UVic - School of Nursing

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Mariko Sakamoto on leading the Dementia-Inclusive Communities: A Longitudinal Community-Based Participatory Research Study project, one of the projects awarded funding through the CIHR Project Grant Program!

This project will create a publicly accessible, dementia-inclusive website featuring practical resources and local community information to help people living with dementia stay connected, supported, and engaged in their communities.

Congratulations, Dr. Sakamoto, on this important achievement! 🎉

Our prescription for Sunday? A healthy dose of nurse humour. 💊😂

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Christine Ou, assistant professor in the School of Nursing at UVic and the study’s lead author, says that while people are commonly told they should be sleeping eight hours, a recent investigation suggests that this advice may need to be adjusted for different countries.

“Despite the common advice to get eight hours of sleep, our findings suggest that sleep recommendations need to be adjusted based on cultural norms,” says Steven Heine, professor of social and cultural psychology at UBC and senior author of the study. “There is no one-size-fits-all amount of sleep that works for everyone.”

Data for the study came from people in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Read more here: https://news.uvic.ca/2025/healthy-sleep-varies-widely-by-country-study-finds/

Don't miss your chance to hear from keynote speakers Ursula Knoki-Wilson, Kathleen Bird and Lynore Geia.

More info: https://www.ihnr.ca/

We warmly welcome our Master of Nursing students as they begin this exciting new chapter!