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Brenda Beagan

Professor

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Email: brenda.beagan@dal.ca
Fax: 902-494-1229
Mailing Address: 
Room 324, Forrest Building, 5869 University Avenue PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Equity, Justice, Diversity Inclusion
  • Health Professional Education
  • Professional Practice
  • Social Inequities and Occupation
  • Race Ethnicity and Racism
  • Sexual and Gender Identity
  • Social Class
  • Disability/disabling

Department

Cross appointed to Sociology and Social Anthropology, Nursing and Health Promotion

Education

  • BA, pilipiliĀž»­
  • MA, pilipiliĀž»­
  • PhD, University of British Columbia
  • PDF, University of British Columbia

Research interests

Brenda Beaganā€™s research focuses on the ways social inequities shape and are shaped by occupational engagement and meaning. In other words, how what we do (and donā€™t do) constructs gender, ethnicity, class, culture etc, even as what we do and donā€™t do are shaped by sexism, racism, ethnocentrism, ableism, heterosexism, gender binarism, classism, etc. She also studies the effects of social inequities on professional education and practice.

Selected publications

  • Beagan BL, Kiepek N, Lauckner H, Rushton PW. Letter to the Editor: Openness to critique is essential. Open Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2025; 13(1), 1-3.
  • Beagan BL, Kiepek N, Lauckner H, Valavaara K.Ā Resisting colonialism in occupational therapy. OT Now. Nov 2024; 27(6), 29-30.
  • µž±š²¹²µ²¹²ŌĢżµž³¢, Kamenetsky S, Zaman S, Parhar G, Jarus T. Disabled students in health and social services fieldwork: Perceptions of field educators and academic coordinators. Teaching & Learning in Medicine. 2024; Dec 13, 1-14.
  • µž±š²¹²µ²¹²ŌĢżµž³¢, Bizzeth S, Brison-Brown M, Pride T, Sibbald K, Valavaara K. Professionalism and the disciplinary control of occupational therapists at the margins. Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional/ Brazilian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2024; 32, e8592.Ā 
  • µž±š²¹²µ²¹²ŌĢżµž³¢, Sibbald KR, Goree TD, Pride TM. Affirmative action and employment equity in the professions: Backlash fueled by individualism and meritocracy. Canadian Review of Sociology, 2024; 61(3), 241-261.
  • Beagan BL, Bizzeth SR, Sibbald KR, Etowa JB. Epistemic racism in the health professions: A qualitative study with Black women in Canada. [Open Access] Health (London). 2024 Mar;28(2):203-215. doi: 10.1177/13634593221141605. Epub 2022 Dec 7. PMID: 36475974; PMCID: PMC10900862.
  • µž±š²¹²µ²¹²ŌĢżµž³¢, Bizzeth SR, Sibbald KR, Etowa JB. Epistemic racism in the health professions: A qualitative study with Black women in Canada. [OA] Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 2024; 28(2), 203-215.
  • Pride TM, Beagan BL, MacLeod A, Sibbald K. Educational experiences of health professionals from marginalized groups: ā€œIt definitely takes more work.ā€ Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2024. 18(1), 51-67. doi: 10.1080/15595692.2022.2149485
  • Bizzeth SR, Beagan BL. ā€œAh, itā€™s best not to mention that hereā€: Experiences of LGBTQ+ health professionals in (heteronormative) workplaces in Canada. Frontiers in Sociology, 2023; 8: 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1138628
  • Beagan BL, Bizzeth SR, Pride TM, Sibbald KR. (invited editorial) Racism in occupational therapy: ā€œItā€™s part of who we areā€¦ā€ British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2023; 86(3): 171-175. doi: 10.1177/03080226231153345
  • Beagan BL, Sibbald KR, Bizzeth SR, Pride TM. Factors influencing LGBTQ+ disclosure decision-making by Canadian health professionals: A qualitative study. [Open Access] PLOS One, 2023; 18(2): e0280558. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280558
  • Beagan BL, Bizzeth SR, Etowa JB. Interpersonal, institutional and structural racism in Canadian nursing: A culture of silence. [Open Access] Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 2023; 55(2): 195-205. doi: 10.1177/08445621221110140

Teaching

  • OCCU 6000/6600/6006 Applied Research
  • OCCU 5007 Research Approaches for Occupational Therapists
  • OCCU 6002 Social Influences on Occupation
  • OCCU 6512 Social Inequities in Everyday Life

Supervisory role

  • Masters supervisory committee member ā€“ 27 (1 in progress)
  • Masters supervisor ā€“ 23 (0 in progress)
  • Doctoral supervisory committee member ā€“ 15 (3 in progress)
  • Doctoral supervisor ā€“ 10 (3 in progress)
  • Postdoctoral supervisor ā€“ 5

Selected awards and honours

  • School of Occupational Therapy Faculty Recognition Award, classes of 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
  • Tier II Canada Research Chair, Women & Health 2007-2012