Indigenous Research Chairs in Nursing Initiative

The Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing initiative supports the development of best practices in nursing in order to improve the health of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples.

Overview

The Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing initiative supports nurses of both Indigenous and non-indigenous ancestry to conduct research in Indigenous Health Nursing, furthering the development of knowledge and best and wise practices in the area of nursing practice, education, research and administration. The Chairs undertake research to understand social, economic and cultural determinants of health and Indigenous holistic health practices to improve the health of Indigenous Peoples. The initiative includes a training and capacity development component and provides a learning environment for trainees aligned with the individual Chairs.

• Funding

  This program provides $985,000 over five years in funding for each of the six nursing chairs across Canada. The annual amount includes $100,000 to offset the chair’s salary, as well as $85,000 to support research, education, mentoring and knowledge translation, and $12,000 to fund a trainee working with the chair.

• Chairs

  • Amélie Blanchet Garneau: Promoting Indigenous health equity and culturally safe health care through decolonizing nursing education and practice – Quebec
  • Lisa Bourque Bearskin: Advancing Indigenous Wellness by Reconciling Parallel Pathways in Indigenous Health Nursing: Innovating Wise Practices for Education, Standards, Partnerships, and Research – British Columbia
  • Holly A Graham: wahkohtowin (We are All Related) – Saskatchewan
  • Jason Hickey: Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing, New Brunswick – New Brunswick
  • Margot A Latimer: Advancing Indigenous Health Nursing Research, Education and Practice by Mobilizing Indigenous Knowledge and Strengthening Partnerships – Nova Scotia
  • Wanda Phillips-Beck: Mentoring Nurse leaders and researchers in Indigenous health grounded in culturally and equity-informed approaches to research and education – Manitoba

• News

  • Une chaire pour décoloniser la pratique infirmière | Radio-Canada (in French only)
  • Indigenous nursing research chair a step toward authentic reconciliation – TRU Newsroom
  • Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing - College of Nursing | University of Saskatchewan
  • University of New Brunswick - New UNB Nursing Chair to support Indigenous health and nurses
  • Dr. Margot Latimer: Using a two eyed seeing approach to address Aboriginal children's pain - School of Nursing - Dalhousie University
  • Q & A with Wanda Phillips-Beck, Manitoba's first Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing - Research Manitoba