Announcements
2025
2025
2024
Dr. Bourgeault awarded a Certificate for 10 years of Leadership from the Leads of the Canadian Health Workforce Network.
October 2024
Dr. Bourgeault presents testimony to the Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages (video).
June 2024
Healthy Professional Workers Partnership - Culminating Dialogue on June 12th, 8am to 5pm EDT (video).
May 2024
Renewal of Dr. Bourgeault’s University Research Chair in Gender, Diversity and the Professions.
2023
Dr. Bourgeault was awarded the Healthcare Management Forum Article of the Year by the Canadian College of Health Leaders for the article she published with colleagues entitled: The pathway from mental health, leaves of absence, and return to work of health professionals: Gender and leadership matter.
2022
November 2022
Sustaining Nursing in Canada: A set of coordinated evidence-based solutions targeted to support the nursing workforce now and into the future. Dr. Ben Ahmed, Houssem E., Dr. Bourgeault, Ivy L. November 2022
April 2022
Dr. Bourgeault provides testimony to House of Commons Standing Committee on Health, April 27th, 2022 https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20220427/-1/36893?
March 2022
The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences appointed co-chairs Harrison Applin, PhD, RN, FCAN, Ivy Bourgeault, PhD, FCAHS, Luigi Lepanto, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), and Chris Simpson, BSc, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FHRS, FCCS, FCAHS to the Assessment on Health Human Resources commissioned by Health Canada.https://cahs-acss.ca/hhr-assessment-panel/ March 2022
2021
August 2021
CIHR Project Grant Recipients | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Ottawa (uottawa.ca)
June 2021
Interprofessional Health Workforce Education and Planning: Why we all need to work together
February 2021
La pandémie révèle des lacunes importantes: Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, February 13, 2021
The pandemic exposes critical gaps in our health workforce planning: Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, February 10, 2021
2020 and previous
October 2020
CIHR awards grant funding to six U of O COVID-19 mental health projects October 16, 2020
Assessing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce to Respond to COVID-19 as part of the Government of Canada and provincial partners support research addressing mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Canadians October 9, 2020
September 2020
Health-worker deaths from COVID-19 not just about the numbers: Jade Sim Neeru Gupta and Ivy Bourgeault, Sept. 4, 2020. "The overrepresentation of racialized workers among the list of the deceased is not a coincidence and needs to be addressed, these writers say."
July 2020
Invited Panelist, Strengthening Long Term Care in the WHO European Region. WHO EURO Long Term Care (LTC) Services - HSS Webinar, July 8, 2020
Dr. Bourgeault awarded a SSHRC/CIHR Partnership Grant to study Health Professional Workers, July 1, 2020
June 2020
Canada’s system of long-term care was a powder keg; COVID-19 the spark that set it alight. As the virus overtook nursing and care homes across the country, we began to hear about the outdated facilities and the population unable to advocate for itself. Long-term care work deserves our respect with Ivy Lynn Bourgeault.
March 2020
Invited Speakers, Empowering Women Leaders in Health. Royal Ottawa International Women’s Day Celebration
February 2020
Invited Panelist: Sex, Gender and Diversity in Mental Health. Bridging Science, Policy and Practice with Sex and Gender. Health Canada and CIHR Institute for Gender and Health, Ottawa
December 2019
Invited Speaker, How to go about doing an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion audit of one’s School or Faculty, uOttawa Faculty of Medicine, Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Seminar Series
June 2019
Dr. Bourgeault to co-host with Dr. Peter Nugus, the Canadian-Australian Health Sociology Conference in Vancouver, BC
May 2019
Dr. Bourgeault awarded the University Research Chair in Gender, Diversity and the Professions
October 2018
Dr. Bourgeault to co-chair the Third Canadian Health Workforce Conference in Ottawa
July 2018
Dr. Bourgeault awarded a SSHRC/CIHR Partnership Grant to study Health Professional Workers
June 2018
Dr. Bourgeault is part of a team of researchers studying Workplace Conversation about Mental Health led by Dr. Laurent Lapierre with funds from SSHRC
September 2017
Dr. Bourgeault is part of a large team of researchers examining Seniors Adding Life to Years (SALTY) led by Dr. Janice Keefe at Mount Saint Vincent University
June 2017
Dr. Bourgeault awarded a CIHR SGBA Health Policy-Research Partnerships supporting an SGBA lens to psychologically healthy workplaces
April 2017
Dr. Bourgeault awarded Status of Women Canada funds for the Empowering Women Leaders in Health initiative in partnership with the Canadian College of Health Leaders and the Canadian Health Leadership Network
October 2016
Dr. Bourgeault to co-chair the Second Canadian Health Workforce Conference in Ottawa
May 2016
Dr. Bourgeault to host the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society for the Sociology of Health, Ottawa
Dr. Bourgeault to host the CIHR Insitute of Gender and Health Chairs Event - Telfer School of Management
April 2016
Dr. Bourgeault awarded a Partnership Development grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
May 2015
Dr. Bourgeault presents on Skills Management: Better Optimize Your Workforce's Capabilities to Enhance Quality of Care at the 2nd National Forum on Human Resources Strategies for Healthcare
April 2015
Dr. Bourgeault launches the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Summit Report on Optimising Health Professional Scopes of Practice at the University of Biritish Columbia.
February 2015
Dr. Bourgeault presents at the Federal-Provincial Territorial Committee on Health Workforce workshop on Team-Based Models of Care: Impact on Patients, Providers & Health Systems.
January 2015
Dr. Bourgeault presents a focus on the legislative recommendations of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences report at the Nova Scotia Regulated Health Professions Network
November 2014
Dr. Bourgeault will hold a visiting Scholar award with the University of Sydney Business School, Work and Organizational Studies Program. Nominated by a colleague, Dimitria Groutsis who leads the Business of Health Network, Dr. Bourgeault will participate in the Global Health Migration Symposium organized by the Managing Global Migration Research Group and in other colloquia related to health worker migration
October 2014
Dr. Bourgeault to co-chair the Canadian Health Workforce Conference, Ottawa