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Biography

Dr. Louise Racine is a registered nurse (RN) with clinical experience in general surgery, medicine, ENT, and head and neck surgery at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec–Université Laval (CHUQ–Hôtel-Dieu de Québec). She earned her RN diploma from CEGEP de Sainte-Foy in Quebec City, a Certificate in Health Administration from Université de Montréal, a BSc in Health Sciences (Option Sciences Infirmières), a MScN (Thesis Option) from the Faculté des sciences infirmières de l’Université Laval, and a PhD in Nursing from the University of British Columbia School of Nursing at the Vancouver Campus.

Her research focuses on immigrant and refugee health, health promotion among vulnerable populations, the impact of social determinants on non-Western communities, home care services, women living with endometriosis, and breast cancer and breast cancer survivorship among refugee women. She aims to advance the delivery of culturally competent and safe nursing care for racialized and underserved populations. Dr. Racine is keenly interested in the philosophy of science and nursing, anti-intellectualism in nursing education, and the application of postcolonial feminist theories to nursing research and practice.

Research Interests

  • Anti-intellectualism in health sciences and nursing education
  • Health care services delivery
  • Health education and promotion among non-Western populations
  • Healthcare policies
  • Immigrant and refugee health across the lifespan
  • Othering processes in health care
  • Philosophy of nursing
  • Philosophical inquiry
  • Postcolonial feminism in nursing research and practice
  • Racialization

Methodology

  • Qualitative
  • Mixed methods
  • Case study
  • Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
  • Postpositivist Ethnography
  • Institutional Ethnography
  • Postcolonial Ethnography

Courses

Courses that Dr. Racine has taught:

  • NURS 201: Perspectives on Health Wellness and Diversity in a Global Context
  • NURS 205: Research for Evidence Informed Practice
  • NURS 430: Community Health Nursing Building Partnerships
  • NURS 450: Practice Integration (FRP)
  • NURS 891: Concept Clarification in Advanced Nursing Practice
  • NURS 896: Nursing Research Advanced Qualitative Methodologies
  • NURS 990: Seminar
  • NURS 997: Doctoral Seminar

Grants

Racine, L., Clark, N., Vatanparast, H., Saleh, N., O’Mahony, J., D’Souza, M., Fowler-Kerry, S., Hwang, M., & Desjardins, M. (2023). Influences of gender, religion, and social context on Arab Muslim refugee women’s perceptions of breast awareness. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Insight Grant. Amount: $95,000, April 2023/April 2025. Ranked first (1/6) in the Multidisciplinary/Interdisciplinary Review Committee.

Publications

External Committees

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), College of Reviewers, Member, 2020
  • Réseau de recherche en interventions en sciences infirmières du Québec (RRISIQ), Partner Member, 2023
  • Scholar, Transcultural Nursing Society Scholars' Committee, Livonia, MI, USA, 2017

Honours (Medals, Fellowships, Prizes)

  • Top SHRF Collaborative Innovation Development Grant: Socio-Health and Clinical, 2018
  • Fellow, Transcultural Nursing Society, Livonia, MI, USA, 2017
  • Alumna of Influence, Diplômée d’influence, Université Laval, 2016
  • Effie Feeny Award for Excellence in Nursing Research, College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan, 2015