Equity-focused aging, community connection, and nursing education research.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Vivian Afrah Puplampu

Associate Professor

Faculty of Nursing

University of Regina (Saskatoon Campus)

2225 Northridge Drive, Saskatoon, SKVivian.Puplampu@uregina.ca

Telephone Number: 306 664 7394

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

September 2015. Doctor of Philosophy

Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Dissertation title: “A focused ethnography of nursing faculty and student’ transition to the culture of a context-based learning curriculum.”

Supervisors: Dr. Bev. Williams and Dr. Carolyn Ross

June 2006. Master of Nursing, Teaching and Learning

Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Thesis: “Undergraduate nursing students’ level of thinking and self-efficacy in patient education in a context-based learning program.”

Supervisors: Dr. Carolyn Ross and Dr. Bev. Williams

June 2000 Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction

University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Major: Nursing; Minor: Psychology

December 1996 Bachelor of Arts

Adventist Seminary of West Africa (Andrews University Campus) Ogun State, Nigeria

Major: Religion; Minor: Biology

NON-DEGREE CERTIFICATE

2025 November. Advanced Footcare Certification.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic Continuing Education Center.

June 2024 UR Leadership Development Certificate

November 2021, Certified Gerontological Nurse

Canadian Nurses Association Certification Exam

June 2019 Certificate in Gerontological Nursing

Distance Nursing Program St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

2005-2006 University Teaching Program

University Teaching Services (http://www.ualberta.ca/uts/), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

August 2001. State Registered Nurse, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra

AWARDS

October 2023. Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism (SSM) Advocacy Award to The People of African Descent Seniors Association.

November 2016. University of Regina President’s Teaching and Learning Scholars Program Award

January 2014 Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Edmonton Female Student Bursary

September 2009 University of Alberta Graduate Assistantship Award

September 2003 University of Alberta Graduate Assistantship Award

LICENSURE

November 2021.Certified Gerontological Nurse. Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Certification

August 2021. Member Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association

July 2016 to date. Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SRNA)

December 2011- 2016. College and Association of Registered, Nurses in Alberta (CARNA)

November 2001. Nurses and Midwives Council of Ghana

CLINICAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Registered Nurse

July 2015 - June 2016. Capital Care, Grandview, Edmonton, Alberta

May 2012 - June 2016. Extendicare Eaux Claires, Edmonton, Alberta

September 2001-2002. Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

September 2016. Workplace Assessment Violence Education (WAVE) online course

February 2015. Leg Ulcers: Assessment and Managements Organized by Executive Links

November 2014. RN Solutions in Older Adult Care Conference

October 2012. Geriatric Gems Organized by Executive Links

September 2012. Diabetes Update Organized by Executive Links

TEACHING

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

July 2022 to date. Associate Professor, Tenure Track Position Faculty of Nursing, University of Regina

July 1st, 2016 to July 2022. Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Position Faculty of Nursing, University of Regina

January 2012-2015. Graduate Teaching Assistant Undergraduate and Graduate level

Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta

January 2007 – 2009. University Lecturer School of Nursing, University of Ghana, Legon

September 2005-2006. Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta

September 2001-2002 . Clinical Instructor

ASSOCIATE APPOINTMENTS

August 2016 to date. Professional Affiliate Saskatchewan Polytechnic School of Nursing

July 2016 to date. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research

University of Regina

TEACHING IMPROVEMENT SESSIONS ATTENDED

December 2024. How Faculty Can Harness Generative AI for Enhanced Learning: Part 3-Generic to Specific. Webinar through teachonline.ca

June 2020. Building Practice Competencies Virtually Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students

Canadian Association and Schools of Nursing

April 2020. Teaching Remotely. Centre for Teaching and Learning University of Regina

August, 2019. NCLEX –Item Writing and Exam Stats SCBScN Saskatchewan Polytechnic

May 2019. Exam Item Writing SCBScN Saskatchewan Polytechnic

May 2018. Guided Tour of Nursing Exemplars Courses Faculty of Nursing, University of Regina

March 2018. Online Learning at the University of Regina Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), University of Regina

October 2017. Enhancing Metacognition, Grit, and Growth Mindset For Student Success. SaskPolytech, Saskatoon Campus

May 2017. Using Learning Outcomes in Courses. Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), University of Regina.

March 2017. Turnitin Training. Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), University of Regina

March 2017. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Objectives Questions. Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) University of Regina

March 2017. Backward Design. Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) University of Regina

February 2017. Creating a Teaching Dossier. Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) University of Regina

January 2017. Nursing Faculty Dialogue with Instructional Designer sessions through Faculty of Nursing

August 2016. University of Regina at Saskatoon Campus New Faculty Teaching Workshop. Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), University of Regina

January 2012. Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Centre for Advanced Studies in Professional Practice, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A three day workshop on “Clinical teaching: Current issues, challenges and strategies”.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

University of Regina, Faculty of Nursing

Fall 2026- Winter 2027 on sabbatical leave

Winter 2026

CNUR 107: Introduction to Health Assessment

Lab- Thursday 0930-1200

CNUR 209 -Nursing Research Methods

Theory- Wednesdays 0900-1200

Course Coordinator

Fall 2025

CNUR 100: Practice Education: Community Partnerships (2)

Seminar Fridays 0900-1100

Seminar Fridays 1130-1330

CNUR 402: Health Promotion with Older Adults and Rural & Remote Populations (1)

Online theory

Course coordinator

Fall 2024

CNUR100: Practice Education: Community Partnerships (2)

Seminar Fridays 0900-1100

Seminar Fridays 1130-1330

CNUR 402: Health Promotion with Older Adults and Rural & Remote Populations (1)

Online theory

Course coordinator

Winter 2025

CNUR 402: Health Promotion with Older Adults and Rural & Remote Populations

Online theory

Course coordinator

MNUR 809: Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice (1)

Online Theory

Fall 2023

CNUR 203: Alterations in Health and Advanced Assessment (Lab)

CNUR 402: Health Promotion with Senior Adults ad Rural & Remote Populations (Online Theory)

Winter 2024

CNUR 107: Introduction to Health Assessment (1) Theory

CNUR 107: Introduction to Health Assessment (1) (Lab)

MNUR 809: Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice (Online Theory)

Fall 2022

CNUR 203: Alterations in Health and Advanced Assessment (Lab)

CNUR 402: Health Promotion with Senior Adults ad Rural & Remote Populations (Online Theory)

Winter 2023

CNUR 103 : Foundations of Care II : Professional Nursing (1) (Lab)

MNUR 809: Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice (Online Theory)

Winter 2022

MNUR 809: Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice (1) ( Graduate class, expecting 12 students)

CNUR 107: Introduction to Health Assessment (1) (Theory class, expecting 80 students)

CNUR 107: Introduction to Health Assessment (1) (Lab, expecting 12 students)

Fall 2021

CNUR 102: Foundations of Care: A Developing Professional (1) (theory class, 77 students)

CNUR 102: Foundations of Care: A Developing Professional (1) (lab, expecting 16 students)

Winter 2021

CNUR 107: Introduction to Health Assessment (theory class, 79 students)

CNUR 209: Research Methods for Behavioural and Health Sciences (theory class, 50 students)

