Faculty and Staff

The members of the Faculty of Nursing at Langara College are committed to student success. Faculty members are nurse educators engaged in creating positive learning experiences for students as they learn the work of nurses.

Haleh Amini
Office: C323e
Email: hamini [at] langara.ca (hamini[at]langara[dot]ca)

Sandy Atwal
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2195
Email: satwal [at] langara.ca (satwal[at]langara[dot]ca)

Amar Badyal
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: C307
Email: apowar [at] langara.ca (apowar[at]langara[dot]ca)


 

Yuko Soukup

Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2486
Email: ybaljak [at] langara.ca (ybaljak[at]langara[dot]ca)

Education:

  • 2001 Bachelor of Applied Science BSc (Kin), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
  • 2008 Bachelor of Nursing BScN, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
  • 2009 Critical Care Certificate, Humber College, Toronto, ON
  • 2014 Master of Public Health MPH, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC  

Publications:

  • Soukup-Baljak, Yuko, et al. "Drug quality assessment practices and communication of drug alerts among people who use drugs." International Journal of Drug Policy 26.12 (2015): 1251-1257.

Yuko has worked in the following areas over the course of 9 years: medicine, critical care and mental health. Her work experiences began at the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto working at two hospitals, Toronto General and Toronto Western hospital on a medical nursing float pool for new graduates and concurrently working as an agency nurse on call for SRT Medstaff to support staff shortages in various hospitals throughout the greater Toronto area. Yuko transitioned to critical care to learn more about assessment beginning in emergency and then the cardiovascular intensive care unit where patients undergo coronary artery bypass procedures, heart transplants and vascular surgeries.  

With ongoing interest in mental health, a transition took place. She began working casually at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto while employed with UHN. This led to full time employment in the area of mood and anxiety, inpatient services. Remaining in mental health, Yuko relocated to BC. She joined the team at Venture, a step-down facility in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, working for Vancouver Coastal Health and then became a community health nurse with the Act Bridging Team, an outreach program focused on hard to reach populations and finally serving as a case manager for three years.  Responsibilities involved coordinating appropriate housing, financial assistance, psychiatric assessments with their respective psychiatrist, referral to rehabilitation or vocational support services, counseling in various modalities (Addictions, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Motivation Interviewing) and facilitating independence/integration with community resources.

Yuko's previous scholarship work was conducted in her practical placement at the BC Centre for Disease Control, which focused on harm reduction, specifically adulterated drugs. This study was published in the Journal of Drug and Policy and findings were presented at the Canadian Public Health Association Conference in May, 2014, in Toronto, Ontario.

 

Paramita Banerjee

Email: pbanerjee [at] langara.ca (pbanerjee[at]langara[dot]ca)

M.Ed., B.S.N., B.A.

Scholarly projects include:

  • 2016: Co-Investigator; Scoping Review of the Barriers and Facilitators to Enabling Scholarly Activity within Canadian Schools of Nursing, Langara College
  • 2010: Co-Investigator; Men's Health Research Project, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
  • 1997: Research Assistant; Qualitative evaluation of peer home visitation program, McMaster University.

Paramita's professional interests include Community Health, Aboriginal Health, Immigrant and Refugee Health, Social Justice in Health Care and the Social Determinants of Health.

Her teaching interests include experiential learning, collaborative teaching practices and online curriculum development.

Simer Basi
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2191
Office: C312
Email: sbasi [at] langara.ca (sbasi[at]langara[dot]ca)

Salima Bhanji
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2235
Office: C323a
Email: sbhanji [at] langara.ca (sbhanji[at]langara[dot]ca)

Susan Calvert
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: C323f
Email: scalvert [at] langara.ca (scalvert[at]langara[dot]ca)

Sabrina Chahal
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2197
Office: C317a
Email: schahal [at] langara.ca (schahal[at]langara[dot]ca)

Cathie Chin
Office: T320B
Email: cchin [at] langara.ca (cchin[at]langara[dot]ca)

Lyren Chiu
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2214
Email: lchiu [at] langara.ca (lchiu[at]langara[dot]ca)

Drisanna Chow

Office: C307
Email: dchow [at] langara.ca (dchow[at]langara[dot]ca)

Laura Cottrell
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: C307
Email: lcottrell [at] langara.ca (lcottrell[at]langara[dot]ca)

Lysbeth Cunada
Email: lcunada [at] langara.ca (lcunada[at]langara[dot]ca)

Patrick de Sousa
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: C307
Email: pdesousa [at] langara.ca (pdesousa[at]langara[dot]ca)

Sarah Desbiens
Phone: 604.323.2482
Office: C307
Email: sdesbiens [at] langara.ca (sdesbiens[at]langara[dot]ca)

