Doctoral Students

Dr. Bourgeault is affiliated with the interdisciplinary Population Health doctoral program at the University of Ottawa. This is largely where she is able to directly supervise doctoral students.

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or visit:  http://www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=1727&monControl=Programmes&ProgId=638.

More recently, Dr. Bourgeault has status to supervise in the interdisciplinary Women's Studies doctoral program http://www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=1727&monControl=Programmes&ProgId=976 and the Epidemiology doctoral program http://www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=1727&monControl=Programmes&ProgId=1325 both at the University of Ottawa.

The following are recent doctoral students who have worked with Dr. Bourgeault.

Karen Lawford

Programme: Women’s & Gender Studies, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: The Impacts of Health Canada's Evacucation Policy as Described by First Nations women. 2012-
  • Project Description:My doctoral researchaims to document the narratives of First Nations women who leave their communities to give birth in urban hospital settings. Documenting these narratives is important because the break in life continuity is based on colonial Euro-Canadian bio-medical practices which contributes to the ongoing marginalization of First Nations populations, but especially women./li>
  • Research Projects: 2009-2011 Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research award recipient · Expert advisor for the Obstetrics and the Women’s Health and Gynecology chapters for the national Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nurses in Primary Care (Health Canada) · Founding member of the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives · Expert contributor to the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada – Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Culturally Safe Curriculum
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Myuri Manogaran

Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: Interprofessional Initiatives in Canada
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Maria Benkhalti Jandu

maria_benkhalti_janduProgramme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: Health Equity Impact Assessment from a Global Perspective. Co-supervised with Peter Tugwell, 2011-
  • Project Description: Assessing how different health equity impact assessment frameworks have been utilized with immigrant populations and understanding whether the processes were capable of responding to their unique needs.
  • Research Projects: Health Equity Impact Assessment Evidence Summaries for the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
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Birama Apho LY

Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of OttawaPicture3

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  • Project Title: The Migration of Health Professionals from Mali. Co-supervised with Ron Labonté, 2011-
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  • Research Projects: Source country (French literature)
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Maisam Najafizada

maisam_najafizadaProgramme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: The Organization of Maternity Care in Afghanistan.  2011-
  • Project Description: It is an evaluation of the Basic Package of Health Services in Afghanistan, in which CHWs are used to provide primary health care services including maternal services.
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  • Where you are now: PhD student at the University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health

Brenda Dogbey

Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: The Migration of Health Professionals from Kenya. 2009-
  • Project Description: The purpose of this study is to better understand the push, pull, stick and stay factors that influence internal and international migration of health professionals in Kenya and to address the current situation.
  • Research Grant: Received one of the 2012 Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Brenda is one of 20 graduate students (10 Africa-based and 10 Canada-based) chosen by CIGI for their leading research on critical issues facing Africa. She will receive funding for her project, entitled Source Country Perspectives on the Migration of Health Professionals in Kenya. Learn more about the Africa Initiative
  • Research Projects: Source Country Perspectives on the Migration of Highly Skilled Health Professionals (CIHR funded). Research project examining the migration of health professionals from India, the Philippines, South Africa and Jamaica with a focus on the causes, consequences and impacts at the source country level. I am a co-investigator and research coordinator for the literature scoping review.
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  • Where you are now?: 3rd year PhD student Population Health PhD Program, University of Ottawa

Esther Shoemaker

Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: SES and C-Sections in Ontario, Canada: Attitudes and Experiences of Urban Women and Obstetricians. 2009-
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  • Research Projects: An interdisciplinary, multifaceted intervention to reduce caesarean section rates in a low risk population. We are evaluating a complex intervention that is being implemented by Markham Stouffville Hospital to reduce their caesarean section and induction rates and increase rates of VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean).
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  • Where you are now?: In September, I will start my 3rd year towards a Ph.D in Population Health. I hold a CGS doctoral award (2009-2012)

Jelena Atanackovic

Programme: Dept of Sociology, McMaster University

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  • Project Title: Experiences of Women in the Live In Caregiver Programme. 2007-
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  • Where you are now?: Dept of Sociology, McMaster University

Elena Neiterman

Programme: Dept of Sociology, McMaster University

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  • Project Title: Conceptualising the Pregnant Body: Images, Experiences and Social Control. 2006-2010
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  • Publications & Presentations: Awarded SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, 2007
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Yvonne Le Blanc

Programme: Dept of Sociology, McMaster University

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  • Project Title: The Sociology of Reiki. 2005-2010
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Patricia Khokher

Programme: Dept of Sociology, McMaster University

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  • Project Title: The Meaning And Management of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Elderly Canadians. 2003-2008
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Kristine Hirschkorn

