Wendy Gifford

• Chaire de recherche Loyer-DaSilva en soins infirmiers de santé publique
• Directrice associée, Centre de recherche en sante et sciences infirmieres (CRSSI)

Wendy Gifford, PhD, RN, (https://wendygifford.ca/) est professeure titulaire à l'École des sciences infirmières de la Faculté des sciences de la santé de l'Université d'Ottawa, titulaire de la chaire de recherche Loyer-DaSilva en soins infirmiers communautaires et en santé publique, et codirectrice du Centre de recherche sur la santé et les soins infirmiers (CRHN : https://www.crssi-crhn.ca/fr/accueil/).

Son programme de recherche porte sur la promotion de l'équité en matière de santé auprès des groupes défavorisés et marginalisés, et plus particulièrement sur la collaboration avec les Premières nations, les Inuits et les Métis pour des soins de santé culturellement sûrs. Elle reconnaît que les soins de santé sont fondés sur le racisme systémique des colons qui continue aujourd'hui à priver les peuples autochtones de leurs droits et à les marginaliser, ce qui lui permet de situer de plus en plus ses recherches dans le cadre de méthodologies et d'approches critiques de décolonisation.

Elle a reçu un financement généreux des Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC). Ses projets actuels, financés par les IRSC, sont menés en partenariat avec des communautés autochtones de l'Ontario et du Nunavut et des organisations fournissant des soins de santé aux sans-abri et aux communautés de la rue à Ottawa.

Avant d'entrer dans le monde universitaire, elle a travaillé dans des communautés rurales et éloignées des Premières nations dans le territoire du Yukon. Avant le milieu universitaire, elle a travaillé aux soins intensifs et aux urgences en Colombie-Britannique et comme infirmière en dispensaire dans les collectivités des Premières nations du Yukon.

Site web

• Équité en matière de santé
• Santé autochtone
• Application intégrée des connaissances
• Théories post-coloniales et décolonisatrices
• Recherche participative
• Soins de santé communautaires
• Survie au cancerShape

