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Factsheet: Harper Government funds research project: The Nature of Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada II
March 2012
The Government of Canada will provide $400,000 in funding over two years to help improve access to quality nursing services in rural and remote Canada, including First Nations and Inuit communities.
The project - The Nature of Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada II - will be led by the University of Northern British Columbia. The initiative will build from previous research by the university in 2004 and will help improve health human resources planning, especially for sparsely populated communities.
The study will provide a clearer picture on the changing roles of health care professionals who provide services in rural and remote communities. Findings will aid policy development on the practice, recruitment, retention and education of nurses in rural and remote Canada.
It will also touch on the experiences of Aboriginal nurses who practice in Inuit and First Nations communities. The perspectives generated from this aspect of the research will help inform policy development and implementation of programs on the practice, recruitment, retention and education of all nurses in rural and remote Canada, including Aboriginal nurses who practice in Inuit and First Nations communities.
The initiative affirms the Government's commitment to the health care system by working with provinces, territories and health care professionals to improve access for all Canadians to quality care. Health Canada is contributing funding from the Health Care Policy Contribution Program.
