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School of Nursing

Dr. Marilou Gagnon

Dr. Marilou Gagnon wearing a black shirt

Professor

School of Nursing

Accepting graduate students

Contact:
250-472-5428
Credentials:
RN, DEC, BScN, LLM, PhD
Area(s) of expertise:
Advocacy, Health Law, Critical theory, Qualitative methodologies, Whistleblowing (primary focus), Social and Structural Determinants of Health at the intersection of substance use, STBBI, and homelessness (secondary focus)

Biography

Dr. Marilou Gagnon – RN, DEC (Nursing, John Abbott College), BScN (Nursing, Université de Montréal), LLM (Health Law, York University), PhD (Nursing, Université d’Ottawa) – is a Professor at the UVic School of Nursing. Her program of research is located at the intersection of health and the law, informed by critical theory, and characterized by qualitative methodologies (e.g., grounded theory, case study, situational analysis, discourse analysis, concept analysis).

Her primary focus (2017 -) is on the social, political, professional (regulatory), ethical and legal dimensions of whistleblowing. She is currently co-leading a program of research on whistleblowing with Professor Amélie Perron (Nursing, University of Ottawa) with the goal of conducting empirical analyses, contributing to critical scholarship and scholarly debates, amplifying nursing voices and experiences, and advocating in support of nurses and in support of better tools and protections for whistleblowers. Accepting graduate students related to this focus.

Her secondary focus (2006-2026) is on the social and structural determinants of health as that related to substance use, STBBI, and homelessness. In addition to her program of research, she has held leadership positions in professional associations such as the Canadian Association of Nurses in HIV Care and the Harm Reduction Nurses Association. She is currently an Affiliative Scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and continues to be involved in the supervision of graduate students and mentorship of early career researchers.