Nursing students from around the world come together at U of S

SASKATOON - The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) invites media to attend the opening ceremonies for the 2016 Innovative Learning Institute for Circumpolar Health. The learning institute aims to improve the teaching of northern nursing education.

Nursing students and educators from Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Russia and Canada are gathering on campus to share best practices, to improve the teaching of northern nursing education, and to form a community of students and educators around the clinical practice of nursing in a northern context.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Noon

4th Floor, Health Sciences Building

104 Clinic Place

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon

Representatives will be available for interviews following the announcement.

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For more information, contact:

Susan Savino

Marketing and Communications Specialist

U of S College of Nursing

306-966-7948

susan.savino@usask.ca