MNUR 809 - Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice (Online graduate class, 11 students)

Fall 2020

CNUR 102 : Foundations of Care: A Developing Professional I ( lab 16 students)

CNUR 404: (Clinical practice education, 5 students)

CNUR 403 :(Clinical practice education, 5students)

Winter 2020

CNUR 107: Introduction to Health Assessment (theory class, 73 students)

CNUR 107 : Introduction to Health Assessment (lab, 12 students)

CNUR 209: Research Methods for Behavioural and Health Sciences (theory class, 57 students)

Fall 2019

CNUR 102: Foundations of Care: A Developing Professional I (lab, 15 students)

CNUR 402: Health Promotion with Older Adults and Rural & Remote Populations (on-line course, 29 students)

Winter 2019

CNUR 107: Introduction to Health Assessment (lab, 12 students)

CNUR 209: Research Methods for Behavioural and Health Sciences (theory class, 80 students)

MNUR 815: Ethics in Advanced Nursing Practice and Health Care (on-line graduate course; co-designed course. Course Cancelled due to low student enrollment).

Fall 2018

CNUR 102: Foundations of Care: A Developing Professional I (theory class, 73 students)

CNUR 102: Foundations of Care: A Developing Professional I (lab/seminar, 14 students)

CNUR 402: Health Promotion with Senior Adults and Rural & Remote Populations (on-line course, 27 students)

Winter 2018

CNUR 209: Research Methods for Behavioural and Health Sciences (theory class, 63 students)

Fall 2017

CNUR 102: Foundations of Care: A Developing Professional I (theory class, 97 students)

CNUR 402- Health Promotion with Senior Adults and Rural & Remote Populations (on-line course, 21 students)

Winter 2017

CNUR 209- Research Methods for Behavioural and Health Sciences (theory class, 49 students)

Fall 2016

CNUR 100- Practice education: Community Partnership (seminar, 15 students)

CNUR 402- Health Promotion with Senior Adults and Rural & Remote Populations (on-line course, 32 students)

Graduate Courses: Fall and Winter 2026 (One Master’s Student and Three PhD Students)

Winter 2025(One Master’s Student and Two PhD Students)

Fall 2024 Thesis Supervision (One Master’s Student and Two PhD Students)

Spring/Summer NURS 900AI Guided Independent Study

Winter 2024 NURS 900AI Guided Independent Study

University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing

Fall 2015 Guest Speaker in NUR 405 (Community Health Nursing: Global Health Panel)

2012-2015 NURS 140 – Anatomy. Teaching Assistant committed 8 hours weekly per term

Winter 2013 NURS 505 – Transforming Nursing Practice. Graduate Course, Teaching Assistant committed 8 hours per week for the term

University of Ghana, School of Nursing

2007-2009 (Lecturer full time position)

NURS 100 – Historical Perspectives of Nursing (theory class, approximately 80 students per class)

NURS 216 – Theoretical Foundations in Nursing (theory class, approximately 80 students per class)

NURS 405 - Tools and Methods of Teaching In Nursing (theory class, 30 students per class)

2002-2003 (Full time position)

Clinical Instructor

THESIS DEFENSE CHAIR AT UNIVERSITY OF REGINA

January 2023. Chandra Anspach. “Parenting and Social Media: Exploring Parental Understanding of Adolescent Social Media Use”. Faculty of Social Work Saskatoon Campus, University of Regina

Supervisor –Dr. Kara Fletcher

August 2022. Cody MacSorley. “The Lived Experience of Parental Stress of Fathers of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Faculty of Social Work Saskatoon Campus, University of Regina

Supervisor – Dr. Bonnie Jeffery

July 2019. Carrie Janette McCloy. “Indigenous Adoptees’ Experiences of Racism in

Transracial Adoption in Saskatchewan. Faculty of Social Work Saskatoon Campus, University of Regina

Supervisor- Raven Sinclair

May 2019. Patricia Dekowny. “The Decision to Use Eye Movement Integration Therapy: Exploring Clinicians’ Experiences through a Narrative Inquiry”. Faculty of Social Work Saskatoon Campus, University of Regina

Supervisor –Dr. Kara Fletcher

September 2017. Margaret Brown. “In the Words of Grandmothers: Stories from Indigenous

Grandmothers about their Experience Raising their Grandchildren”. Faculty of Social Work Saskatoon Campus, University of Regina

Supervisor – Dr. Randy Johner

March 2017. Sheryl Prouse – Master of Social Work “First Generation Learners in Higher Education: Tales of Shame and Privilege”. Faculty of Social Work Saskatoon Campus, University of Regina

Supervisor – Dr. Garson Hunter

December 2016. Tanis Shanks – Master of Social Work “Exploring the Care Phenomena of Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting Programs”. Faculty of Social Work, Saskatoon

Campus, University of Regina. Supervisor- Dr. Ailsa Watkinson

December 2016. Andrew Field – Master of Social Work “We Love Them with All Our Heart: The Lived Experience of Fostering A Child With ADHD Where the Placement Breaks Down”.

Faculty of Social Work Saskatoon Campus, University of Regina.

Supervisor- Dr. Ailsa Watkinson.

External Thesis Examination

May 2026. Comfort Nsiah. Experiences and Views of Older Adults Regarding Patient Advocacy in Acute Care Settings Within Ghana.

Institution: University of Saskatchewan

Level of Degree: PhD

Supervisor

Role: External Examiner

May 2025. Veronica Adwoa Agyare. Conceptualising male involvement at child welfare clinics: A grounded theory study in Ghana.

Institution: University of Ghana

Level of Degree: PhD

Supervisor

Role: External Examiner

April 2025. Stephanie Buchanan. Addressing Social Determinants and Health Inequities in Chronic Disease Self-Management for Older Black Adults

Institution: Athabasca University

Level of Degree: PhD

Supervisor: Dr. Debra Hoven

March 2025. Jennifer Denise Jumat. A mixed methods study to develop a self-care management tool for people living with diabetes and their families.

Institution: University of Pretoria

Level of Degree : PhD

Supervisors: Dr. V. Bhama-Pema and Dr. H. Legodi

Role: External Examiner

July 2023. Amadu Ayishetu Blessing. “Coping Strategies, Treatment Adherence, And Quality of Life of Rural People Living With Hypertension in The North East Region Of Ghana”.

Institution: University of Ghana.

Level of Degree :: Masters

Supervisor:

Role: External Examiner.

2023. Lena Opoku-Brown. “Exploring Approaches to Teaching Practical Nursing Skills in Health Training Institutions in Eastern Region, Ghana”. Master of Philosophy in Nursing

Institution: University of Ghana.

Level of Degree : Masters

Supervisor:

Role: External Examiner.

April 2022. Stephanie Hatzifilalithis. “Contemporary Dynamics, Later Life and Intergenerational Landscapes”. Doctor of Philosophy in Health, Aging & Society.

Institution: McMaster University

Level of Degree: PhD

Supervisor. Dr. Amanda Grenier

Role: External Examiner.

