Dr. Louise Racine was born and raised in beautiful Quebec City, QC, Canada. She entered the nursing profession in 1978 as a RN. She practiced more than 14 years in general surgery, ENT, head and neck surgery, urology, and gynecology. Dr. Racine received her RN diploma from the CEGEP Sainte-Foy and a Certificate in Health Administration from the Université de Montré al in 1991. She received her BScN (1994) and MScN (1996) from the Faculté des sciences infirmières de l'Université Laval. In 2004, she received her PhD in nursing from the University of British Columbia School of Nursing. Her dissertation entitled The meaning of home care and caring for aging relatives at home: The Haitian Canadian primary caregivers' perspectives indicated that ways of caring are enmeshed in a complex nexus of social relations where power, race, gender, and social class come into play to permeate each level of the caring commitment.

Dr. Racine's research interest is in the area of immigrant and refugee health. She is also interested in cultural nursing research applied to the context of family caregiving among non-Western immigrants and refugees and francophone communities living in the Prairie Provinces. Her program of research also focuses on the delivery of culturally safe nursing care to racialized populations. Dr. Racine is keenly interested in the philosophy of nursing, the application of feminist and postcolonial theories to nursing research and practice. Because of her interest on how racialization can affect the delivery of nursing and health care, Dr. Racine is interested in applying concepts drawn from the works of postcolonial scholars like Bakhtin, Bhahbha, Gramsci, Hall, Hill Collins, and bell hooks in nursing scholarship. Dr. Racine serves as a peer-reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, the Journal of Nursing Education, The Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI), Women's Forum International (WFI), International Nursing Review, Nursing Science Quarterly, Qualitative Health Research, Aporia, Nursing Inquiry, Healthcare Policy, the Journal of Interprofessional Care, and Reflets: Revue d'Intervention Sociale et Communautaire. She also serves as a peer-reviewer for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Sigma Theta Tau International, Canadian Nurses' Foundation Merit Review Panel, The Alzheimer's Society, and the Fonds de Recherche sur la Socié té et la Culture du Qué bec. Dr. Racine has published her scholarly work in diverse peer-reviewed nursing and interprofessional health journals and in edited books.

Dr. Racine's research areas of expertise are: Immigrant and refugee health across the lifespan; cultural safety and marginalized populations; family caregiving; health care services; nursing philosophy; qualitative research methodologies with an interest for all types of ethnographies, critical discourse analysis; postmodern and postcolonial feminist theories applied to nursing research, practice, and education. She is an Associate Member in the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan. She is an Associate Member in the Centre canadien de recherche sur les francophonies en milieu minoritaire at the University of Regina. She is a Member Scholar at the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology at the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. Dr. Racine received the Edith Anderson Leadership in Education Award at the Sigma Theta Tau International, 41st Biennial Convention in Grapevine Texas, USA on October 30, 2011. Dr. Racine's name appears in the 4th edition of the Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research authored by B.A. Powers and T.R. Knapp and published in 2011 by Springer. In this latest publication, Dr. Louise Racine is acknowledged by international nursing peers as an expert in philosophical inquiry.

• Immigrant and refugee health across the lifespan
• Cultural safety and marginalized populations
• Family caregiving
• Health care services
• Nursing philosophy

• Qualitative (Ethnography, institutional ethnography)
• Discourse analysis and critical discourse analyses
• Case study
• Mixed methods

Racine, L., & Vandenberg, H. (2023). Avoiding the triumph of emptiness: The threats of educational fundamentalism and anti-intellectualism in nursing education. In M. Lipscomb (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Nursing (24 pages). Accepted.

Racine, L. (2023). International clinical experiences may increase cultural competency and support nurses’ personal and professional development. Evidence-Based Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103690

Racine, L., D’Souza. M.S., & Tinampay, C. (2023). Effectiveness of breast cancer screening interventions in improving screening rates and preventive activities in Muslim refugee and immigrant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 55(1), 329-344. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12818

Racine, L., Fowler-Kerry, S., & Aiyer, H. (2022). Integrative review of the needs and challenges of Indigenous palliative care in rural and remote settings. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Early View. Published May 16, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15287

Racine, L., & Andsoy, I. (2022). Barriers and facilitators influencing Arab Muslim immigrant and refugee women's breast cancer screening: A narrative review. The Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10436596221085301