Paravdip Dhaliwal
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2081
Office: C316b
Email: pdhaliwal [at] langara.ca (pdhaliwal[at]langara[dot]ca)

Anna Douglas
Email: adouglas [at] langara.ca (adouglas[at]langara[dot]ca)

Alice Endrizzi
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2234
Office: T320F
Email: aendrizzi [at] langara.ca (aendrizzi[at]langara[dot]ca)

Lanie Fajardo
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2186
Email: lfajardo [at] langara.ca (lfajardo[at]langara[dot]ca)

Cristina Follador
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2101
Email: cfollador [at] langara.ca (cfollador[at]langara[dot]ca)

Melanie Forseng
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2065
Office: T320E
Email: mforseng [at] langara.ca (mforseng[at]langara[dot]ca)

Nargis Ghadiali
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2192
Office: C317c
Email: nghadiali [at] langara.ca (nghadiali[at]langara[dot]ca)

Ivy Goula
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2190
Office: C317c
Email: igoula [at] langara.ca (igoula[at]langara[dot]ca)

Preet Grewal
Phone: 604.323.2493
Email: ggrewal [at] langara.ca (ggrewal[at]langara[dot]ca)

Nina Heir
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2364
Office: C313
Email: nheir [at] langara.ca (nheir[at]langara[dot]ca)

Wendy Hsu
Phone: 604.323.5072
Email: whsu [at] langara.ca (whsu[at]langara[dot]ca)

Kelly Hughes

Email: khughes [at] langara.ca (khughes[at]langara[dot]ca)

Kelly Hughes graduated with her BSN from the University of British Columbia in 2004. She worked in a variety of settings, including medical, surgical, rehabilitation, and occupational health, before deciding to pursue a career in teaching. Kelly pursued her Master's degree in Nursing from the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, where she graduated with distinction.

Kelly joined Langara College in 2007 where she has taught a variety of practice and theory courses. Her favourite course to teach is the skills course, as she has the opportunity to teach students exciting new skills, such as injections and dressing changes. She also enjoys previous and ongoing committee work with BCAHC and CASN.

Heather Hume
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2105
Office: T320B
Email: hhume [at] langara.ca (hhume[at]langara[dot]ca)

Anne-Marie Hummelman
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2418
Office: C317b
Email: ahummelman [at] langara.ca (ahummelman[at]langara[dot]ca)

Sarbjit Jaswal
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2185
Email: sjaswal [at] langara.ca (sjaswal[at]langara[dot]ca)

Patricia Johnston
Office: C323c
Email: pjohnston [at] langara.ca (pjohnston[at]langara[dot]ca)

Tina Johnston
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2124
Office: C323c
Email: tjohnston [at] langara.ca (tjohnston[at]langara[dot]ca)

Roberta Jokanovich
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2111
Office: C307
Email: rjokanovich [at] langara.ca (rjokanovich[at]langara[dot]ca)

Karima Kassam
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2064
Office: T320E
Email: kkassam [at] langara.ca (kkassam[at]langara[dot]ca)

Deborah Katz
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: L306b
Email: dkatz [at] langara.ca (dkatz[at]langara[dot]ca)

Shelina Keys
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2189
Office: C317c
Email: skeys [at] langara.ca (skeys[at]langara[dot]ca)

Baljit Khun-Khun
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2188
Office: C316b
Email: bkhunkhun [at] langara.ca (bkhunkhun[at]langara[dot]ca)

William Konn

Email: wkonn [at] langara.ca (wkonn[at]langara[dot]ca)

Will graduated from the University of Victoria in 2012 with his Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Will completed his Emergency Nursing Certificate at BCIT in 2013. Will’s nursing background consists mostly in Emergency Nursing working at various hospitals including Burnaby, Royal Columbian and Mount St. Joseph. Will is currently enrolled at the University of British Columbia to complete his Masters in Health Leadership and Policy. Will has been teaching at Langara College since 2016 and continues to work in Emergency on a casual basis. 

Will currently teaches the Term 4 Skills course as well as a Practice course on the Orthopaedic unit at St. Paul’s Hospital. Will has been fortunate to teach in the PDC program, as well as other courses in Terms 3 and 4 in the BSN program. He is looking forward to what the future brings at Langara College Nursing and is eager to be a part of the School of Nursing.