March 2022. Peta Gay Watson-Jones. “A Grip and A Dream”: Voices of Older Caribbean Immigrant Women in Saskatchewan, Canada”. Faculty of Social Work Regina Campus, University of Regina

Level of Degree: Masters

Supervisor- Dr. Doug Durst

Role: External Examiner

External Career Progression (Promotion) Review

July 2024. Dr. Onkabetse Sebaeng.

Institution: University of the Free State, South Africa

Role: Reference Letter (Referee Report) for Promotion to Associate Professor

January 2023. Dr. Gloria Achempim-Ansong

Institution: School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana

Role: External reviewer of promotion materials from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer

May 2023. Dr. Kennedy Dodan Konlan

Institution: School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana

Role: External reviewer of promotion materials from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer

RESEARCH PROGRAM AND PRODUCTIVITY

PUBLICATIONS

Luhanga, F.L., Essien, D., Matebekwane, K. A., Maposa, S., Puplampu, V., Abudu, Funke, O., Ansah, A., Garvey, C., Jefferies, K., & Salami, O. (May 11, 2026). The impact of anti-Black racism on Black undergraduate nursing students in Canada. Nursing Inquiry. 33:e70110, https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.70110

Puplampu, V.A., Ho, A.H.Y., Kazi, M., Baffour-Awuah, A., Dalidowicz, M., Bushi, J., Salma, J.,Osuji , J., Moasun , F.Y., Chipanshi, M., Luhanga, F., Falihi, A., Nsaliwa, C., Pierson, J., Mambu, L.M., & Salami, B. A. (2026, February 20). Scoping review on the impact of the environment on racialized immigrant older adults' social connectedness and sense of belonging. Journal of Aging Research. 1-4. 1089194. doi: 10.1155/jare/1089194.

Anim-Larbi, M., Puplampu, V., Maposa, S., & Mahani, A. (2025). A scoping review protocol on childhood immunization reminder strategies available to parents in Canada and the United States of America. PLoS One 20(5), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323186

Puplampu, V. A., Pierson, J., Oba, F., Weeks, L., Gawdun, J., & White, J. (2024). Older Black adults’ social capital during COVID-19 and its impact on mental wellbeing. Perspectives Journal , 45(1), 29- Role: contributed to drafting proposal for grant, securing ethics approval, recruting and collecting data, analyzing data, identifying themes, and writing 90 percent of the article for publication as well as responded to reviewers’ comments.

Puplampu, V.A., Luhanga, F.L., & Baffour-Awuah, A. (2023). The experience of Black Faculty members in academia. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 55(2), 51-71. https://doi.org/ 10.1353/ces.2023.a902151

Role: contributed to drafting proposal for grant, securing ethics approval, recruting and collecting data, analyzing data, identifying themes, and writing 85% percent of the article for publication.

Puplampu, V. A., Silversides, H. P., & Phillips, K. (2023). A scoping review on older adults from Africa social connecteness experiences in North America. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 38( 2 ), 115-135.

Role: contributed to searching literature, extracting information, identifying themes, and writing 90 percent of the article for publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-023-09479

Luhanga, F.L., Maposa, S., Puplampu, V. A., & Abudu, E. (2023). “Let’s call a spade a spade: My barrier is being a Black student”: Challenges for Black undergraduate nursing students in a Western Canadian province. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 55(4), 457-471. https://doi.org/ 10.1177/08445621231198632

Luhanga, F.L., Maposa, S., Puplampu, V. A., Abudu, E., & Chigbogu, I. (2023). You have to strive very hard to prove yourself : experiences of Black nursing students in a western Canadian province. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship,20(1), . https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2022-0094.

Role: contributed to drafting proposal for seed grant, securing ethics approval, recruting and analyzing data, identifying themes, and writing 75% percent of the article for publication.

Bigonnesse, C., Weeks, L., Puplampu, V., Paris, M., Dupuis-Blanchard, S., Mcinnis-Perry, G., & Hache-Chiasson, A. (2022). Influence of cohousing communities on social determinants of health in later life: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-22-00068

Pierson, J., Puplampu, V. A., & White, J. (2022). The history of Black people in Canada and the intersection of policies on their settlement. Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, 54(2), 47-65. https://doi-org.libproxy.uregina.ca/10.1353/ces.2022.0015..

Role: contributed to searching literature, identifying themes, and writing 60 percent of the article for publication.

Puplampu, V.A., Baffour-Awuah, A., Benson, P.M., & Adams, L. (2022). The impact of older

adults’ living environment on their healthy aging in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PERSPECTIVE, Journal of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association, 43(1), 17-27.

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Role: collected and analyzed data and contributed 90 percent of the preparation of the article for publication. I was the corresponding author on the article.

Weeks, L.E., Bigonnesse, C., Rupasinghe, V., Hache-Chiasson, A, Dupuis-Blanchard, S., Harman, K., McInnis-Perry, G., Paris, M., Puplampu, V.A., & Critchlow, M (2022). The best place to be? Experiences of older adults living in Canadian cohousing communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Aging and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2022.2106528

Baliko, K., & Puplampu, V. A. (2021). Aging in the age of COVID. Discourse Research Magazine. Winter 2021 Issues. https://www.discoursemagazine.ca/aging-in-the-age-of-covid/2021/04/01/

Role: applied for seed grant, sought ethics approval; interviewed participants; engaged with older adults in advisory group; analyzed data and wrote 90 percent of the article for publication.

Matthews, E., Puplampu, V. A., & Gelech, J. (2021). Tactics and strategies of adaptation among parents caring for children with developmental disabilities. Accepted. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936211028184

Role: contributed to data analysis and 40 percent of the preparation of article for publication.

Luhanga, L. F., Puplampu, V. A., Arvidson, S., & Ogunade, A. (2020). Nursing students’ experiences of bullying in clinical practice. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 10(3), 98–97. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v10n3p89

Role: contributed to data collection, analysis, and 80 percent of the preparation of the article for publication. I was the corresponding author on the article and revised the article for submission according to the reviewers feedback.

Puplampu, V. A., Peters, S., & Chipanshi, M. (2020). A scoping review on the impact of cohousing on older adults’ quality of life. Perspectives: The Journal of the Gerontological Nursing Association, 41(2),14–27. http://search.ebscohost.com.libproxy.uregina.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=147865292&site=ehost-live

Role: contributed to searching literature, extracting information, identifying themes, and wrote 90 percent of the article for publication.

Puplampu, V.A. (2020). Older adults and their caregivers’ self-management of COPD post COVID-19: A literature review. Australian Journal of Nursing Research AJNR-100011, 2020(3), 1–4. https://grfpublishers.com/article/view/Mjkw/Older-Adults-and-their-Caregivers-Self-Management-of-COPD-Post-Covid-19-A-Literature-Review

Role: conducted the literature search, extracted information, identified themes, and wrote the article for publication.

Puplampu, V. A., Matthews, E., Puplampu, G., Gross, M., Pathak, S., & Peters, S. (2020). The impact of cohousing on older adults’ quality of life. Canadian Journal on Aging, 39(3), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980819000448

Role: collected and analyzed data and contributed 90 percent of the preparation of the article for publication. I was the corresponding author on the article and revised the article for submission according to the reviewers feedback.

