Canadian Association of
Nurses for the Environment
Association canadienne des infirmières
et infirmiers pour l'environnement
Canadian Association of
Nurses for the Environment
Association canadienne des infirmières
et infirmiers pour l'environnement
Recommended open access scholarly work conducted by CANE-ACIIE members and colleagues related to planetary health, nursing, and healthcare.
by Maya R Kalogirou and Jennifer Baumbusch
Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 2025, 17, 269—284.
https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S517669
This study was done so that we could better understand how Canadian hospitals support planetary health, specifically through green teams and sustainability offices. Overall, there are good reasons for Canadian hospitals to have both a sustainability office and a green team as they focus on slightly different planetary health initiatives.
by Émilie Tremblay and Sandra Harrisson
Nursing Inquiry, 2025, 32, (3), e70035.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.70035
This paper presents an overview of the health impacts associated with anthropogenic climate change and examines the interconnection between human health and the environment. It highlights the nursing profession’s stance on environmental issues, drawing attention to the disengagement of nurses from advocacy initiatives related to climate change and how this relates to the nursing metaparadigm.
by Jacqueline Avanthay Strus, Joshitha Sankam, Samantha Green, Mckenzie Piper, Sabrina Richards, Kasey Knowles, Katie North, Leslie Solomonian
The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 2025, 22, 100440.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100440
Climate-related adverse health outcomes are on the rise worldwide, and primary health care providers are at the forefront of the growing climate-health crisis. There is an urgent need for a codification of solutions and strategies for adaptation, resilience, and transformation in primary health care. This scoping review sought to answer the following research question: “What strategies are being implemented across all forms of primary health care to adapt to and address the climate crisis?”
by Hannah Rempel, Maya R. Kalogirou, Sherry Dahlke, Kathleen F. Hunter
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2024, Advanced online.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16094
Aim: To understand nurses’ personal and professional experiences with the heat dome, drought and forest fires of 2021 and how those events impacted their perspectives on climate action.
Design: A naturalistic inquiry using qualitative description with twelve nurses from the interior of BC.
by Alysha T Jones, Émilie Tremblay, Anne-Lise Costeux, Jacqueline Avanthay Strus, Adrienne Barcket
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2024, 24(1), 680.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06761-z
Objectives
This rapid review is designed to identify existing tools in the Canadian literature that assess the impacts of climate change on the health of perinatal families, particularly those who are equity-denied. Addressing the needs of equity-denied perinatal populations in the face of climate change is crucial to promoting equitable and inclusive perinatal care in Canada.
by Shannon Vandenberg, Jacqueline Avanthay Strus, Andrea Chircop, Amanda Egert, Julie Savard
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2024; 0:1–36
(1), 1-36.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16570
Impact: This scoping review revealed a clear and urgent call to action for nurses to address planetary health. Given this finding, nurses have a responsibility to advocate for a planetary health approach in the profession and take action to contribute to planetary health through education, research, practice and advocacy.
by Joanna Law, Sherry Dahlke, Maya R. Kalogirou
International Journal of Nursing Student Scholarship, 2023, 10, Article # 82.
https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/
ijnss/article/view/77493
Objective: To identify the factors that contribute to the success of environmentally sustainable initiatives in health care.
Methods: In this study, an integrative review of the literature was performed. Nurses are encouraged to engage in climate action by creating, leading, or participating in green teams to enact environmental sustainability initiatives.
by Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins, Jacqueline Avanthay Strus, June Kaminski, Shauna Davies
Contemporary Nurse, 2023, 59, (3), 185-188.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2220422
As we delved into our editorial on nurses as leaders in planetary health initiatives, we were eager to highlight real-life examples. However, to our surprise, it proved to be a challenging task. While we were aware of many outstanding projects led by nurses, they often did not explicitly identify themselves as such or mention their RN titles. The fact that some nurses working in the field of planetary health do not identify themselves by their RN titles begs the question of why, as this could be hindering the recognition of this field as a vital aspect of the nursing profession.
by Jacqueline Avanthay Strus, Dave Holmes, Chad Hammond, Brianna Hammond
Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health, 2023, 1, (3), 108-135.