Asha Kooner
Email: akooner [at] langara.ca (akooner[at]langara[dot]ca)

Gladys Ka Hei Lai
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2433
Email: glai [at] langara.ca (glai[at]langara[dot]ca)

Edmund Lee
Email: edmundlee [at] langara.ca (edmundlee[at]langara[dot]ca)

Rich Lee
Office: C317b
Email: richlee [at] langara.ca (richlee[at]langara[dot]ca)

Olivia Li
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2274
Email: oli [at] langara.ca (oli[at]langara[dot]ca)

Yujin Lim
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2430
Office: C317
Email: ylim [at] langara.ca (ylim[at]langara[dot]ca)

Reyla Lopez
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2203
Office: C317b
Email: rlopez [at] langara.ca (rlopez[at]langara[dot]ca)

Wendy Low
Phone: 604.323.5808
Office: 
Email: wlow [at] langara.ca (wlow[at]langara[dot]ca)

Tara Lum
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2093
Office: T320
Email: tlum [at] langara.ca (tlum[at]langara[dot]ca)

Kim Macfarlane
Office: C307
Email: kmacfarlane [at] langara.ca (kmacfarlane[at]langara[dot]ca)

Manpreet Mann-Mattoo
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2435
Email: mmannmattoo [at] langara.ca (mmannmattoo[at]langara[dot]ca)

Tara Mants
Email: tmants [at] langara.ca (tmants[at]langara[dot]ca)

Karen McColgan
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2278
Office: C316a
Email: kmccolgan [at] langara.ca (kmccolgan[at]langara[dot]ca)

Bethani McLeod
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2080
Office: C307
Email: bmcleod [at] langara.ca (bmcleod[at]langara[dot]ca)

Dionne Ng
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2255
Office: C307
Email: dionneng [at] langara.ca (dionneng[at]langara[dot]ca)

Christine Nystrom
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2043
Email: cnystrom [at] langara.ca (cnystrom[at]langara[dot]ca)

Ro Ofreneo
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2236
Office: C312
Email: rofreneo [at] langara.ca (rofreneo[at]langara[dot]ca)

Hana Pecinova
Office: C316a
Email: hpecinova [at] langara.ca (hpecinova[at]langara[dot]ca)

Myra Percy
Email: mpercy [at] langara.ca (mpercy[at]langara[dot]ca)

Mary Peters
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2376
Office: C316a
Email: mpeters [at] langara.ca (mpeters[at]langara[dot]ca)

Wanda Pierson
Phone: 604.323.5812
Office: B245e
Email: wpierson [at] langara.ca (wpierson[at]langara[dot]ca)

Susan Pribanic
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: C317b
Email: spribanic [at] langara.ca (spribanic[at]langara[dot]ca)

Thea Quinones
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2179
Office: 
Email: tquinones [at] langara.ca (tquinones[at]langara[dot]ca)

Ravinder Rakhra
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2201
Email: rrakhra [at] langara.ca (rrakhra[at]langara[dot]ca)

Brooke Raphael
Email: brookeraphael [at] langara.ca (brookeraphael[at]langara[dot]ca)

Sarah Reeves
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2419
Office: C316b
Email: sreeves [at] langara.ca (sreeves[at]langara[dot]ca)

Bio

Sarah graduated from Douglas College with her diploma in nursing in 1993. She then attended UBC where she attained her BSN, followed by her MSN.

Giselle Rogers
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2152
Office: C316a
Email: grogers [at] langara.ca (grogers[at]langara[dot]ca)

Sharon Ronaldson
Office: C317b
Email: sronaldson [at] langara.ca (sronaldson[at]langara[dot]ca)

Gregory Slawson
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2204
Email: gslawson [at] langara.ca (gslawson[at]langara[dot]ca)

Yvonne Solway
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: C326b
Email: ysolway [at] langara.ca (ysolway[at]langara[dot]ca)

Sharon Stunder
Office: C323e
Email: sstunder [at] langara.ca (sstunder[at]langara[dot]ca)

Pauline Sumel
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2154
Office: C323a
Email: psumel [at] langara.ca (psumel[at]langara[dot]ca)

Roberta Swanson-Holm
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: C323b
Email: rswanson [at] langara.ca (rswanson[at]langara[dot]ca)

Sara Thind
Email: sthind [at] langara.ca (sthind[at]langara[dot]ca)

Denise Thomas
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2213
Email: dthomas [at] langara.ca (dthomas[at]langara[dot]ca)

Veryl Tipliski
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2106
Email: vtipliski [at] langara.ca (vtipliski[at]langara[dot]ca)

Alex Tripunov
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2107
Email: atripunov [at] langara.ca (atripunov[at]langara[dot]ca)

Patricia Woods
Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2218
Office: C323d
Email: pwoods [at] langara.ca (pwoods[at]langara[dot]ca)

Morgan Yates
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: C307
Email: myates [at] langara.ca (myates[at]langara[dot]ca)

Douglas Yochim
Phone: 604.323.5511
Office: T320A
Email: dyochim [at] langara.ca (dyochim[at]langara[dot]ca)