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Program contacts

Program	Program Assistant (for general inquiries)	Chair/Coordinator
Bachelor of Science in Nursing	BSN@viu.ca	Deborah.Collette@viu.ca Petra.Davis@viu.ca
Bachelor of Social Work	BSW@viu.ca	Louise.Stern@viu.ca
Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care	CYC@viu.ca	Ashleigh.Martinflatt@viu.ca
Bachelor of Kinesiology	Kinesiology@viu.ca	Louis.Mattar@viu.ca
Community Mental Health Care Worker	CMHW@viu.ca	Kim.Fraser@viu.ca
Dental Assistant	DENA@viu.ca	Marianne.Roden@viu.ca
Dental Hygiene	DHYG@viu.ca	Linda.McKay@viu.ca
Health Care Assistant	HCA@viu.ca	HCAchair@viu.ca
Health Career Access Program (HCAP)	HCA@viu.ca	HCAchair@viu.ca
Pharmacy Technician	PTEC@viu.ca	Georgia.Wilkinson@viu.ca
Practical Nursing	PN@viu.ca	Shelley.Trimblett@viu.ca
Psychedelic-assisted Therapy	PAT@viu.ca	Shannon.Dames@viu.ca
Social Services Diploma	SSER@viu.ca	Louise.Stern@viu.ca
Professional Development and Training	PDT.HHS@viu.ca	PDT.HHS@viu.ca

Practice Education Coordinators

Title	Contact Information
Practice Education Technician	Amy.Moen@viu.ca
Practice Education Technician	Tina.Schultz@viu.ca
Practicum Coordinator, Health Programs	Ciara.Mitenko@viu.ca
Practicum Coordinator for Dental Assisting, Dental Hygiene, Child and Youth Care	Nicole.Gibbons@viu.ca
Practicum Coordinator for Community Mental Health Worker & Professional Development and Training	Carlee.Walker@viu.ca
Practicum Coordinator - HCAP / BSN Bridge	Susan.Lines@viu.ca

Deans' Office

Title

Name

Interim Dean

Dr. Eve Stringham

Associate Dean

Dr. Marti Harder

Administrative Coordinator

Jim Atherton

HSHSDean@viu.ca

Services

Service	Phone
Centre for Community Outreach and Care	Ashleigh.Martinflatt@viu.ca
Dental Clinic	For appointments: 250.740.6240

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