https://doi.org/10.33137/tijih.v1i3.38435
Nursing scholarship and practice has been historically complicit in the (re)production of racial inequities by not acknowledging and countering their part in the legacy of colonization . This paper will discuss the implementation of an experiential transformative learning project, RéconciliACTION, grounded in critical social justice theory. Four elements – testimonial authority, experiential learning, reciprocity, and relationality – can be implemented in nursing education.
by June Kaminski
Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 2023, 18, (1)
https://cjni.net/journal/?p=10851
Issues of technological redundancy and unsustainability, dealing with alarming waste from digital products (e-waste), the carbon footprint elicited by peak power and bandwidth use, and use of rare or non-renewable resources (e.g., precious, and critical metals) are important aspects of technology’s environmental impact.
by Alysha T Jones and Jacqueline Avanthay Strus
Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 2022, 4 (2), 31-41.
https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.135
In this paper, we propose that community health nursing is a promising context for ecologically inclusive and “place-sensitive” nursing practice. With a strong grounding in social justice, we believe that Canadian community health nurses have the power to create a differential space of research and practice for environmental justice and planetary health thereby challenging harmful anthropocentric and biomedical models of health and health care.
by Barbara Astle, Meghann Buyco, Ikponwosa, Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham
The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 2022, 9, 100190.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100190
Multiple planetary challenges face humanity, including climate change, and biodiversity loss. Climate change is considered the greatest health threat of the 21st century. People living with disability, poverty, and unemployment are further structurally and disproportionately impacted by the projected devastating effects of climate change. Such vulnerable populations include Persons with Albinism (PWA) whose health and well-being are impacted by the rising temperatures and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
by Joanna Law, Maya R. Kalogirou, Sherry Dahlke
Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 2021, 3(2), 36–46.
https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.105
Organizations and academics have issued a call to action for health care workers to mitigate climate change and promote environmental sustainability. Nurses are an integral part of health care systems but have been delayed in answering this call. In this paper we argue that nurses are particularly well suited to mitigating climate change in health care systems because their existing role is central to patient care.
by Wanda Martin and June Kaminski
Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 2021, 3(2), 1-5.
https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.119
As we see it, there are two main areas for nurses to consider in preparing the healthcare system for an unpredictable future and prevention work to support future generations. The first is for nurses and the wider population to understand that climate and environmental sustainability are nurses’ work. The second is for nurses, as health leaders, to come together with a powerful voice and contribute to the other voices calling for a shift in how we operate as a society
by Lindsey Vold and Megan Meszaros
Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 2021, 3(2), 18–35.
https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.113
Calls for nursing action to address climate change are resounding throughout the nursing community, yet many nurses feel ill-prepared to engage in climate action. As a collective practice discipline, nursing is beginning to take steps to address climate change. We present how nurses can engage in coordinated and collaborative efforts both within and outside of ‘traditional’ nursing practice to address the connecting and complicated pathways of a changing climate.
by Carlos A Faerron Guzmán, A Alonso Aguirre, Barbara Astle, Enrique Barros, Brett Bayles, Moses Chimbari, Naglaa El-Abbadi, Jessica Evert, Finola Hackett, Courtney Howard, Jonathan Jennings, Amy Krzyzek, Jessica LeClair, Filip Maric, Olwenn Martin, Odipo Osano, Jonathan Patz, Teddie Potter, Nicole Redvers, Noortje Trienekens, Sarah Walpole, Lynda Wilson, Chenchen Xu, Matthew Zylstra
The Lancet. Planetary Health, 2021, 55), e253–e255.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00110-8
People around the world are increasingly facing the pressing challenges of today’s interconnected environmental, social, and health crises. The emerging field of planetary health is a framework for understanding these interconnections and identifying solutions to the complex challenges confronting our civilization. Building on the unique role and responsibility of education institutions in shaping our futures, embedding planetary health education in curricula is an essential step to achieving the transformative change needed.
by Maya R. Kalogirou
Faculty of Nursing,
University of Alberta
PhD Dissertation, 2020.
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/
items/871c655a-8d5e-49e5-803c-fd1282e7175a
Aim: The purpose of this study was to answer the following question: What are Albertan nurses’ beliefs related to climate change, health, and nursing practice, and how is their ability to practice in an environmentally responsible manner influenced by their workplace setting?
Methods: A focused ethnography was conducted with nurses working in three medicine units and the emergency room (n=22).