Racine, L., Harris, F., Johnson, L., & Fowler-Kerry, S. (2022). An integrative review of Indigenous informal caregiving in the context of dementia care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(4), 895-917. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15102

Racine, L., & Vandenberg, H. (2021). A philosophical analysis of anti-intellectualism in nursing: Newman’s view of a university education. Nursing Philosophy, 00, e12361. https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12361

Racine, L., Isik Andsoy, I., & Maposa, S. (2021). Muslim Syrian refugee women's exploration of breast cancer preventative care in a Western Canadian prairie city. International Journal of Migration, Health, and Social Care,17(3), 337-352. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJMHSC-07-2020-0071/full/html​

Racine, L., Fowler-Kerry, S., & Palmer-Clarke, Y. (2021). A qualitative examination of Othering processes within international nursing placements. Nursing Education Today, 103, 104946. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0260691721002033

Racine, L., Andsoy, I., Maposa, S., Vatanparast, H., & Fowler-Kerry, S. (2021). Examination of breast cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among Syrian refugee women in a Western Canadian province. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research.  Accepted. April 1, 2021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08445621211013200

Racine, L., Johnson, L., & Fowler-Kerry, S. (2021). An integrative review of empirical literature on Indigenous cognitive impairment and dementia. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(3), 1155-1171. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jan.14665

Racine, L. (2020). Racialization in nursing: Rediscovering Antonio Gramsci’s concepts of hegemony and subalternity. Nursing Inquiry. Accepted December 19, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12398

Vatanparast, H., Koc, M., Farag, M., Garcea, J., Engler-Stringer, R., Qarmout, T., Henry, C., Racine, L., White J., Iqbal, R., Khakpour, M., Dasarathi, S., & D’Angelo S. (2020). Exploring food security among recently resettled Syrian refugees: Results from a qualitative study in two Canadian cities. International Journal of Migration, Health, and Social Care, 16(4), 527-542. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-03-2019-0031

Zanchetta, M., Maheu, C., Racine, L., Kaszap, M., Jbilou, J., Giguère, S., Reece, D.A., Thélusma-Remy, M., Montgomery, C., Xenocostas, S., Parada, H., Talbot, Y., & Mohamed. M. (2018). Validation d’un questionnaire sur l’alphabétisme en santé des francophones en situation linguistique minoritaire. [Validation of a questionnaire on health literacy among French-speaking minorities]. Santé Publique 30(2), 1-10.

Racine, L. (2018). Case study: Internationally educated nurses working in a Canadian healthcare setting. In M. Douglas, D. Pacquiao, & L. Purnell. (Eds.), Global applications of culturally competent health care: Guidelines for practice. (pp. 287-292). New York, NY: Springer.

 

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.

Mvumbi-Mambu, L (PI), Racine, L., (Co-I), & Leis, A. (Co-I). (2019). Home care and services' needs (HCSN) among rural and urban French communities' members: The minority context in Saskatchewan. Faculty of Nursing, University of Regina, Amount: $36,500 for 04/2019 to 04/2020.

Racine, L. (PI), Fowler-Kerry, S. (Co-PI), Bharadway, L., Dyck, E., Bourassa, C., Thorpe, L., Swidrovich, J., & Mistawasis Community. (2019). Towards an Understanding of Indigenous Perspectives on Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Collaborative Innovation Grant (CID). Amount: $48,478. Ranked 2^nd in the competition.

Racine, L. (PI), Maposa, S. (Co-I), Vatanparast, H. (Co-I), & Andsoy, I. (Co-I). (2018). Breast cancer barriers and facilitators among Islamic/Muslim refugee women in Canada. Sigma Theta Tau International and the Canadian Nurses’ Foundation. Total amount: $ 3,955 USD.

Racine, L. (PI), Fowler-Kerry, S. (Co-PI), Graham, H. (Co-I), Mishak, B. (Co-I), Wason-Ellam, L. (Co-I), Wills, J. (Co-I), McKay, G. (Co-I), & Elder Clennell (KU). (2018). Indigenous Palliative Care in Saskatchewan: Exploring Access, Needs, and Challenges. Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, Collaborative Innovation Development (CID) Grant. Total amount: $42,415. Ranked 1^st out of 13 in the SHRF socio-health pillar.

Racine, L., (PI) & Power-Horlick, A. (Co-I). (2018). Exploration of undergraduate students’ experiences with remote robotic presence. Western North-western Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Grant (WNRCASN). Total: $5,000.