Puplampu, V. A. (2019). Forming and living in a seniors’ cohousing: The impact on older adults’ healthy aging in place. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 34(3), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2019.1656134

Role: collected and analyzed data and contributed 90 percent of the preparation of the article for publication. I was the corresponding author on the article and revised the article for submission according to the reviewers feedback.

Puplampu, V. A. (2017). Nursing students’ and faculty members’ experiences of comfort during transition to context-based learning. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 14(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2017-0054

Role: collected and analyzed data and contributed 90 percent of the preparation of the article for publication. I was the corresponding author on the article and revised the article for submission according to the reviewers feedback.

Puplampu, V. A., & Ross, C. (2017). Nursing faculty and student transition to a context-

based learning curriculum. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7(7), 54–65. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v7n7p54

Role: collected data, analyzed, and contributed 90 percent of the preparation of the article for publication. I was the corresponding author on the article and revised the article for submission according to the reviewers feedback.

Darkwah (now Puplampu), V. A., Yamane, H., Richter, S., Caine, V., Maina, G. et al. (2012). A systematic review on the intersection of homelessness and healthcare in Canada. Journal of Nursing & Care, 1(5), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-1168.1000115

Role: contributed to searching literature, assessing quality of manuscripts, extracting information, identifying themes, and writing 90 percent of the article for publication. I was the corresponding author on the article and revised the article for submission according to the reviewers feedback.

Darkwah, V. A., Ross, C., Williams, B., & Madill, H. (2011). Undergraduate nursing students’

self-efficacy in patient education in a context-based learning program. Journal of Nursing Education, 50(10), 579–82. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20110630-01

Role: collected and analyzed data and contributed 90 percent of the preparation of the article for

publication. I was the corresponding author on the article and revised the article for

submission according to the reviewers feedback.

FORTHCOMING REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS

Books and Chapters in Books

Bigonnesse, C., Weeks, L., Paris, M., Puplampu, V., Dupuis-Blanchard, S., Haché-Chiasson, A. (accepted in March 2026). The Canadian Cohousing Study: Findings on the Ageing in Place Potential of Cohousing Communities in Canada. In R. Gilroy, O.Jolanki & C. Bigonnesse (Editors), Research Handbook on Housing and Ageing (pp).

Edward Elgar Publishing

Puplampu, V. A. & Luhanga, F. L. (in-review). Navigating academia in Canadian post-secondary institutions: The experiences of Black faculty members in positions within the university. A chapter in Blackademia: Professoring While Black, to be published by University of Regina Press in Fall 2027. Editors Okyere Folson, C., & Oba, F.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Anim-Larbi, M. & Puplampu, V. (2026). Childhood immunization reminder preferences among Black parents in Canada and the United States of America: A scoping review. Abstract accepted for oral presentation at the Canadian Nurses Association Conference, Winnipeg, September 21 to 23rd, 2026.

Puplampu, V. A., Salma, J., Falihi, A., Nsaliwa, C., Luhanga, F., Osuji, J., Moasun, F., Bushi, O. J., & Salami, B. (2026). Researchers and settlement organizations collaborate to promote racialized older adults’ social inclusion in Canada. Poster presentation at the Metropolis Conference, Halifax, March 11th-13th, 2020.

Anim-Larbi, M., Puplampu, V., Maposa, S., & Mahani, A. (2025). A scoping review on childhood immunization reminder strategies available to parents in North America. Abstract presented at the 36th International Nursing Research Congress2025 in Seatle, USA. Abstract ID 4232248

Eliason, C. Dovie, D., Puplampu, V., Luhanga, F., Sebaeng, J., Nathoo, S., & Cooke, J. (2025, October). Older Ghanaian Adults’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Ageing in Place. Abstract submitted to Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) 2025 conference in Montreal, Canada.

Luhanga, F., Maposa, S., Puplampu, V., A., Ansah, A., & Matabekwane, K. A. (2025). Building the Future Nursing Workforce in Western Canada: Experiences of Black Nursing Students. Abstract presented as eposter at the Internation Council of Nurses(ICN) Congress 2025 9-13 June in Helsinki, Finland.

Eliason, C., Dovie, D., Puplampu, V., Luhanga, F., Sebaeng, J., Nathoo, S., & Cooke, J. (2025). Older Ghanaian adults’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of ageing in place. Abstract submitted to the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA)2025. May 29-31, Winnipeg, Manitoba. conference@cgna.net (P.29)

Nathoo, S., Alexis, O., Cooke, J., Puplampu, V., Sebaeng, J., Modula, J., Eliason, C., Dovie, D., Luhanga, F., Yen Ho, A. H. (2025). Older adults’ perception of vulnerability and inequality in recovering from the pandemic in the UK. Abstract submitted to the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA)2025. May 29-31, Winnipeg, Manitoba. conference@cgna.net (P.18)

Modula, J., Sabaeng, J., Puplampu, V. A , Florence, L., Nathoo, S., Alexis, O., Cooke, J., & Ho, A.H.Y (2025). Support needs of older adults in recouping from the COVID-19 pandemic in Free State Province, South Africa Abstract submitted to the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA)2025. May 29-31, Winnipeg, Manitoba. conference@cgna.net(P.109)

Vivian, P., Luhanga, F., Cooke, J., Nathoo, S., Alexis, O., Ho, H.Y., Seabang, J., Modula, J., Eliason, C., & Dovie, D.A. (2025).“Transnational Partnership to Explore Older Adults Perception of Inequity in Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Abstract submitted to the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA)2025. May 29-31, Winnipeg, Manitoba. conference@cgna.net

Puplampu, V. A., White, J., Ndulue, C., Oba, F., Pierson, J., $ Weeks, L. (October 2024). “Promoting the Social Inclusion of Older Black Adults in Saskatchewan”. Abstract submitted to the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA)2025. May 29-31, Winnipeg, Manitoba. conference@cgna.net

Sabaeng, J., Modula, J., Puplampu, V. A , Florence, L., Nathoo, S., Alexis, O., Cooke, J., & Ho, A.H.Y (2025) ( 2025 ). Social support relations on mental health of vulnerable older adults post the COVID-19 pandemic: A South African context”, to CGNA2025. Abstract submitted to the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA)2025. May 29-31, Winnipeg, Manitoba. conference@cgna.net(P.110)

Abudu,E., Luhanga, F., Maposa, S., & Puplampu, V. (2024). Revealing Black undergraduate nursing students’ experiences in Saskatchewan. Oral presentation at Nurse Education Today and Nurse Education in Practice (NETNEP) International Nursing Education Conference, October 29th, 2024. Singapore

Puplampu, V. A. (PI), Falihi, A., Moasun, F. Y., Luhanga, F. L., Salma, J., Osuji, J. C., Mvumbi Mambu, L., Bushi, O. J., Nsaliwa, C., Kazi, M., Hai Ho, A., Baffour-Awuah, A., & Salami, O. O. Racialized immigrant and refugee older adults in Canada: Unraveling precarious context, complex experiences, and resulting impacts on quality of life. Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) Conference. Abstract #37, October 25, 2024, Edmonton, Alberta).

