Professor, University of Victoria

Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan

Joan Bottorff is one of Canada’s leading scientists in the field of health behavior. She is currently Professor and Director of the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus, and has been the recipient of a UBC Distinguished University Scholar Award and a CIHR Investigator Award. She has developed active research programs in tobacco control, cancer screening and health promotion. In the field of gender and health, Dr. Bottorff is also collaborating on projects to examine gender-related influences on women and men's ...

Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, McMaster University

Alba DiCenso is a Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (formerly Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics) at McMaster University where she taught and conducted research for 35 years. Her BScN and MSc degrees are from McMaster and her PhD is in Health Studies from the University of Waterloo. She is internationally known for her pioneering work in evidence-based nursing and in advanced practice nursing including the roles and effectiveness of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in Canada. She influenced ...

Professor, Scientific Director, McMaster University

Dr. Maureen Dobbins is a world-renowned leader in evidence-informed public health. A professor of Nursing at McMaster University, she is building capacity among a generation of public health decision makers across Canada to find and use best available evidence for policy and practice. She created the world's most comprehensive database of systematic reviews in public health, a national knowledge broker mentoring program, a suite of online learning resources, and co-created a citizen-targeted evidence portal on optimal aging. She responded to decision maker requests for rapid reviews during ...

Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa

Nancy Edwards, a professor of Nursing, and Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa, is a world-class scholar in the design and conduct of multi-level and multi-strategy community health programs. She is a one of five nurses nationally to hold a 10 year CIHR-CHSRF research Chair and is a member and Vice Chair of the Governing Council of CIHR. Among her awards are the University of Ottawa 2006 Award of Excellence in Research, the Tianjin Haihe Award from the Tianjin Municipal Government in China for outstanding contributions to their university. In 2006 the City of ...

Full Professor & OHTN Chair, University of Ottawa

Dr Etowa’s career is rooted in a strong conviction that social justice and equitable healthcare are the cornerstones of a healthy society. Her distinctive competencies in community-based participatory research and intersectionality lens have informed her research program, grounded in over 25 years of clinical practice. Her antiracist healthcare practice book is described as ‘the first of its kind in the Canadian literature’ (2009). She co-edited the indigenized edition of Community Health Nursing… (2020). To advance health sciences, she spearheaded institutional policy and program changes at ...

Her leadership has been recognized with a Distinguished University Professor Award. She has published on many topics including transitional discharge, therapeutic relationships, technology in mental health care and housing/homelessness. Her research explores systems issues related to mental health care including: implementation of the transitional discharge model, housing/homeless ness, poverty, community integration and the use of technology in mental health care. Projects start with the voice of consumers/providers to envision a better way of providing services, then implement new ...

Distinguished Uni Prof. & Women’s Health Research Chair, Western University

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe is a Professor and Women's Health Research Chair in Rural Health, in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University. Canadian leader in the areas of women's health, violence, health equity and place, her research has contributed foundational knowledge about the health consequences of violence and effective health interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence, including rural-dwelling women and people those who face significant barriers to care. This work is strengthening health care and social service responses to violence, trauma and ...

Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

Dr. Sepali Guruge is an international expert on the complex intersections between health, immigration, partner violence, and aging. Her work with immigrant women and older immigrant adults, and commitment to health equity and improving the resiliency of marginalized populations, has garnered local, national, and international attention. The evidence-based interventions she has developed in collaboration with health, social, and settlement sectors, government stakeholders, and affected individuals have improved the health of immigrants, their families, and broader communities. Government ...

Prof. & Gladys Sharpe Chair in Nursing, McMaster University

Dr Sharon Kaasalainen is a world-renowned leader in palliative long-term care. As a Professor and Gladys Sharpe Chair in Nursing, she has had a significant impact on quality care in long-term care. She is building capacity among a generation of health professionals and researchers to revolutionalize a person-centered approach to care for some of Canada’s most vulnerable citizens. Most notably, she created the Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long Term Care program with national colleagues, which has garnered attention from governments across the country to inform long-term care ...