About Western Canada Collaborative of Health Sciences Educators Society

Tomi Mitchell, John Gilbert, Jo-Ellen Zakoor

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Tomi Mitchell, MD, Professor Emeritus John H. V. Gilbert, C.M., Ph.D., LLD (Hon)., FCAHS, and Jo-Ellen Zakoor, Dean, School of Health Sciences, Vancouver Community College

Moussa Magassa,

Keynotes Speakers: Dr. Moussa Magassa, PhD, IDI.QA Michael Bidu Michael, Entrepreneur. Innovator. Award-Winning Marketer. Mentor. Human.

Dr. Nicole Harder

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nicole Harder RN, PhD, CHSE, CCSNE, Associate professor, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Editor-in-Chief Clinical Simulation in Nursing

• National resources to advance virtual simulation for educators.
• TeamSTEPPS Integration: Past, Present, and Future.
• From In Plain Sight to today: contributing to the 23 recommendations.
• Health Care Providers’ Transition to Practice: An imperative for retaining a strong healthcare workforce.

Cathy Smith, Colette Foisy-Dol

Keynote Speakers: Cathy Smith, BA (hons), MA, PhD, CHSE, Simulation and Interprofessional Educational Consultant, Baycrest, Toronto, Committee Member, Standards of Practice Committee, ASPE and Colette Foisy-Doll RN MSN CHSE ANEF, MacEwan University

Cancelled due to the pandemic

Peter Newburyn, Dr. Marian Luctkar, Dr. Jane Tyerman

Keynote Speakers: Peter Newbury, Ph.D. Director – Centre for Teaching and Learning and Senior Advisor for Learning Initiatives, Office of the Provost and Vice Principal, UBC Okanagan and Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude (Assistant Professor at Queen’s University School of Nursing) and Dr. Jane Tyerman (Professor at the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing) Co-Presidents of the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators using Simulation (CAN-Sim)

Dr. Mary Kohl Fey, Colette Foisy-Doll

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Mary Kohl Fey, PhD, RN, CHSE – Associate Director Institute for Medicine
Simulation (IMS) Simulation Educator Training Program,
Colette Foisy-Doll, RN, MSN, CHSE – Director, Clinical Simulation Centre Faculty of Nursing,
MacEwan University

Dr. Kathryn Hannah, Dr. Sandra Goldsworthy

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Kathryn Hannah, C.M. Informatics Advisor to the Canadian Nurses
Association (CNA) and Executive Project Leader of Canadian Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (C-HOBIC)
Dr. Sandra Goldsworthy PhD, RN, CNCC(C), CMSN(C)

Chris Power, CEO, Dr. David Porter, Ferooz Sekandarpoor, , Dr. Bernie Garrett

Keynote Speakers: Chris Power, CEO – Canadian Patient Safety Institute,
Dr. David Porter Associate Vice President, Education Support and Innovation, BCIT,

Ferooz Sekandarpoor, Simulation Technology Specialist, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Dr. Bernie Garrett PhD, RN, Associate Professor, UBC

North Island College

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nicole Harder RN, PhD, CHSE, CCSNE, Associate professor, College of Nursing University of Manitoba

Selkirk College in Castlegar

Keynote speaker: Dr. Suzanne Campbell, PhD, RN, IBCLC, Professor University of British Columbia

Free Virtual Workshop

Harrison Mooney, a Canadian journalist and writer, winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for non-fiction in 2023 for his memoir Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery

Pre-Conference

CANSIM – Virtual Simulation Game Design Workshop –  Jane Tyerman PhD and Marian Luktar Flude PhD.

Pre-conference

Gateway Debriefing Skills Workshop: An Introduction to Debriefing with Good Judgement. Center for Medical Simulation affiliated with Harvard University

Vancouver Community College

Researcher/Author/Teacher/ Simulationist/Director of the RISE Center at Robert Morris University

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Moulage Workshop

Simulation Operations Specialists (SimOps) Sub-Committee.

Please email contact@wcchse.ca to learn more.

Educational Digital Health Technologies (EDHT) Sub-Committee

Please email contact@wcchse.ca to learn more.

Twenty healthcare organizations were invited to review and provide feedback on the INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Simulation. Standards sub committee (formerly known as BC Lab Educators – provided input)