Dixie has been teaching at MRU since 2009. She has taught in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, both the BN program and BCN program. She has also taught in the Faculty of General Studies, and interdisciplinary studies program. Dixie enjoys creating a learning environment based on collaboration and she looks at teaching as an opportunity to facilitate conversations to support knowledge generation, critical thought, critical reflection, and growth. Dixie is a past recipient of an Alberta Nurse Educator Award for leadership in nursing education. She foundationally believes that it is a gift to be an educator because one cannot teach without being a learner. Sokapi (Blackfoot for it is good)!

Publications

Cole, D., & Bear Chief, R. (2021). Challenging the predominant discourse: the coexistence of vulnerability and resilience of Indigenous Peoples in Treaty 7. Notes on Nursing Scholarship Newsletter (CASN), 5th ed, 7-8.

Slaughter, S., Cole, D., Jennings, E., & Reimer, M.A. (2007). Consent and assent to participate in research from people with dementia. Nursing Ethics, 14(1), 27-40.


Presentations

Bear Chief, R., Borg, I., Cole, D., & Johnson, H. (2024, September). O'ki Kan (Camp). Journey to Indigenization. Mount Royal University.

Bear Chief, R., Cole, D., Stewart, R., & Woo, K. (2023, September). A Tso Tsi I Ka Kiman_A Tsot Spoom Tani (Combined effort_Combined help). Journey to Indigenization. Mount Royal University.

Simon, F., Cole, D., Simon, D., Kootenay-Jobin, S., & Offet-Gartner, K. Mamawihsicikewin – working together. CACUSS, June 2016, Winnipeg, MB.

Gordon, S., Cole, D., Hwang, J., & Lento, M. How do you engage student nurses in understanding the meaning of ageing and population health concerns as experienced by the older adult? The Patient Voice Conference, August, 2014, Calgary, AB