Dr. Gweneth Doane

With an interdisciplinary background as a nurse and psychologist, Dr. Doane’s overarching focus in her academic work has been accentuating and fostering the integral link between professional practice, learning/teaching, and research.  

Dr. Doane initially joined the School of Nursing in a faculty and curriculum development leadership role, for a ten-partner inter-institutional project focused on reforming undergraduate nursing education. Her interest grew to include innovations in graduate education and online learning. Committed to supporting this development at the departmental, institutional, and inter-institutional levels, Dr. Doane served in several leadership roles within the School of Nursing: as the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Acting Director of the Learning and Teaching Centre, Chair of the Senate Committee on Learning and Teaching, and Coordinator of the Family Health Centre. She also represented the University on various provincial and national research and educational committees.  

The contributions she made through these endeavours have been recognized with several awards, including the 3M Fellowship Award, Canada’s highest award for excellence in university education; the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing; the University of Victoria Alumni Association Legacy Award; and the Faculty of Human and Social Development.  

Dr. Doane’s research activities have focused on effecting change at the practice level by intentionally intersecting professional practice, education, and research. Working with colleagues in various domains of clinical practice, her focus for each project has been to translate knowledge into action and action into knowledge. The “Relational Inquiry” approach she developed early on in her career has underpinned this work and been the primary focus of her writing. The co-authored books outlining this approach, including the most recent edition, How to Nurse: Relational Inquiry in Action (2021) are used in nursing curricula throughout North America.