• Enuaraq S, Gifford† W, Ashton S, Al Awar Z, Larocque* C, Rolf D. (2021). Understanding Culturally Safe Cancer Survivorship Care with Inuit in an Urban Community. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 80(1). DOI 10.1080/22423982.2021.1949843 († corresponding author)
• Larocque* C, Foth T, Gifford W. (2021). No more settler tears, no more humanitarian consternation: Recognizing our racist history and present NOW! Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 3(1), 7–10. DOI 10.25071/2291-5796.107
• Gifford W, Rowan M, Dick P, Modanloo* S, Benoit M, Al Awar Z, Wazni* L, Grandpierre* V, Thomas R, Sikora L, Graham ID. (2021). Interventions to improve cancer survivorship among Indigenous Peoples and communities: A systematic review with a narrative synthesis. Supportive Care in Cancer. DOI 10.1007/s00520-021-06216-7.
• McMenemy* C, Rolfe D, Van Herk K, Beaufort C, Jamieson B, Quesnel S, Larocque* C, Gifford W. (2021). The Mental Health Needs of Street Nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: An Innovative Response. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership.
• Novy* C, Thomas R, Garcia L, Gifford W, Grassau P. (2021). Using the performance arts to address a ‘methods gap’ in dementia research. Arts & Health. DOI 10.1080/17533015.2021.1942093.
• Hu J, Gifford W, Hong R, Harrison D, Li Q, Ehrhart M, Harrison MA, Barrowman N, Aarons G. (2021). Validating the Implementation Leadership Scale in Chinese nursing context: A cross-sectional study. Nursing Open. 1-10. DOI 10.1002/nop2.888.
• Wazni* L, Gifford W, Cantin* C, Davies B. (2021). Community of Practice for Graduate Students in Health Sciences. Higher Education Evaluation and Development. DOI 10.1108/HEED-10-2020-0037.
• Almost J, Gifford W, Ogilvie L, Miller C. (2020). The Role of Nursing Leadership in Ensuring a Healthy Workforce in Corrections. Nursing Leadership: Special Focus on Nursing Leadership in Corrections, 33(1): 59-70. DOI 10.12927/cjnl.2020.26191.
• Gifford W, Thomas R, Barton G, Graham ID (2019). Providing culturally safe cancer survivorship care with Indigenous communities: study protocol for an integrated knowledge translation. BMC Pilot & feasibility Studies. 5:33. DOI 10.1186/s40814-019-0422.
• Williams JE, Gifford W, Vanderspank-Wright B, Phillips JC (2019) Violence and Health Promotion Among First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Women: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research. Trauma Violence Abuse. doi:10.1177/1524838019875696
• Hu J, Gifford W, Ruan H, Harrison D, Li Q, Ehrhart MG, Aarons GA (2019) Translation and linguistic validation of the implementation leadership scale in Chinese nursing context. J Nurs Manag 27 (5):1030-1038. doi:10.1111/jonm.12768
• Gifford W, Lewis KB, Eldh AC, Fiset V, Abdul-Fatah T, Aberg AC, Thavorn K, Graham ID, Wallin L (2019) Feasibility and usefulness of a leadership intervention to implement evidence-based falls prevention practices in residential care in Canada. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 5 (1):103. doi:10.1186/s40814-019-0485-7
• Gifford W, Thomas R, Barton G, Graham ID (2019). Providing culturally safe cancer survivorship care with Indigenous communities: study protocol for an integrated knowledge translation. BMC Pilot & feasibility Studies. 5:33.  doi: 10.1186/s40814-019-0422
• Thomas R, Novy C, Gifford W, Grandpierre V, Poudrier J, Thomas O (2019). Exploring the Intersections of Storytelling and Visual Arts:  Indigenous Peoples’ Experiences of Cancer.  Storytelling, Self and Society; An Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies, 15(1)
• Almost J, Gifford W, Doran D, Ogilvie L, Miller C, Rose DN, Squires M, Carryer J, McShane J, Miller K (2019) The Acceptability and Feasibility of Implementing an Online Educational Intervention With Nurses in a Provincial Prison Context. J Forensic Nurs 15 (3):172-182. doi:10.1097/JFN.0000000000000242
• Gifford W, Thomas O, Thomas R, Grandpierre V, Ukagwu C (2019) Spirituality in cancer survivorship with First Nations people in Canada. Support Care Cancer 27 (8):2969-2976. doi:10.1007/s00520-018-4609-z
• Gifford W, Squires JE, Angus DE, Ashley LA, Brosseau L, Craik JM, Domecq MC, Egan M, Holyoke P, Juergensen L, Wallin L, Wazni L, Graham ID (2018). Managerial leadership for research use in nursing and allied health care professions: a systematic review. Implementation Science,13:127.  doi.org/10.1186/s13012-018-0817-7
• Gifford W, Zhang Q, Chen S, Davies B, Xie R, Wen SW, Harvey G. (2018). When east meets west: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to evidence-based practice in Hunan China. BMC Nursing 17:26. DOI: 10.1186/s12912-018-0295
• Gifford W, Thomas R, Barton G, Grandpierre V, Graham ID (2018). “Breaking the silence” to improve cancer survivorship care for First Nations Peoples: a study protocol for an Indigenous knowledge translation strategy. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17: 1-6. DOI: 10.1177/1609406918774133
• Gifford W, Graham ID, Ehrhart MG, Davies BL, Aarons GA. (2017). Ottawa Model of Implementation Leadership (O-MILe) and Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS): Mapping concepts for developing and evaluating theory-based leadership interventions.  Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 9;15-23.
• Thomas R, Gifford W, Hammond C (2017) Writing toward well-being: A qualitative study with breast cancer survivors. Canadian Oncology of Nursing Journal, 27(2), 178-185. DOI:10.5737//23688076272178185.
• Thomas R, Gifford W, Poudrier J, Scott T, Brooks C, Hamilton R, Morrison T, Warner D, & Hammond C (2015). First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women’s experiences of cancer survivorship: Protocol for the National Picture Project. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14(1), 97-120 DOI: 10.1177/160940691501400109
• Gifford W, Davies B, Egan M, Rowan M, Lefebre N, Brehaut J. Understanding audit and feedback to support falls prevention and pain management in home health care settings. Home Health Care Management & Practice (On-line first August 19 2015)
• Andersson AE, Gifford W, Nilsson K, Improving Care in Surgery – A Qualitative study of Managers' Experiences of Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in the Operating Room. Journal of Hospital Administration, 4(4), 73-83, 2015.
• Thomas R, Gifford W, Poudrier J, Scott T, Brooks C, Hamilton R, Morrison T, Warner D, & Hammond C. First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women's experiences of cancer survivorship: Protocol for the National Picture Project. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14(1), 98-120, 2015.
• Gifford W, Holyoke P, Squires J, Angus D, Brosseau L, Egan M, Graham ID, Miller C, Wallin L. Managerial leadership for research use in nursing and allied health care professions: A narrative synthesis protocol. Systematic Reviews, 3(57), 1-7, 2014.
• Gifford, W., Lefebre, N., Davies, B., "An organizational intervention to influence evidence-informed decision making in home health nursing", Journal of Nursing Administration, 44(7/8), 395-402, 2014.
• Gifford W, Graham ID, Davies BL. Multi-level barriers analysis to promote guideline based nursing care: a leadership strategy from home health care. Journal of Nursing Management, 21(5), 762-770, 2013.
• Gifford W, Davies B, Ploeg J, Eldred S, Bajnok I. Moving Knowledge to Action: A Qualitative Study of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario Advanced Clinical Practice Fellowship Program. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 26(1), 32-57, 2013.
• Gifford W, Davies B, Graham ID, Tourangeau A, Woodend K, Lefebre N. Developing Leadership Capacity for Guideline Use: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Control Trial. Worldviews on evidence-based nursing, 10(1), 51-65, 2012