October 2026
LEaRN Lab’s Ash Scott Scott is named as a Senior Fellows of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) through Advance HE. This award recognizes a sustained record of educational leadership, influence on colleagues’ teaching practices, and significant contributions to teaching and learning beyond one’s own classroom.
October 2026
LEaRN Lab team members Elisabeth Bailey, Michelle Cho, and Carla Ferreira represented nursing at the 16th annual Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES) Celebration of Scholarship on October 21st. Elisabeth presented on Student Experiences of Accommodation in an Accelerated Nursing Program: Facilitators, Barriers, and Future Directions, and Michelle shared her work on Preparing Final-Term Nursing Students for Complex Care Through Multiple-Patient Simulation.
September 2026-February 2027
LEaRN Lab’s Nassim Adhami is facilitating Artificial Intelligence in Nursing Education and Research: A Four-Part Webinar Series hosted by the Western and Northwestern Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, beginning September 18, 2026.
June 2026
LEaRN Lab’s Elisabeth Bailey featured in UBC Wellbeing’s Wellbeing in the Classroom Toolkit. Dr. Bailey discusses supporting students holistically by acknowledging life beyond academics, fostering a culture of care, and connecting students with the support they need to thrive.
June 2026
LEaRN Lab’s Ash Scott named the 2026-2028 Elizabeth Kenny McCann Scholar for his work developing and evaluating an AI-driven hybrid simulation tool for medication administration education in undergraduate nursing.
April 2026
Dr. Nassim Adhami, Assistant Professor of Teaching at UBC Nursing, has been awarded the AMS Just Desserts Award for the second time — recognized once again by UBC’s student societies for her exceptional service and dedication to the students she teaches.
April 2026
LEaRN Lab leadership team members Elisabeth Bailey & Carla Ferreira are named 2026 Faculty Wellbeing Champions, highlighting their commitment to promoting student wellbeing through their teaching and educational leadership.
January 2026
LEaRN Lab’s Ash Scott wins Best Approach award for his project, Evaluating the Usability of an AI-Driven VR Simulation for Nurse Practitioner OSCE Preparation, at the Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare.
September 2025
LEaRN Lab Leadership Team member Ash Scott speaks as a panelist at the 2025 Marion Woodward Symposium – The Future of Nursing in the Age of AI.
April 2025
UDL Stories: From the Faculty of Applied Science, Carla Ferreira, Elisabeth Bailey, and Melissa Li Sheung Ying discuss how they put nursing theory into practice through multiple means of representation and applied learning in NURS 402.
November 2024
LEaRN Lab presents a panel discussion of the challenges and opportunities of navigating invisible disability in nursing education and practice. Speakers shared their personal experiences, research, and practical strategies. Hosted by the LEaRN Lab with support from THRIVE UBC and the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Fellows Program.
June 2024
LEaRN Lab members Nassim Adhami, Elisabeth Bailey, Carla Ferreira, and Ash Scott will provide an overview of what we mean when we talk about Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), explore how SoTL relates to educational research, and share examples of current projects that fall along the spectrum from SoTL to research.