Dr. Lenora Marcellus

Professor

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Biography

Lenora joined the University of Victoria in 2009 and has a 25-year career in professional nursing practice and administrative policy positions. Her research scholarship focuses on supporting pregnant and newly parenting individuals and families experiencing multiple adversities during the transition to parenting. Specific issues of focus include substance use during pregnancy and developing integrated community-based services for families, as well as supporting infants experiencing Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal and foster care providers for this population. Lenora’s undergraduate teaching emphasizes community health, leadership, and research, while her graduate-level teaching focuses on advanced practice leadership and research methods. She currently serves as the Director of the School of Nursing. Her research projects are well-funded, including ongoing research on developing scaling sex and gender-focused information for nursing students and educators in British Columbia, advancing anti-racism in nursing education, and exploring infant sleep ecology in two-spirit and LGBTQ+ families.

Research Interests

Courses

NURS 430: Nursing Leadership NURS 519: Leadership Health Systems NURS 621: Doctoral Seminar NURS 690: Directed Studies, Grounded Theory Methodology

Requirements for University of Victoria

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:90
GRE General
Verbal
Required:130
Quantitative
Required:130
Analytical Writing
Required:0
Overall
Required:0
Prerequisites
BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent Background in Mathematics with emphasis on Computer Science
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Intent
  • Professional CV
  • Two assessment reports
  • Unofficial transcripts
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Computer Science. GRE is highly recommended for international students.