Maposa, S., Abudu, E., Puplampu, V., Luhanga, F., & Kamogelo, A. (2024). The only way I could silence the racism voices in to do better. And then, I become a voice for Black Nurses through my own success story: Cultivating the African Spirit of Ubuntu. Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Conference. Abstract # , May 27-28, Calgary, Alberta.

Luhanga, F., Abudu, E., Maposa, S., & Puplampu, V. (2024). Revealing Black undergraduate nursing students’ experiences in Saskatchewan. Oral presentation to USask College of Nursing Forum, May 23rd, 2024

Abudu, E., Luhanga, F., Maposa, S., & Puplampu, V. (2023). Experience Black students in nursing undergraduate programs in Saskatchewan, Canada. Oral presentation to the Saskatchewan Nursing Leadership Network, October 20th, 2023.

Abudu, E., Luhanga, F., Maposa, S., & Puplampu, V. (2023). Recruitment and retention of Black students in nursing undergraduate programs in Saskatchewan, Canada. Abstract presented at International Council on Nursing (ICN) 2023 Congress. Abstract # 640, July 1-5, 2023. Montreal, Quebec).

Bushi, J. & Puplampu, V. (2023). Partnership on older racialized immigrants’ social connectedness: Impacts of the living environment. Abstract presented at 25th Metroplois Canada Conference. Session(H4) March 16-18, 2023. Ottawa, Ontario. https://metropolisconference.ca/en/event/25th-metropolis-canada-conference/?view=Summary

Anderson,C. & Puplampu, V. A. (2022, October 25th). Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Correctional Facilities During COVID Times: Highlighting Changes, Innovations, and Opportunities for Growth. ICPA 2022 Conference in Florida, United States.

Bigonnesse, C., Weeks, L., Paris, M., Puplampu, V.A., Dupuis-Blanchard, S., McInnis-Perry, G., & Hache-Chiasson, A. (2022, October). Cohousing as an option for aging in place: portrait of cohousing communities in Canada. Abstract accepted for the 51th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology October 20-22, 2022 in Regina, SK. https://acgcag.ca/

Puplampu, V. A., Pierson, J., Weeks, L., Oba, F., White, J., & Gawdun, J. (2022, October ). Addressing social capital of older Black adults in Canada during COVID-19 through participatory action research [abstract accepted for paper presentation]. Canadian Association on Gerontology 2022 Conference, Regina, SK, Canada. https://acgcag.ca/

Puplampu, V. A. (2022, June 3). Exploratory-descriptive qualitative research design [Virtual Oral presenation]. University of Regina, Faculty of Nursing Canadian Doctoral Nursing Network Conference. Regina, SK, Canada. https://www.uregina.ca/nursing/cdnnc/index.html

Luhanga, F.L, Puplampu, V. A., Maposa, S., & Abudu, E. ( 2022, April 27). Recruitment and retention of Black students in nursing programs in Saskatchewan-Preliminary report. Virtual presentation at 2021-2022 HRI Research Showcase. University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada

Matthews, E., Clune, L., Cooper, E., Gelech, J., Guitierrez-Sisneros, A., & Puplampu, V. (2022, March 23). Challenges and Innovations in Collaborative Research in the Community. 82nd Annual Meeting of Society for Applied Anthropology 2022 Hybrid Meeting Agenda (Virtual & Onsite) Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, Ohio. United States. https://www.appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting/virtual-meeting-agenda .

Puplampu, V. A. (2021, July 20). Geriatric Nursing: Benefits, Challenges and Research [paper presentation]. University of Regina Nursing Undergraduate Research Internship Program, Regina, SK, Canada.

Puplampu, V. A., Lois, A., Benson, P., & Baffour-Awuah, A. (2021, March 26). The impacts of older adults living arrangements on their healthy aging during COVID-19 pandemic [public virtual seminar]. Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Grant Presentation.

Puplampu, V. A. (2021, April 23). Benefits and challenges of social distancing measures and resilience of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic [paper presentation]. Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA) Virtual Conference: Harnessing the Wonder of Gerontological Nursing. Conference website: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/1594/program-app/program?

Puplampu, V. A., Silversides, H. P., & Phillips, K. (2020, October 22). An integrated review on the experiences of older adult Black African Immigrants Aging in Canada. Abstract submitted to Canadian Association of Gerontology Conference, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic). Conference website: https://cagacg.ca/asem/cag2020/

Luhanga, F., Puplampu, V. A., & Arvidson, S. (2020, April 27). Nursing students’ experience of bullying in clinical practice [paper presentation]. 8th International Nurse Education Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic). Abstract: http://conferences.elsevier.com/NURS2020?email=florence.luhanga@uregina.ca&abstracts=0819

Oba, F., Fletcher, K., Puplampu, V. A., & Baydau, B. (2020, February 21). Equipping students in helping professions to engage diversity through arts-based pedagogy [paper presentation]. Educational Developers Caucus Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Conference website: https://www.dal.ca/sites/edc.html

Puplampu, V. A., Matthews, E., Gross, M., Puplampu, G., Pathak, S., & Peters, S. (2019, May 3). Transition to cohousing: Impact on older adults’ quality of life [paper presentation]. 20th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association, Calgary, Alberta.

Puplampu, V. A., Peters, S., & Chipanshi, M. (2019, May 3). The impact of cohousing on older adults’ quality of life: A scoping review [poster presentation]. 20th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association, Calgary, Alberta. (Appendix 9.2.7)

Luhanga, F., Puplampu, V. A., & Arvidson, S. (2019, April 26). Nursing Students’ Experiences of Bullying During Clinical Practice [oral presentation]. Celebration of the president’s scholarship award at the University of Regina Teaching and Learning Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Oba, F., Fletcher, K., & Puplampu, V. A. (2019, April 26). Equipping students in helping professions to engage diversity [oral presentation]. Celebration of the president’s scholarship award at the University of Regina Teaching and Learning Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Puplampu, V. A. (2018, July 18). Promoting effective learning in nursing students: The role of nurse educators [paper presentation]. School of Nursing, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

Puplampu, V. A (2018, June 14). Assessing the efficacy of student centred learning through nursing research [paper presentation]. Advanced Nursing Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Puplampu, V. A. (2017, May 3). Promoting effective learning in nursing students: Key to meeting the needs of twenty-first century health care system [paper presentation]. Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association Annual Meeting and Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Darkwah, V. A., Williams, B. & Ross, C. (2016, March 11). Nursing faculty and student transition to the culture of context-based learning [poster presentation]. Olive Yonge Scholarship and Research Day, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

Darkwah, V. A. (2014, May 26). Maintaining humanness in patient care : The role of nursing education [paper presentation]. Philosophy in the Nurse’s World: Troubling Practice, Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada

Darkwah, V. A. (2013, February 21). Transition of faculty and students to the culture of context-based Learning (CBL) curriculum [poster presentation]. Western & North-Western Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (WNRCASN), Edmonton, Alberta.

