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Announcements
May 29th, 2009 UOttawa (location TBA) “Source Country Impacts on the Migration of Health Workers”
Coming Soon! Interim Report: “On the Move: A Comparative Analysis of Policy regarding Health Care Professional Migration in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., and Australia
On the Move: The Migration of Health Care Providers into and out of Canada, the U.S., the U.K., and Australia
Recently published:
Push! The Struggle for Midwifery in Ontario
Reconceiving Midwifery
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Biography
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, PhD, is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She is also the Associate Director of the Community Health Research Unit, one of eight system linked research units funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care. She was recently awarded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Chair in Health Human Resource Policy which is jointly funded by the federal ministry of Health Canada. Dr. Bourgeault has garnered an international reputation for her research on health professions, health policy and women’s health. She has published widely in national and international journals and edited volumes on midwifery and maternity care, primary care delivery, advanced practice nursing, qualitative health research methods, and the health and health care issues of women living in rural and remote communities in Canada. She has been a consultant to various provincial Ministries of Health in Canada, to Health Canada and to the World Health Organization. Her recent research focuses on the migration of health professionals with a particular focus on Canada, the U.S., the U.K., and Australia for which she was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Comparative Health Labour Policy which she held in her previous position at McMaster University.
Education
B.Sc. (1989) in Psychology (First
Class Honours), University of Alberta.
Thesis: Abnormal Autonomic Responses in
Hypothetically Psychosis-Prone Individuals.
M.Sc. (1992) Community Health, Behavioural
Science Program, University of Toronto.
Thesis: Physicians' Attitudes Towards
Patients' Use of Alternative Cancer Treatments.
Ph.D. (1996) Community Health, Behavioural
Science Program, University of Toronto.
Thesis: Delivering Midwifery: An Examination
of the Process and Outcome of the Incorporation of Midwifery in
Ontario.
Postdoctorate. (1996-1998) Centre for
Health Studies and National Network on Environments and Women's
Health, York University.
Topic: The Integration of Midwifery in
Canada.
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