Sarah Balcom

Education

• PhD (Interdisciplinary Studies) - University of New Brunswick, 2020
• Masters of Nursing - University of New Brunswick, 2014
• Bachelor of Science (Nursing) - Dalhousie University, 2009
• Bachelor of Arts (English) - Dalhousie University

Teaching and scholarly expertise

• Nursing and healthcare workforce
• Gender
• Older adults
• Qualitative (institutional ethnography) and mixed-methods research

Research and scholarly grants

Research NB Undergraduate/Medical School Summer Studentship. ($8 864, 2024). A dose of retention: Easing the nursing shortage through contractual agreements and managing workload. Principal Investigator: Balcom, S. Co-Investigator: Durepos, P.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant. ($49, 404, 2023-2025). Increased workload equity among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Principal Investigator: Balcom, S. Co-Investigator: Durepos, P.

New Brunswick Innovation Fund (NBIF) Research Professional Initiative. ($15 000, 2023). Research professional for caregiving, supportive and palliative care research program.

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Healthy Seniors Pilot Project. ($400, 500, 2023-2024). Scaling-up a palliative program in ling-term care in New Brunswick. Principal Investigator: Durepos, P., Co-Investigators: Busolo, D., Gibbons, C., Balcom, S., Rossingol, T., Kaasalainen, S., & McCloskey, R.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant. ($90, 408, 2020-2024). Gender pay gaps in health professions: Do health systems reflect the social inequalities they are meant to address? Principal Investigator: Gupta, N. Co-Investigators: Foroughi, I., Bourgeault, I., & Balcom, S.

Awards and distinctions

• Harrison McCain Foundation Young Scholar Award ($11, 824, 2023-2025)
• Harrison McCain Foundation Young Scholar Award ($6,943, 2021-2024)

Research and scholarly publications

Balcom, S., Doucet, S., & Dube, A. (2024). Registered nurses and practical nurses working together: An institutional ethnography. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 11.

Bombak, A., Wong, A., Parker, B., & Balcom, S. (2023). Risky “others”: COVID-19 reconstitutions of risk, governance, and stigmatization of bodies, Studies in Social Justice, 3(17).

Gupta, N., Singh, P., & Balcom, S. (2022). When pay equity policy is not enough: Persistence of the gender wage gap among health, education, and STEM professionals in Canada, 2006-2016. Canadian Studies in Population.

Gupta, N., Balcom, S., Singh, P. (2022). Looking beyond parity: Gender wage gaps and the leadership labyrinth in Canadian Healthcare management workforce. Health Management Forum.

Balcom, S., Doucet, S., & Dube, A. (2021). Observation and institutional Ethnography: Helping Us See Better. Qualitative Health Research, 31(3), 1-8. ORCID

Committees and volunteer work

• Dialogue Participant, Pan-Canadian Strategic Directions for Genomics-informed Nursing Education, Policy, Research, and Practice (2024-2025)
• Resolutions Committee Chair, Nurses Association of New Brunswick (2021-2025)
• Committee Member, Revision of Baccalaureate Section of the National Nursing Education Framework, Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (2022-2023)
• Item Writer for Canadian Nurses Association's Cardiovascular Certification Exam, Canadian Nurses Association (2021-2022)
• Item Writer for the Canadian Examination for Baccalaureate Nursing (CEBN), Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (2018-2019).