Darkwah, V. A., Yamane, H., Richter, S., Caine, V., Maina, G. et al. (2011, October 28). A systematic review on the needs and barriers of people experiencing homelessness when they intersect with health care providers [paper presentation]. Margaret Scott Wright Day at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

PEER REVIEWS

I am a peer reviewer for the Canadian Journal on Aging, The Gerontologist, Nurse Education today, BMC Geriatrics, Canadian Geriatric Journal, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, PLOS ONE, International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, Japan Journal of Nursing Science, Journal of Chronic Illness, Nursing Research and Practice, The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Global Qualitative Nursing Research, and the Canadian Ethnic Studies. I review a minimum of two manuscripts every quarter. I reviewed three grant applications of 40 pages on Rehabilitation Expert Committee for the CFI's 2025 Innovation Fund and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

I have also reviewed abstracts for ICN 2025; Canadian Association on Gerontology (2026); and Canadian Nurses Association (2026) conferences.

FUNDED COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Puplampu, V., (PI) Mathews, E., Gross, M. & Puplampu, G. “The Impact of Cohousing

Community on Older Adults’ Quality of Life.” Funded by the Dean of Faculty of Nursing

and Vice President of Research offices Of University of Regina. Completed

Role: Principal Investigator

Oba, F.,(PI), Puplampu, V. (Co-PI) & Fletcher, K. “Equipping Professional Students to Engage with Diversity.” Funded by University of Regina President’s Teaching and Learning Scholars Program Award November 2016-2018 ($4000.80)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Luhanga, F., (PI) Arvidson, S., Puplampu, V., (Co-PI) & MacAusland-Berg, I. “Nursing Students’ Experiences of Bullying During Clinical Practice.” Funded by

University of Regina President’s Teaching and Learning Scholars Program Award November 2016-2018 ($3970.40)

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Older Adults’ Living Environments: Do they Promote Healthy Aging during Pandemic

Role: Principal investigator

Funding: University of Regina Humanities Research Institute ($5000) September 2020-December 2021

Luhanga, F. (PI) , Puplampu, V.A(Co-PI)., Maposa, S., & Abudu, E.. Recruitment and Retention of Black Students in Nursing Programs in Saskatchewan. ($5000).

Role: Co-applicant

Funding: University of Regina Humanities Research Institute

December 2022

Puplampu, V.A. (PI), White, J, Oba, F., Weeks, L. Strengthening the Social Capital of Older Black Adults in Canada in the Era of COVID-19. ($25, 000).

Role: Principal Applicant

Funding source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engagement Grant.

December 2022

Weeks, L. (PI), Puplampu, V. A (Co-PI), Paris, M., McInnis-Perry, G., Dupuis-Blanchard, S., & Bigonnesse, C. COVID-19 & Cohousing Partnership Engage Study: COPES. ($25,000)

Role: Co-applicant

Funding source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engagement Grant. December 2022

Puplampu, V. A. (PI) & Luhanga, F. L. (U of R, Nursing). The experience of Black faculty members in academia. ($5,000).

Role: Principal investigator

Funding source: University of Regina President’s Research Seed Grant & SSHRF Explore Grant ($5000). Start date for award July 2020-July 2022

January 2023

FUNDED ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

Puplampu, V. A. (PI), Luhanga, F.L., Sebaeng, J., Eliason, C. Older Adults’ Experience of Vulnerability and Inequality in Recovering from the Pandemic($6, 000)

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding source: University of Regina President’s Research Seed Grant

Puplampu, V. A. (PI), Luhanga, F.L., Sebaeng, J., Eliason, C. Older Adults’ Perception of Vulnerability and Inequality in Recovering from the Pandemic ($5000).

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding source: University of Regina Humanities Research Institute

Puplampu, V. A. (PI), Oba, F. White, J. Weeks, L., & Pierson, J. Social Hub Club for Older Adults of People of African Descents and Friends ($25, 000). Government of Canada.

New Horizons for Seniors Program.

Luhanga, F. L. (PI), Stonebanks, C. D., Oba, F., Salami, O.O., Maposa, S., Puplampu, V. A. Revealing Black undergraduate nursing students’ experiences in Saskatchewan (114,376).

Role: Co-investigator

Funding source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grants

Puplampu, V. A. (PI), Falihi, A., Moasun, F. Y., Luhanga, F. L., Salma, J., Osuji, J. C., Mvumbi Mambu, L., Bushi, O. J., Salami, O. O., Linnick, D., Paine, L., Nsaliwa, S. Partnership to strengthen older racialized immigrants’ social connectedness in Canda: the impacts of the living environment (199,098).

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Development Grant.

Abudu, E. (PI) & Puplampu, V. A. (Co-PI). An Embedded Case Study of the Impact of Lowering the English Language Requirements on Curricula and Performance of Internationally Educated Student Nurses: A Focus on Black IENs ($5 000).

Role: Co-PI

Funding source: Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN) Collaborative Nurse Practitioner Program (CNPP). Fund returned to institution due to time constrain for the project.

Atulaegwu, W. (PI) & Puplampu, V. A. (Co-PI). Exploring the Challenges Faced by Nursing Students Associations in Saskatchewan Universities- A Pilot Study ($2500)

Role: Co-PI

Funding source: University of Regina, Faculty of Nursing

GRANT APPLICATIONS

June 2026. Modula, J. M., Puplampu, V. A., Luhanga, F., Anteh, E., Falihi, A., Oyedeji, A. & . Merlene, C. Co-Train and Develop a Culturally Tailored Program to Promote Social Belongingness and Mental Well-being in Older Adults. South Africa-Canada Seed Grants for Collaborative Research ( $125, 000).

May 2026. Anim-Larbi, M.(PI) & Puplampu, V. A. Co-design and Pilot a Culturally Tailored Digital Health Intervention to Facilitate Older Adults’ Vaccine Uptake and Management of Chronic Disease($8, 000). EPIC-AT Health Research Training Platform Fellowships (2026). Not Funded

April 2026. Kalu ME (Principal Applicant [PI]); Principal Knowledge Users: Akuamoah-Boateng L, Grummon D (Nominated Principal Knowledge Users); Co-applicants: Alaazi D, Ezulike J, Ibrahim S, Ojembe B, Okoh A, Puplampu V (Principal applicant), Salami O, Sheen N, Some N. Co-Creating Afrocentric Strategies to Meet Black Older Adults’ Health Promotion Participation Needs Through Active Community Health Centers Partnerships in the Greater Toronto Area. $150,000 (Funded) CIHR Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact, 2026 -2027.

October 2024. Building International Research Capacity to Support Older Adults Ageing in Place in Post COVID_19 Pandemic Era. Proposal drafted to be submitted to the UK Networking Grants [CHAIN](£25, 000).

Role: Collaborator

Result: Team was unable to submit proposal due to international partner organization’s requirement.

October 2024. Salma, J., Kay, K., Guruge, S., Metersky, K., Agrawal, S., Whitfield, K., Chamberlain, S., Puplampu, V., Chiu, Y., Ortiz, L., Hallet, S., Mansell, B., Kanthasamy, P., Ssawe, A. Enhancing Aging-in-Place for Immigrant Older Adults: An Analysis of Policy Gaps and Opportunities Across Two Canadian Urban Centres. A proposal submitted for CIHR Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream: Structural Determinants of Health.

