Publication Summary
- Articles in refereed journals | 2
- Refereed articles in on-line publications | 3
- Other on-line publications | 2
- Conference Papers | 37
- Keynotes, invited papers, & public lectures | 3
- TV, Radio, and Documentary Interviews | 1
- Works in Progress | 4
Articles In Refereed Journals
| Date | Title and publication information |
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April, 2024 |
van Daalen-Smith, Cheryl, Venkatesaperumal, Ramesh, Johnson, Samantha, Cairns, Steven, Beattie, Bev and Hilborn, Billie. “The Doctoral Seminar in nursing: an exploration of the literature and trends found in Canadian syllabi” International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, vol. 22, no. 1, 2025, pp. 20220029. |
| December, 2014 | Salyers, V., Carter, L., Cairns, S., & Durrer, L. (2014), The use of scaffolding and interactive learning strategies in online courses for working nurses: Implications for adult and online education, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 40(1). |
Refereed Articles In On-Line Publications
| Date | Title and publication information |
| April, 2023 | Mondor, N., Cairns, S. & McIlwraith, T. (2023). Interpreting cultural appropriation in outdoor learning. In S. Priest, S. Ritchie & H. Ghadery (Eds). Outdoor Learning in Canada. Open Resource Textbook. |
| June, 2018 | Cairns, S., Nash, J. (2018). Building Bridges: Interprofessional education that brings people and professions together, Center for Interprofessional Education. |
| November 2015 | Cairns, S. (2015). Community Action: Promoting citizen rights to clean air, water and soil. [Newsletter] Ontario Nurses Environmental Interest Group, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. |
Other On-Line Publications
| Date | Title and publication information |
| February, 2020 | Cairns, S. (2020, February 27). Muskoka reader calls for strength and solidarity needed for public institutions [Opinion], Bracebridge Examiner. |
| February, 2020 | Cairns, S. (2020, February 3). Raising climate change as an important issue in Muskoka [Opinion], Bracebridge Examiner. |
Conference Papers
| Project Title and Dates | Project Members | Roles | Conference information |
| How Does Becoming Student BPG Leads in the School of Nursing Enhance our Leadership Capacity Towards Practice Readiness (September, 2025) | Cairns, S.,
Lovedeep, K. Baldwin, A., Granter, K., Langowski, D., Manankil-Rankin, L., & McCullough, K. |
Presenter | 2025 Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) Global Summit, Toronto, ON (in-person) |
| Gaining traction in the snow: Building and sustaining a collaborative network for interprofessional education in Northern Ontario, Canada (May, 2025) | Cairns, S., Donato, E., Dunham, S., Killam, L., McCullough, K., & Thompson, D. | Poster presentation | International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress, Helsinki, Finland(in-person) |
| A Story of Fellowship: Supporting nurses’ health and well-being through nature connectedness (May, 2025) | Cairns, S., Manankil-Rankin, L., | Researcher, poster presentation | International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress, Helsinki, Finland (in-person) |
| Exploring the realms of becoming an evidence-informed practitioner in nursing students: Case study research (May, 2025) | Manankil-Rankin, L., McCullough, K., Stevens, C., Caswell, W., Fitzgerald, S., McParland, T., Cairns, S., Ranger, K. | Researcher, poster presenter | International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress, Helsinki, Finland (in-person) |
| Networking for Environmental Health IPE in Northern Communities (November 2024) | Cairns, S | Presenter | Northern Interprofessional Collaborative in Education (NICE) Conference (online) |
| Advancing cultural safety and humility through the use of the Best Practice Guideline (BPG) in an academic Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) (November 2024) | Cairns, S., McCullough, K., Manakil-Rankin L. | Presenter | 2024 Global Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) Symposium, London, ON (in-person) |
| Weaving Collaboration Through Nursing Practice (July 2024) | Cairns, S | Presenter | RNAO Indigenous-focused Symposium, Thunder Bay, ON. (in-person) |
| Enhancing understanding of cultural safety and humility through the use of the Best Practice Guideline (BPG) in an academic Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO). (May 2024). | Cairns, S., McCullough, K., Manakil-Rankin L. | Presenter | The CASN Biennial Canadian Nursing Education Conference 2024, Calgary, AB, Canada. (in-person) |
