Dr. Sheila BlackstockAssociate Professor | Adjunct Professor UNBC

Email: sblackstock@tru.ca

Interests

Nursing and Health Care:

Nursing Practice and Expertise:

Supervisor designation for thesis committees
Graduate Nursing Program faculty
First Nations Health Authority Chair of the Board of Directors
Inaugural Indigenous Faculty Board of Director for the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
Inaugural Indigenous Nurse Lead for the Thompson Rivers University School of Nursing
Kamloops Aurora Rotary Member

Indigenous health, workplace bullying behaviours, interdisciplinary health, Indigenous curriculum development, Indigenous Health frameworks and models, cultural safety and humility, decolonization of healthcare, workplace structures and processes and community/occupational health.

GRANTS:

Funnel, S., Buss, M. Jull, J., Blackstock S., et al. Food as Medicine..$835,000. CIHR.2024
McCormick,R., Archie, D., Green, H., Rifffel, L, Airini, Blackstock S. et al. Ombaashi: Indigenous Mentorship Network Program-National/International Co-Ordinating Centre, $ 1, 000,000.00 Grant 2017-2022.

Presentations:

Blackstock, S., Porter, D., & McAlduff, M. (2024). Decolonizing Nursing: The role of empowerment of nursing leadership in addressing incivility and racialized incivility experiences of nurses in varying practice contexts to support inclusivity and anti- discriminatory practices.[Preliminary results of the research study]. Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Conference. Transforming Nursing Education: Unlearning, Disrupting & (Re)learning. May 27-28, 2024, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Srivastava, R., Blackstock, S., Salami, B.& Pottinger, A. (2024). Disrupting the Echoes of Racism: Cultivating Cultural Humility, Safety, Competence and Anti-racism for Decolonization and Inclusion in Canadian Nursing Education. Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Conference. Transforming Nursing Education: Unlearning, Disrupting & (Re)learning. May 27-28, 2024, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Blackstock, S. (2023). Decolonizing nursing: The role of empowerment of nursing leadership in addressing incivility and racialized in civility experiences of nurses in varying practice contexts to support inclusivity and anti-discriminatory best practices. 2023 Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Biennial Canadian Nursing Education Conference, St. Johns, Newfoundland, May 28, 2023.

PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS, INTERVIEWS (*= REFERRED JOURNALS)

Blackstock, S., Cummings, G.C., & Glanfield, F. (2022).
A review: Developing an ecological model approach to co-worker incivility experiences of new graduate nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78 (6), 1535-1550.*
Blackstock, S., Salami, B., & Cummings, G. (2018). Organizational antecedents, policy and horizontal violence among nurses: An integrative review. Journal of Nursing Management* 26, 972-991.*
Blackstock, S.Y. (2017) Shifting the academic lens: Development of an interdisciplinary health nursing course. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice ,2017 7(1).*
Blackstock,S. (2016). Interdisciplinary Indigenous Health, third year university elective.*
Connolly, M. (Producer). (2015, December 17). Blackstock, S. Workplace bullying is forcing new nurses out of the field. CBC Edmonton AM radio interview retrieved from //www.cbc.ca/player/play/2680037977
Sarkonak, J. (2015, November 25). Blackstock, S. Research indicates that bullying is common in the nursing workplace. Gateway retrieved from
https://thegatewayonline.ca/2015/11/research-indicates-that-bullying-is-common-in-thenursing-workplace/

Presentations International/National Keynotes:

Blackstock, S. (2024). Aboriginal Housing Management Association. Keynote on the Memorandum of Partnerships. April 17, 2024, Richmond, British Columbia.
Blackstock, S., Jock, R., Grant, W., Christianson, W., & Marshall, K. (2024). First Nations Health Authority, National Indigenous Good Governance Award, May 9, 2924. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Blackstock, S. (2024). Health and Wellness Summit, First Nations Health Authority. Keynote opening, May 8, 202, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Blackstock, S. (2023). Racialized Incivility: A Contradiction to [Indigenous] Identity. Racism and Hidden Figures in the Canadian Academy, Calgary. Plenary presentation, University of Calgary, November 2-3, 2023, Calgary, Alberta.
Blackstock, S. (2023). Decolonizing Health: Dismantling Oppression. Keynote presentation. Looking to the Future: Health in the North, UNBC Northern HRI Conference, November 7-9, 2023, Prince George, BC. //www2.unbc.ca/health-research-insitute/2023-northern-bc-reasearch-and-quality-conference-keynote
Blackstock, S. (2023) Decolonizing Health: Empowering Indigenous Peoples to Achieve Health Equity.
Building Communities through Inclusive Health Inaugural National Conference, University of Toronto, Scarborough, October 14, 2023.
Blackstock, S. (2023). Decolonizing Nursing/Indigenous Health. (Keynote address). 2023 Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Biennial Canadian Nursing Education Conference, St. Johns, Newfoundland, May 27, 2023.

Course Development:

1997- Present College of Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia
1990- Present Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association
2016-Present International Conferences in Community Health Nursing Research
2017-Present Mu Sigma chapter of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) for academic achievement and scholarship in nursing.
2015- Present WNRCASN/CASN