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Biography

Dr. Martin joined the College of Nursing in 2014 after completing a Ph.D. at the University of Victoria. She also attended the University of Victoria for her undergraduate education (BScN 2001). She attended the University of Manitoba for her Masters of Nursing degree (MN, 2004) which was a quantitative study entitled “Perceived Risks and Surveillance Practices of Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer”. Dr. Martin’s passion for nursing research took her back to the University of Victoria to work with Dr. Kelli Stajduhar on various palliative care research projects.

Dr. Martin’s Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funded Ph.D. dissertation used situational analysis and concept mapping to look at the way food safety regulations impact food security initiatives, from a complexity science perspective. She has a keen interest in systems thinking and the use of novel methodologies to approach public health problems. Dr. Martin is interested in reducing health inequities through applied community-based food system and housing research that links to climate change.

Dr. Martin has taught graduate and undergraduate students and has supervised a number of graduate students. She only accepts students who are studying in the areas of climate change, environmental sustainability or public health. Dr. Martin primarily does qualitative research, with some mixed-methods that focus on systems. Her professional practice has solely been in nursing research. Dr. Martin is a planetary health nurse who is passionate about creating a healthy lifestyle and growing food while supporting local, small-scale farmers who engage in ecologically sound practice.

Research Interests

  • Food security
  • Energy efficient housing
  • Health Equity
  • Systems thinking
  • Sustainability

Methodology

  • Qualitative
  • Methods for system thinking

Courses

  • NURS 405/805: Environmental Sustainability in Health
  • NURS 430: Community Health Nursing Building Partnerships
  • NURS 821: Outcomes Research
  • NURS 891: Concept Clarification in Advance Nursing Practice
  • NURS 893: Qualitative Research

Publications

Grants

Martin, W., Kirychuk, S., Bradford, L., McPhedran, K. (July 2023 - March 2024). First Nations Built Environment Climate Action, 125000.0 (CAD). Catalyst Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Kirychuk, S., Martin, W., McPhedran, K., Bradford, L., Soltan, J., Dosman, J., Pahwa, P., Abonyi, S. & Ramsden, V. (March 2023 - February 2025). Enhancing wellness in our miyo wāskahikan, 150000.0 (CAD). Solutions Program - Impact Grant, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation.
Kirychuk, S., Martin, W., McPhedran, K., Bharadwaj, L., Dosman, J., Ramsden, V. & Pahwa, P. (January 2023 - December 2023). Thriving in our Miyo Waskahikan, 10000.0 (CAD). Connections Program - Truth and Action, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation.
Bradford, L., Kahan, T., Bharadwaj, L., Martin, W., Kirychuk, S., Fonstad, T., McPhedran, K., Brinkmann, M. & Soltan, J. (October 2022 - November 2023). Bradford SSHRC Partnership Development Grant Pilot Program University of Saskatchewan, 20000.00 (CAD). Partnership Development Grant Pilot Program, Office of the Vice-President Research.
Poland, B. & Gislason, M.; Mashford-Pringle, A., Martin, W., Vold, L., Webb, J., Hawkins B., Parmley, J., Cortinois, A., Ouimet, M., Parkes, M., Sheppard, D. Solomonian, L., Sanchez Pimienta, C., Haldane, V., Kennedy, A. (June 2022 - May 2023). Curricular Reform for Public Health in the Anthropocene (Lead: U of T), 19706.0 (CAD). Planning and Dissemination - Institute Community Support, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Martin, W., McPhedran, K., Kirychuk, S., Bradford, L. (May 2022 - May 2023). Kisêwâtisiwin for the Home: Meeting for Change, 10000.0 (CAD). Research Connections Grant, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation.
Martin, W., McPhedran, K., Kirychuk, S., Bradford, L. (July 2022 - June 2024). Kisêwâtisiwin for the Home, 5000.0 (CAD). SSHRC Exchange, Office of the Vice-President Research.
Martin, W. (September 2021 - August 2023). Surveillance for Health in a Changing Climate, 10000.0 (CAD). College of Nursing.
Martin, W. & Bradford, L. (May 2021 - May 2023). Green Infrastructure and COVID-19: Identifying Equity Gaps for Future Resiliency Planning, 6955.0 (CAD). SSHRC Explore, Office of the Vice-President Research.
Martin, W. (May 2020 - April 2021). CIHR CGSM for Student: Kerry Marshall, 17500.0 (CAD). Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s Program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Martin, W. (May 2020 - April 2021). CIHR CGSM for Student: Shannon Hyslop, 17500.0 (CAD). Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s Program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Engler-Stringer, R., Vatanparast, H., Muhajarine, N., Mousavi, A., Martin, W. & McVittie, J. (April 2020 - September 2023). Improving School Food: Universal Integrated Healthy Lunch Intervention Research, 543578 (CAD). Project Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Jones, S. & Martin, W. (December 2018 - June 2019). Conference Funding for Planetary Health: Connecting Food, People and Planet (TBC), 10000.0 (CAD). Research Connections Grant, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation.

External Committees

  • Committee Member and Past President Saskatchewan Public Health Association, 2018-present
  • Board Member, Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment, January 2019 to December 2022
  • Board Member, Station 20 West Community Enterprise Centre, April 2021 to present
  • Nourish Health Care Anchor Cohort, Nourish Leadership, March 2021 to August 2023

Honours (Medals, Fellowships, Prizes)

  • Clinical Research Nurse Award, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program of the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, United States Army / Government of United States, 63433 (CAD), January 2002