScN, RN, CCSNE
Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Simulation Health Centre, NURS 3321 Lab, NURS 3322 Simulation
Shannon Vandenberg, RN, PhD(c), CCHN(C), CCNE, CCCI
Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: community health, praxis in health promotion, nursing leadership, global health
Research Interests: planetary health, vector-borne diseases, harm reduction, people who are unhoused and/or use substances, scholarship of teaching and learning, immunization practices, beliefs & understanding
Laura Vogelsang RN, PhD, CCNE, CCCI, CMSN(C)
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Praxis and the Digital Age, Teaching and Learning in Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing
Research Interests: Digital Health, Artificial Intelligence, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Jason Wengel
Penni Wilson, MSc(N), RN
Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Community health nursing, global health
Areas of Interest/Scholarship: Public health, environmental health, health promotion
Bernadine Wojtowicz, RN, MSc(N)
Instructor
University of Lethbridge
Areas of Teaching: Mental health, research methodology, global health, contemporary issues
Areas of Interest/Scholarship: Moral distress, crisis intervention, addictions/mental health, chronic mental health