Role: Principal Applicant

Result: Result: Not funded

August 2024. Harper, S., Wilson, S., Salma, J., Ogunbode, C., Shultz, L., Hilario, C., Puplampu, V., Metersky, K., Hande, M. J., & Silveira, A. Climate change and wellbeing among migrant communities in Canada and the UK. A proposal submitted for New Frontiers Research Fund application.

Result: Not funded

August 2024. Kalu, M., (Nominated Applicant) Ojembe, B., Puplampu, V.A.,(Principal Applicant), Boamah, S., Kapiriri, L., Mullings, D., Salami, B., Gebresselassie, M., Williams, C., Taylor, H., Ward, J., Fakolade, F., Taylor, R., Hamilton-Hinch, B., Iduye, S., Jones, L., Serieux, J., Lehana, T., Olu, A., Harris, M., Onyango, E., Beogo, I., Waldron, I., Etowa, J., & Scott, D.

Exploring Unmet Needs of Older Black Canadians for Equitable Care Across Multiple Cities Through Cultural Co-Creation. Proposal submitted for CIHR Project grant.

Result: Received CIHR Priority Funding ($100, 000)

August 2024. Planning and Disseminating Project Findings to Enhance Older Adults Aging-in-Place. Proposal submitted to the Canadian Institute of Health Research [CIHR] ($25 000).

Role: PI

Result: Funded

June 2023. Exploring the Challenges Faced by Nursing Students Associations in Saskatchewan Universities- A Pilot Study ($2500)

Role: Co-PI

Funding source: University of Regina, Faculty of Nursing. Awarded. (appendix R22)

May 2023. Abudu , E. (PI) & Puplampu, V. A. (Co-PI). An Embedded Case Study of the Impact of Lowering the English Language Requirements on Curricula and Performance of Internationally Educated Student Nurses: A Focus on Black IENs ($5 000).

Role: Co-PI

Result: Funded

October 2022. Social Hub Club for Older Adults of People of African Descents and Friends.

Proposal submitted to the New Horizons for Seniors Program ($25 000)

Role: PI

Result: Funded

July 2022. Older Adults Experience of Vulnerability and Inequality in Recovering from the Pandemic. Proposal submitted to President’s Research Seed Grant ($6, 000)

Role: Principal Investigator

Result: Funded

July 2022. Older Adults’ Perception of Vulnerability and Inequality in Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Proposal submitted to the University of Regina Humanities Research Institute ($5000).

Role: Principal Applicant

Result: Funded

November 2021. Older Racialized Immigrants’ Social Connectedness: Impacts of the Living Environment. Proposal will be revised and re-submit to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engagement Grant (199,098).

Role: Principal Applicant

Result: awarded in 2022

October 2021. Revealing Black Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Experiences in Saskatchewan. SSHRC Insight Grant. Proposal submitted for SSHRC Insight Grant (Amount Requested $114,376).

Role: Co- Applicant

Result: awarded in 2022

July 2021. Partnership on Older Adults’ Perceptions of Vulnerability and Inequality in Pandemic: Identifying Recovery Strategies for Quality of Life (POAPQOL). Proposal submitted to the Trans-Atlantic Platform Social Sciences and Humanities (T-AP) (Euro 432,654)

Role: Lead Principal Applicant

Result: to be announced in March 2022

May 2021. Recruitment and Retention of Black Students in Nursing Programs in Saskatchewan.

Proposal submitted to the University of Regina Humanities Research Institute ($5000).

Role: Co-applicant

Result: Awarded

November 2020. Older racialized immigrants’ social connectedness in Canada: impacts of the living environment. Proposal to be submitted to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Development Grant

Role: Principal Applicant

Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Development Grant ($167,051) Scholarship.

Result: not funded

October 2020. Revealing Black undergraduate nursing students’ experiences in Saskatchewan programs. Proposal to be submitted to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant

Role: Co-applicant

Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engagement Grant ($74, 449) Scholarship.

Result: not funded

September 2020. Strengthening the social capital of older Black adults in Canada in the era of COVID-19. Proposal to be submitted to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engagement Grant

Role: Principal Applicant

Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engagement Grant ($25, 000) Scholarship.

Result: funded

July 2020. The experience of Black faculty members in academia. ($5,000). . Proposal to be submitted to University of Regina President’s Research Seed Grant & SSHRF Explore Grant.

Role: Principal investigator

Funding source: University of Regina President’s Research Seed Grant & SSHRF Explore Grant ($5000).

Result: funded

June 2020. The experiences of cohousing residents during COVID-19. Proposal to be submitted to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engagement Grant

Role: Co-applicant

Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Engagement Grant ($25, 000) Scholarship.

Result: funded.

February 2020. The emerging asocial society: The experiences of older adult Black African Immigrants on aging in Canada. Proposal submitted to The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant. ($62,402)

Role: Principal investigator

Results: Not awarded.

October 2019. Developing a health educational tool to support the self-management of older adults with chronic respiratory conditions and their caregivers. Proposal submitted to Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Collaborative Innovative Development Fund. Not awarded.

Role: Principal investigator

March 2019. The impact of living environment on older adults’ healthy aging in place. Proposal submitted to Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Establishment Grant. Not awarded

Role: Principal investigator

November 2018. Healthy aging in place in Saskatchewan in the twenty-first century. Proposal submitted to Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation for Sprout Grant. Not awarded

Role: Principal investigator

March 2018. Cohousing: A solution to healthy aging in place in Saskatchewan. Proposal submitted to Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Establishment Grant. Not awarded

Role: Principal investigator

November 2016. Nursing Students’ Experiences of Bullying During Clinical Practice. University of Regina President’s Teaching and Learning Scholars Program Award November 2016-2018 ($3970.40). Funded.

Role: Co- applicant.

November 2016. Equipping Professional Students to Engage with Diversity. University of Regina President’s Teaching and Learning Scholars Program Award November 2016-2018 ($4000.80). Funded.

Role: Co- applicant.

MENTORSHIP

2018, 2019, 2020, & 2021. Mentored three Graduate students from Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy as a teaching assistant in my CNUR 209 research class

Research assistant – Dr. Alberta Baffour-Awuah on research project “Older Adults’ Living Environments: Do they Promote Healthy Aging during Pandemic”. I am providing mentorship on qualitative data analysis, manuscript preparation, and presentation of findings in community workshop.

Practicum student and research associate- Jordan Pierson on SSHRC funded research project “Strengthening the Social Capital of Older Black Adults in Canada in the Era of COVID-19”. I am providing mentorship on qualitative data analysis, manuscript preparation, and presentation of findings in community workshop.

Since January 2024, I have been co-supervising three Special Case PhD Students from the University of Regina Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (Eunice Abudu, Matilda Anim-Larbi, and Jose Diego Marques Santos) and solely supervising one Masters in Aging Studies Student ( Jordan Lee Pierson). Two of the PhD students, Eunice Abudu and Matilda Anim Larbi have successfully completed their candidacy examination in February and April 2026 respectfully.

