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In September 2002, June began PhD study at the University of British Columbia in Technology Education, Curriculum Studies. Her focus is educational technology, informatics, aesthetics, cyberculture and creating dynamic enticing web environments. Currently, she is preparing to undergo her PhD dissertation work on "The In/Visibility of Nurses in Cyberspace."

In January 2003, June was elected Director of Communications for the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association (CNIA). She is enjoying working with this dedicated group of informatics leaders, determined to make the organization the national voice for nursing informatics. Part of her role was to design the current CNIA website at http://cnia.ca. In 2008, June became the President of this organization. In the fall of 2003, she was accepted as the Editor in Charge of Virtual Nursing Practice and Culture for the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI) June is also a Director at Large for Wired Woman Society. As well, she is the Web Design and Distance Learning Editor for Bella Online. She designs sites that are unique and stand out from the common carbon copy websites adopted by so many. The priniciples of usability, aesthetics, navigation, visual fields, interactivity, metaphor and quality content are applied to every website, every template, graphic, logo, banner - every design done by Visions of Adonai.

June is an artist devoted to inspirational and metaphoric works of art. Her interest in the arts began as a child, expressed through active participation in music performance and study (voice, piano). From an early age she realized how powerful and clearing music could be for the body, the mind, and the spirit. Not to mention the emotional catharsis afforded!

As a University student, June continued her exploration of the arts through courses in ballet, film direction and music development, fine art production and computer science (while majoring in Nursing). Her interest continued into graduate study, where her thesis topic showed a blend of art and science in the theme, "The Effects of Soothing Music on Neonatal Behavioural States in the Hospital Newborn Nursery" (published in Neonatal Network, Feb 1996). She is currently finishing on her PhD in Curriculum Studies-Technology Studies at the University of British Columbia

Creativity is a key to holistic health in June's view. In her role as a University College Nursing faculty, June is devoted to inspiring creativity in students and other faculty through the use of writing, art, music, aesthetics, and webpage design for healing, learning and integration. June's art work has evolved as a personal choice for self-therapy and expression. Her galleries continue to grow as she indulges the Muse through digital art pieces derived from a combination of scanned drawings, photography, and computer-generated images. She intends to continue to create work that reflects the multidimensionality of life, combining themes of symbology, mysticism, nature, sacred places and the human journey. Her goal is to manifest art that speaks to the viewer's soul and inspires deep reverie and creative ventures in them as well.