Louise Racine

Dr. Louise Racine is a Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Nursing. She holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia and prior degrees from Université Laval. Her research focuses on immigrant/refugee health, culturally safe care for racialized populations, nursing philosophy, and postcolonial theory applications. Dr. Racine teaches courses on global health, qualitative research methods, and community nursing.

• Education: BScN (Laval), MScN (Laval), PhD (UBC)
• Key Roles: Transcultural Nursing Scholar, Board Member of RRISIQ

Her research interests emphasize dismantling systemic inequities in healthcare through postcolonial feminist frameworks. Notable projects include breast cancer screening barriers among Muslim refugees and food security among Syrian resettled populations. Methodologies include critical discourse analysis, ethnography, and case studies.

Dr. Racine has secured major grants like the Top SHRF Collaborative Innovation Development Grant (2018) and received the Effie Feeny Award (2015). She advocates for decolonizing nursing education and advancing cultural safety in practice.

• Grants: Over 15 funded research projects across 20+ years
• Publications: 70+ peer-reviewed articles and book chapters

Her work bridges theory/practice gaps by addressing healthcare inequities faced by marginalized groups. Current initiatives include redesigning nursing curricula to incorporate anti-racist pedagogy and expanding transcultural nursing scholarship networks.