May 2017- to date I have supervised Nursing Undergraduate Research Internship Program (NURIP) (Student, Ashley Ho) who has become my research assistant on the international project. I am also mentoring another NURIP student Wisdom Atulaegwu who has successfully written a proposal for Faculty of Nursing grant, obtained ethics approval, gathered data and submitted an abstract for an oral presentation at International Council of Nursing (ICN) 2025 conference in Finland. Through these mentorships with the students, we have completed research projects and published peer reviewed manuscripts with them.

In addition, with my colleague Dr. Sithokozile Maposa, from the College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, we have guided Eunice Abudu and Matilda Anim Larbi as co-supervisors to complete their PhD comprehensive written and oral defense. The students are about to apply for ethics approval to commence their research.

Furthermore, I have mentored my two PhD students to complete both external and internal grant applications. The mentorship involved providing guidance and reading through grant proposals and writing reference letters for the grants.

Eunice Abudu Vanier Grant and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship Grant

Matilda Anim-Larbi Vanier Grant and University of Regina Internal Grant applications.

I provided mentorship to Eunice Abudu and Matilda Anim Larbi to complete presentations at national and international conferences such as the Canadian Doctoral Nursing conference.

THESIS SUPERVISION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA

January 2026 -2030.

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Special Case PhD Program in Nursing (Student, Jose Diego Marques Santos)

January 2024 – 2028.

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Special Case PhD Program in Nursing (Student, Matilda Anim-Larbi.

September 2023 to 2027

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Special Case PhD Program in Nursing ( Student, Eunice Abudu)

September 2023 to 2027

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Special Case PhD Program in Nursing (Student, Emily Adehanloye) Student was unable to secure student visa.

September 2023 to March 2026

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Masters in Aging Studies (Student, Jordan Lee Pierson)

THESIS SUPERVISION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

September 2024 to September 2028

Thesis Committee Member. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. PhD Program in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta. (Student Vestine Mukanoheli). Supervisors: Dr. Jordana Salma and Dr. Oluwakemi Amodu

Supervision of Students at University of Ghana

2006-2009

Undergraduate project work

Graduate (master’s thesis) (Student: Hannah Okyere-Boateng)

RESEARCH SUPERVISON OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA

April 2024 to Date

Atulaegwu, Wisdom. PI on his research project titled “Exploring the Challenges Faced by Nursing Students Associations in Saskatchewan Universities- A Pilot Study”.

May- December 2023

Nursing Undergraduate Research Internship Program (NURIP) (Student, Ashley Ho)

June-July 2021

Nursing Undergraduate Research Internship Program (NURIP) (Student, Arden Voykin)

May –August 2019

Nursing Undergraduate Research Internship Program (NURIP) (Student, Hailey Silversides)

May –August 2017

Nursing Undergraduate Research Internship Program (NURIP) (Student: Sarah Peters )

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND SESSIONS ATTENDED

March and April, 2025. Rehabilitation Expert Committee for the CFI's 2025 Innovation Fund webinar

May and July 2021. Trans-Atlantic Platform Social Sciences and Humanities (T-AP) [Webinar].

October 2020. Partnership Development Grants [Webinar]. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

August 2020. Insight Grants [Webinar]. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

June 2020 Completed Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving

Humans Course on Research Ethics (TCPS2: CORE)

October 2019 Health Research Workshop Centre for Health Research, Improvement and Scholarship. Saskatchewan Polytechnic

October 2018 Foundations in Patient-Oriented Research Module 1 & 2 organized by Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR). Saskatoon.

July 2017 -March2018 University of Regina Tri-Agency Cohort Program organized by the research office, University of Regina

Winter 2017 Coordinator, Faculty of Nursing Scholars’ Café, University of Regina

November 2016 Participant, Faculty of Nursing Research Retreat, University of Regina

Winter, 2015 Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Carolyn Ross

Winter, 2014 Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Carolyn Ross and Dr. Kaysi Kushner

2010-2011 Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Solina Richter

2009-2010 Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Linda Ogilvie

SERVICE

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY OF REGINA

2023 -2025 Member, Grievance Committee

2021-2024 Council Committee on the Faculty of Graduate Studies

2020-2023 Alternate member, University of Regina Faculty Association (URFA) Grievance Committee

SERVICE TO THE FACULTY OF NURSING, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA

2024- CNPP Program Council

2024- SCBSCN Program Council

2022 – Faculty of Nursing representative to Faculty of Education

2019 to 2024 Doctoral Conference Planning Committee member for 2020 conference

2021 Alternate member, Faculty of Nursing, Peer Review Committee

2021-2023 CNPP Program Council alternate member

2021-2022 Faculty of Nursing representative to Faculty of Science

2020 Faculty of Nursing representative to Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) Council Committee

2020 Faculty of Nursing representative to Faculty of Social Work

2019 SCBScN Evaluation Committee

2019 Doctoral Conference Planning Committee member for 2020 conference

2019 Faculty of Nursing, University of Regina Working Group on Research at Faculty of Nursing

University of Regina

2019 CNPP Curriculum Sub-Committee

2017-2019 Member, Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN) IPE committee

2016 -2020 Alternate member, Faculty of Nursing, Peer Review Committee

SERVICE TO THE NURSING PROFESSION

October 2024. International Council on Nursing (ICN) abstract reviewer for ICN 2025 congress.

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

May 2026. Abstract reviewer for Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) conference in October 2026.

October 2025 . Abstract reviewer for the Canadian Nurses Association conference in 2026

July 2024 and 2025 Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism Award Review Committee

June 2022 to date, Board Member Saskatoon Council on Aging

2019 to date Volunteer, Saskatoon Council on Aging

2016 to December 2023 Board member, Victoria Avenue SDA Church

I have engaged in many activities at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Regina, the campus at large, Saskatchewan community, and beyond since my employment in 2016 at the University. For example, I have been a member of the University of Regina Grievance Committee since 2022; member of Faculty of Nursing Doctoral Conference Planning Committee ; member of the Abstract Reviewing Committee 2024, 2025, 2026 for Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism Celebrating Seniors Award; Board Member at the Saskatoon Council on Aging f, from 2022 to June 2024, and Board member, Victoria Avenue SDA Church , 2016 to 2023. Examples of my role on some of these boards such as Saskatoon Council on Aging (SCOA) include volunteering at some hub club meetings where I provide education on healthy life style and attending monthly board meetings to contribute to decisions to steer the organization’s activities on issues relevant to promoting the wellbeing of older adults. Apart from older adults’ organizations, I have also been actively engaged with immigrant and settlement organizations such as Saskatoon Open Door Society (SODS) and Edmonton Immigrant Services Association (EISA) on my research to promote the well-being and aging in place of diverse groups of older adults in Saskatchewan and Alberta through programs that promote their social connection and sense of belongingness. I am also involved in multidisciplinary older adult research teams across Canada and internationally to research diverse topics including housing and social determinants of health. I shared the findings of my research with older adult groups in Saskatchewan such as Wolf Willow Cohousing, Prairie Spruce Cohousing community dwelling older adults in Saskatoon and Regina, assisted living facilities such as Luther Care Communities, collaborators on the projects such as SCOA, SODS, and EISA. I am also a co-founder and board member of the People of African Descent Seniors Association (PADSA) in Saskatchewan to promote the social inclusion and wellbeing of older Black adults in Saskatchewan and beyond.