Biography
Associate Professor
BA, BScN (UPEI); RN; MN, PhD (Calgary)
Dr. Christina Murray, BA, RN, PhD is an Associate Professor with the School of Nursing at the University of Prince Edward Island. Christina holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology/Philosophy) and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Prince Edward Island, a Master of Nursing degree from the University of Calgary and a Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing) from the University of Calgary. Her nursing practice has been grounded in population health promotion, and community development.
Christina’s research examines family experiences of labor migration and how this impacts the health of individuals, families and communities. She is currently the Principal Investigator for a SSHRC funded project exploring the intergenerational family stories of labor migration in rural Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island. Embracing narrative inquiry as a relational qualitative methodology, Christina believes in working with research participants in ways which stress collaboration and co-participation. She has a keen interest in the use of innovative and arts-based approaches to knowledge translation, aligning research text to visual arts and photography.
Recent Publications
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Dependence on interprovincial migrant labour in Atlantic Canadian communities: The role of the Alberta economy
- Societies, 2020
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Anticipating the awakening: The lived experience of families of patients undergoing successful targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest
- Canadian Journal of Critical Care Nursing, 2018
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Our practice has had to change because of this: Professional perceptions of long distance commuting in Atlantic Canada
- The Extractive Industries and Society, 2017
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"Together yet living apart": Women left behind due to labour migration
- Canadian community as partner, 2017
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Coming and going: A narrative inquiry into women's stories of a partner's interprovincial labor migration
- University of Alberta, 2014
Research Classification
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