Schiller, Dr. Catharine
PhD (蹤獲扞⑹), JD (Western University), MSc (University of Toronto), BScN (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Biography
Dr. Schiller is licensed as a practicing Registered Nurse in British Columbia, a non-practicing Lawyer in British Columbia, and a non-practicing Registered Nurse in Ontario.
Dr. Schiller is currently the Chair, School of Nursing at the University of Northern British Columbia. She is also a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, teaching both undergraduate and graduate degree nursing students about healthcare law, bioethics, and nursing leadership. Dr. Schiller completed her PhD (Health Sciences) at the University of Northern British Columbia with a dissertation focus on medication errors committed by undergraduate nursing students.
Dr. Schiller's past experience includes her practice as a Registered Nurse at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and as a Lawyer in the health law department of a large Toronto law firm where she regularly advised hospitals and their nursing staff on various professional responsibility, privacy, contractual and risk management issues. She has also acted as an Investigator for The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and as In-House Legal Counsel for Trillium Health Centre and 3M Canada.
Research and Expertise
- Ethics
- Health
- Rural Health Services
- English
Selected Publications
Leslie, K., Myles, S., Schiller, C. J., Alraja, A., Nelson, S., Adams, T. L. (2023). Protecting the public interest while regulating health professionals providing virtual care: A scoping review. PLOS Digital Health, 2(4), Article e0000163.
Leslie, K., Myles, S., Stahlke, S., Schiller, C. J., Shelley, J. J., Cook, K., Stephens, J., Nelson, S. (2023). Regulating during crisis: A qualitative comparative case study of nursing regulatory responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 14(1), 30-41.
Leslie, K., Myles, S., Adams, T. L., Schiller, C., Shelley, J., Nelson, S. (2023, March 6). Protecting the public interest while regulating health professionals providing virtual care: A scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 12. Article 31.
Koopmans, E., Schiller, C. J. (2022). Understanding causation in healthcare: An introduction to critical realism. Qualitative Health Research, 32(8-9), 1207-1214.
Leslie, K., Schiller, C., Raby, M. (2022). Legal and ethical dimensions of clinical instruction. In S. Melrose & B. Perry (Eds.), Clinical teaching in Canadian nursing (pp. 134-149). Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing.
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Wright, D. K., Schiller, C., Huggins, M., Puurveen, G., & Chambaere, K. (2021, November 4). Navigating medical assistance in dying from Bill C-14 to Bill C-7: A qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 21. Article 1195.
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Schiller, C., Greig, M., Roussel, J., Tishelman, C. (2020). Constructing good nursing practice for medical assistance in dying in Canada: An interpretive descriptive study. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 7. Advance online publication.
Schiller, C., Pammett, R., Patterson, K. (2020). Medication administration and provision of nutritional support. In J. Webster, C. Sanders, S. Ricci, T. Kyle, & S. Carman (Eds.), Canadian maternity and pediatric nursing (2nd ed., p. 1254-1288). Wolters Kluwer.
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Schiller, C. J., Greig, M., Roussel, J. (2020). The rocks and hard places of MAiD: A qualitative study of nursing practice in the context of legislated assisted death. BMC Nursing, 19. Advance online publication. Retrieved from
Banner, D., Schiller, C. J., Freeman, S. (2019, October). Medical assistance in dying: A political issue for nurses and nursing in Canada. Nursing Philosophy, 20(4). Advance online publication.
Schiller, C. J., Pesut, B., Roussel, J., Greig. M. (2019). But its legal, isnt it? Law and ethics in nursing practice related to medical assistance in dying. Nursing Philosophy. Advance online publication.
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Stager, M. L., Schiller, C. J., Penney, C., Hoffman, C., Greig, M., Roussel, J. (2019, May 6). Medical assistance in dying: A review of Canadian nursing regulatory documents. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice. Advance online publication.
Banner, D., Freeman, S., Kandola, D., Meikle, M., Russell, B., Sommerfeld, A., Flood, D., Schiller, C. J. (2019). Community perspectives on end-of-life preparedness. Death Studies, 43(4), 211-223.
Hanson, S. E., MacLeod, M., Schiller, C. J. (2018, April). Its complicated: Staff nurse perceptions of their influence on nursing students learning. Nurse Education Today, 63, 76-80.
Schiller, C. J. (2018, April/June). Teaching concept analysis to graduate nursing students. Nursing Forum, 53(2), 248-254.
Schiller, C. J. (2017, October). Medical assistance in dying in Canada: Focus on rural communities. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 13(9), 628-634.
Schiller, C. J. (2016, April). Critical realism in nursing: An emerging approach. Nursing Philosophy, 17(2), 88-102.
Schiller, C. J. (2015, January). Self-regulation of the nursing profession: Focus on four Canadian provinces. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 5(1), 95-106.