| A focused ethnography exploring caring patterns among planetary health nurses. May 2024) | Cairns, S. | Presenter | The CASN Biennial Canadian Nursing Education Conference 2024, Calgary, AB, Canada. (In-person) |
| Exploring nurses’ health and well-being in relation to planetary health. (May, 2024) | Cairns, S. | Presenter | The CASN Biennial Canadian Nursing Education Conference 2024, Calgary, AB, Canada. (In-person) |
| Mobilizing the aesthetic knowing of nurses to promote ecological well-being. (March, 2024) | Cairns, S., Burford, J. | Presenter | Planetary Health Conference at Trinity Western University (Virtual) |
| Patterns of Caring Among Planetary Health Nurses. (February, 2024) | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Spring Meeting, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Interest group -Ontario Nurses for the Environment Interest Group (ONEIG) (Virtual) |
| A Focused Ethnography Exploring Caring Patterns Among Planetary Health Nurses (January, 2024) | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Research Forum, Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) Research Forum, Format: Virtual (recorded); watch on YouTube |
| Planetary Health Nursing Research Presentation (January, 2024) | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Monthly meeting, Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment (CANE-BC). (Virtual) |
| Inclusion as pedagogy in the pass/fail doctoral nursing seminar, June, 2023 |
Venkatesaperumal, R., Cairns, S., van Daalen-Smith, C. | Presenter | Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) conference |
| A presentation entitled: If not us, then who? Developing critical reflexivity in a doctoral nursing journey that explores nurses facing planetary health challenges, July, 2022 |
Cairns, S., van Daalen-Smith, C.
|
Presenter | The International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart |
| A presentation entitled: SINE QUA NON: The pass/fail doctoral nursing seminar, July, 2022 | Cairns, S., Johnson, S., van Daalen-Smith, C. | Presenter | The International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart |
| Seeking critical reflexivity in a doctoral nursing journey – Asking the difficult questions, June, 2022 | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Canadian Doctoral Nursing Network Virtual Conference, University of Regina |
| An example of relational engagement in online education: Challenges and opportunities, November, 2021 | Cairns, S., Manankil-Rankin, L., Spadoni, M | Presenter | The Taos Institute Education as Relating Virtual Conference |
| An exploration of patters of critical caring among nurses facing climate and ecological crisis, June, 2021 | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Canadian Doctoral Nursing Network Conference |
| Becoming an academic best practice spotlight organization: A Nipissing university School of Nursing journey, May, 2021 | McCullough, K.; Manakin-Rankin, L., Graham, N., Davis, E., Peachey, L., Nadalin-Penno, L., McParland, T., Ewers, K., Cairns, S.,Critelli, C., Zarins, B | Presenter | Canadian Nursing Virtual Education (CASN) Conference |
| Creating a culture of empowered online learners, November, 2019 | Connors, M., Peachey, B., Cairns, S., Killam, L. | Presenter | Technology Enabled Seminar & Showcase |
| Nursing and our planet: beyond cognitive dissonance, October, 2019 | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Global Human Caring Conference |
| Relational engagement in online nursing education: Challenges and opportunities, October, 2019 | Cairns, S., Manankil-Rankin, L., Spadoni, M | Poster Presentation | Global Human Caring Conference |
| ‘One Health’: The moral imperative of ecological Nursing, June, 2019 | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Canadian Doctoral Nursing Network Conference, University of Regina, Regina, SK |
| You can’t stand still on a wave: Redefining human engagement in a digital learning context for a digital context, May, 2019 | Cairns, S., Dabrowski, M. | Presenter | Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE), conference |
| An emerging conceptual model for developing relational practice within an online community of inquiry, March, 2019 | Cairns, S., Manankil-Rankin, L., Spadoni, M | AMS/RNAO Fellowship Poster Presenter | Advanced Clinical Practice Fellowship Forum