Programme: Dept of Sociology, McMaster University

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  • Project Title: The Regulation and Professionalization of Herbal Medicine (2005), funded through a CIHR Doctoral Fellowship (2002-2005)
  • Project Description: This dissertation explores the efforts of herbalists to professionalize and attain statutory self-regulation in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.  In addition to an analysis of key policy and practice documents, a series of in-depth interviews with herbalists, including key stakeholders across Canada and practitioners in these provinces, was conducted.  Additionally, the implications of federal Natural Health Product (NHP) regulations for herbalists' practices and professional aspirations was explored.  This study draws on the professions, as well as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), literatures. 
  • Publications:

    Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn, Kristine Hirschkorn & Ivan Sainsaulieu (2011): “Relations between Professions and Organizations: More Fully Considering the Role of the Client,” Professions and Professionalism, Vol.1, No 1, pp. 67-86.

    Bourgeault, Ivy, Ivan Sainsaulieu, Patricia Khokher & Kristine Hirschkorn (2010): “Comparing Work Orientation in French & Canadian Hospitals: The Structural Influence of Patients in Open and Closed Units,” Comparative Sociology, Vol. 9, pp. 357-375.

    Hirschkorn, Kristine, Robert Andersen & Ivy Bourgeault (2009): “Canadian Family Physicians and Complementary/Alternative Medicine: The Effects of Work Setting, Education and Provincial Policy,” Canadian Review of Sociology, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 143-159.

    Bourgeault, Ivy L., Cecilia Benoit & Kristine Hirschkorn (2009): “Introduction to Special Issue [Comparative Perspectives on Professional Groups: Current Issues and Critical Debates]” in Current Sociology, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 475-485.

    Hirschkorn, Kristine & Ivy Bourgeault (2008): “Structural Constraints and Opportunities for CAM Use and Referral by Physicians, Nurses and Midwives” in Health, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 193-213.

    Hirschkorn, Kristine and Ivy Bourgeault (2007): “Actions Speak Louder than Words: Mainstream Health Providers' Definitions and Behaviour Regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine” in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 29-37.

    Bourgeault, Ivy L. & Kristine Hirschkorn (2007): “CAM Integration in Inter-Professional Context: Nursing, Midwifery and Medicine in Canada” in J. Adams (Ed.), International Perspectives on CAM in Nursing, Routledge (invited).

    Hirschkorn, Kristine & Ivy Bourgeault (2005): “Conceptualizing Mainstream Health Care Providers’ Behaviour in Relation to Complementary and Alternative Medicine” in Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 157-170.

  • Presentations:

    Bourgeault, Ivy, Kristine Hirschkorn, Robert Andersen (August 2008): “Canadian Family Physicians and Complementary/Alternative Medicine: The Effects of Work Setting, Education and Provincial Policy”, American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference: Boston.

    Hirschkorn, Kristine & Ivy Bourgeault (December 2005): “Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the Canadian Healthcare System: Different provider definitions and the impact on recommendations”, paper presented at the Zentrum für Sozialpolitik and Institut für Public Health und Pflegeforschung, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

    Bourgeault, Ivy, Kristine Hirschkorn & Ivan Sainsaulieu (August 2005): “The Orientation of Professionals in Health Care Organizations in France, Canada, and the U.S.: Clients, Communities and Bureaucracies”, paper presented at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference: Philadelphia.

    Bourgeault, Ivy, Ivan Sainsaulieu & Kristine Hirschkorn (August 2005): “The Relations Between Professions, Organizations and their Clientele: A Comparative Conceptual Framework”, paper presented at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference: Philadelphia.

    Hirschkorn, Kristine & Ivy Bourgeault (February 2005): “Mainstream Health Providers' Definitional Boundaries Regarding CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) and NHPs (natural health products)”, poster presentation at the Natural Health Products Research (NHPR) Conference: Vancouver.

     Bourgeault, Ivy & Kristine Hirschkorn (December 2004): “What Really Accounts for Mainstream Providers’ View of CAM: A Comparative Examination of Medical, Nursing and Midwifery Educators & Practitioners in B.C. & Ontario”, paper presented at the 1st Annual IN-CAM Symposium, Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research: Toronto.

    Hirschkorn, Kristine & Ivy Bourgeault (August 2004): “Making a Molehill out of a Mountain: Developing a Comparative Conceptual Framework of Mainstream Health Care Providers’ Attitudes and Behaviour Regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine”, paper presented at the Medical Sociology Roundtable, American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference: San Francisco.


  • Where you are now?: Health Canada