Thomas Foth

Thomas Foth is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. He holds a Ph.D. in Nursing (2011) and M.Sc. in Nursing (2007) from the University of Bremen, Germany, and a State Examination in Nursing (2007). His work integrates

• Critical nursing theory
• Queer and crip theory
• Postcolonial/decolonial frameworks
• Neoliberal healthcare critiques

into nursing practice and education.

His research examines the biopolitical management of public health, focusing on how technologies like LEAN, EBN, and BP reshape nursing knowledge. He co-edits works on

• critical nursing theory
• RadSex: Assembling Desiring-Machines

and leads the CRSH-funded project Situated Prevention: A transcultural study on the 'new dementia' (2018-2023). He co-authored IRSC grants on culturally safe pandemic responses and mental health support for frontline workers.

Foth's recent publications address

• queer/crip possibilities in dementia care
• abolitionist nursing ethics
• NGOization of opioid crisis responses

and critiques the humanitarian paradigm in neoliberal societies. His work aligns with abolitionist democracy and mutual aid, challenging systems that produce marginalization.