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Sarah E. Nelson, PhD

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Sarah E. Nelson, PhD

Sarah E. Nelson, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • 402.554.5997

email:
snelson57@unomaha.edu
office:
  • DSC 264
office phone:
402.554.5997
personal website:
http://sarahnelson.ca
area of focus:
  • Affiliate of Medical Humanities, Native American Studies

Additional Information

General

I am open to supervising students interested in pursuing a Master’s degree in Geography; please contact me for more information.

Education

B.Sc. (Human Biology), University of Toronto
M.A. (First Nations Studies), University of Northern British Columbia
Ph.D. (Geography), University of Toronto

Research Interests

  • Oral ways of knowing and aging in Indigenous communities
  • Health services and older community members
  • Cultural safety in health care

Courses Taught

  • Health and Medical Geography
  • Human Geography
  • Medical Humanities

Publications

Nelson, S. & Rosenberg, M.W. (In press). Age-Friendly Cities and Older Indigenous People: An Exploratory Study in Prince George, Canada. The Canadian Journal on Aging, 41(2).

Commanda, C., McDermott, L., & Nelson, S. (In press). Ginawaydaganac: Algonquin teachings of the birch bark canoe: The canoe in Indigenous community revitalization and reconciliation. In B. Erickson and S. Krotz (eds.), The Politics of the Canoe: Activism and Resistance. University of Manitoba Press.

Hartt, M.D., Biglieri, S., Rosenberg, M.W. & Nelson, S.E. (Eds.) (2021). Aging People, Aging Places. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.

Nelson, S. & Wilson, K. (2021). Rights and Health versus Rights to Health: Bringing Indigenous Peoples’ Legal Rights into the Spaces of Health Care Services. Political Geography, 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2020.102311

Nelson, S. & Wilson, K. (2021). Indigenous health organizations, Indigenous community resurgence, and the reclamation of place in urban areas. Special issue on Indigenous Peoples & Environment, The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe Canadien. https://doi-org.proxy.queensu.ca/10.1111/cag.12618

Additional Information

General

I am open to supervising students interested in pursuing a Master’s degree in Geography; please contact me for more information.

Education

B.Sc. (Human Biology), University of Toronto
M.A. (First Nations Studies), University of Northern British Columbia
Ph.D. (Geography), University of Toronto

Research Interests

  • Oral ways of knowing and aging in Indigenous communities
  • Health services and older community members
  • Cultural safety in health care

Courses Taught

  • Health and Medical Geography
  • Human Geography
  • Medical Humanities

Publications

Nelson, S. & Rosenberg, M.W. (In press). Age-Friendly Cities and Older Indigenous People: An Exploratory Study in Prince George, Canada. The Canadian Journal on Aging, 41(2).

Commanda, C., McDermott, L., & Nelson, S. (In press). Ginawaydaganac: Algonquin teachings of the birch bark canoe: The canoe in Indigenous community revitalization and reconciliation. In B. Erickson and S. Krotz (eds.), The Politics of the Canoe: Activism and Resistance. University of Manitoba Press.

Hartt, M.D., Biglieri, S., Rosenberg, M.W. & Nelson, S.E. (Eds.) (2021). Aging People, Aging Places. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.

Nelson, S. & Wilson, K. (2021). Rights and Health versus Rights to Health: Bringing Indigenous Peoples’ Legal Rights into the Spaces of Health Care Services. Political Geography, 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2020.102311

Nelson, S. & Wilson, K. (2021). Indigenous health organizations, Indigenous community resurgence, and the reclamation of place in urban areas. Special issue on Indigenous Peoples & Environment, The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe Canadien. https://doi-org.proxy.queensu.ca/10.1111/cag.12618

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