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| An emerging conceptual module for developing relational practice within an online community of inquiry. November, 2018 | Cairns, S., Manankil-Rankin, L., Spadoni, M | Poster Presenter | Poster Presentation at the Associated Medial Services (AMS) phoenix conference |
| Redefining humanity for a digital context, why collaboration matters, November, 2018 | Cairns, S., Dabrowski, M. | Presenter | Technology Enabled Showcase & Seminar (TESS), conference |
| Leveraging human capacities in digital learning environments, May, 2018 | Cairns, S.,
Killam, L. |
Presenter | Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) conference |
| An Exploration of Relational Practice in Online Nursing Education – Approaches and Insights. March, 2018 | Cairns, S., Manankil-Rankin, L., Spadoni, M | AMS/RNAO Fellowship Poster Presenter | Advanced Clinical Practice Fellowship Forum
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| The Impact of Technology on the Delivery of Compassionate Patient-Centred Care, November, 2017 | Cairns, S. | Poster Presenter | Poster Presentation at the Associated Medial Services (AMS) phoenix conference |
| Building a community of ‘open learners’ in northern Ontario, October 2017 | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Northern Interprofessional Collaborative for Health Educators Conference |
| Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (CAUCE)
June, 2016 |
Beattie, B., Cairns, S. | Presenter | Learning Effectiveness:
A Program Evaluation Framework
|
| Nursing Earth, one community at a time: An examination of influencing local environmental policy through interprofessional collaboration, November 2015 | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Webinar Presentation: Canadian Water Resources Association, BC Branch |
| Your community needs you – An example of community collaboration towards political change.
October, 2015 |
Cairns, S. | Presenter | Presentation: Northern Interprofessional Collaborative for Health Educators. Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) Accredited event |
| Interprofessional learning and collaboration through e-learning. October, 2014 | Carter, L., Cairns, S., & Durrer, L. | Presenter | Presentation: Northern Interprofessional Collaborative for Health Educators |
| The Evolving Practice of Online Teaching in 21st Century University Education: Perspectives and Practices.
November 2012 |
Salyers, V., Carter, L., Cairns, S. | Presenter | Webinar Presentation. Centre for Flexible Teaching & Learning |
Keynotes, Invited Papers, Public Lectures
| Project Title and Dates | Project Members | Roles | Organization |
| Careers class presentation | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary |
| Summer safety and the role of the camp leader, June, 2023 | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Kilcoo Camp, Minden, Ontario |
| Muskoka’s Blue Dot Movement: Education and Action, February, 2016 | Pattinson, S., Cairns. S. | Public Lecture | Presentation: Rotary Club of Gravenhurst |
| Taking to the Water:
Wilderness canoe trips for personal and group exploration. October, 2014 |
Cairns, S. | Guest Lecture | UNIV 2005 – Introduction to Cross-disciplinary Analysis: WATER |
| Maternal and child health program overview, March, 2008 | Cairns, S. | Presenter | Health Canada Regional Meeting |
TV, Radio, And Documentary Interviews
| Date | Title and information |
| November, 2018 | Change Day Ontario Celebration, interview panel |
Works In Progress
| Project Title and Dates | Project Members | Roles | Peer-reviewed Scholarly Products and Dissemination |
| Textbook – Chapter Twelve: Imagination and Creativity in Planetary Health Initiatives in Place-based Planetary Health Nursing | Strus, J. A, Cairns, S. | Author | In-progress |
| Article – Gaining traction in the snow: Building and sustaining a collaborative network for interprofessional education in Northern Ontario, Canada | Cairns, S., Donato, E., Dunham, S., Killam, L., McCullough, K., & Thompson, D. | Author | Submitted – Journal of Interprofessional Care, September 15, 2025 – Under review |
| Article – Nursing Within a Growing Awareness of Threats to Planetary Health: A Narrative Review | Cairns, S., Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, C., Martin, W., Mallette, C. | Author | In-progress, – International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Submission Date, September 30, 2025 |
| Article – If not us then Who? An exploration of Planetary Health through Critical Care Nursing | Cairns, S. | Author | Submitted – Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse. June 30, 2025 – Accepted with revisions |