Lab Community News

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 AdhamiElisabeth BaileyCarla 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.