Tracy Carr, BN, MSc, PhD 
Tracy Carr
Professor
Phone: (506) 648-5664
Fax: (506) 648-5784
Email
Education summary:
- BN 1988, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
- MSc 1994, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
- Graduate Certificate in Collaborative Ethnic and Pluralism Studies, 1994, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
- PhD in Sociology, 2006, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
- Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008 -2010, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
- Comprehensive Systematic Review Certification, July 2011, Joanna Briggs Collaboration for Patient Safety, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
Key area(s) of interest/expertise:
- Whole person care, including spiritual care
- Bereavement
- Cultural competency and cultural safety
- Health system change
- International Collaborative Research
Classroom/clinical teaching summary:
- Regularly supervise graduate nursing students’ theses and reports
- Undergraduate graduate teaching: primarily chronic health challenges, community health, population health, cultural competency, and health promotion
Research, grants & publications summary:
- 2011- 2013 Lang, A., Aston, M., Fleiszer, A., Cadell, S., Mawani, A., Carr, T., and Duhamel, F., Evidence Informed Bereavement Care: A Knowledge-to-Action Approach, $199,443
- 2008-2010 Carr, T. Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, $100,000
- 2006-2008, Carr, T. & Hicks-Moore, S., Finding meaning without memory: Exploring the meaning and experience of spiritual care in dementia. Medical Research Fund of New Brunswick, $8,500
- 2006-2008 Carr, T. & Hicks-Moore, S., Finding meaning without memory: Exploring the meaning and experience of spiritual care in dementia, the Atlantic Regional Association of Schools of Nursing Seed Grant Award $1,500.
- 2000-2001 Carr, T. Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Doctoral Award $5,000
- 2000-2001 Carr, T. Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship $16,620
Publications:
- Lang, A. & Carr, T. (in press). Bereavement in the face of perinatal loss: A hardiness perspective. In D. S. Becvar (Ed.) Handbook of family resilience. New York: Springer.
- Carr, T. (2010). Facing existential realities: Exploring the barriers and challenges to spiritual care. Qualitative Health Research, 20(10), 1379-1392.
- Carr, T., Hicks-Moore, S., & Montgomery, P. (2011). What’s so big about the little things: A phenomenological inquiry into the meaning of spiritual care in dementia. Dementia: International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 10(3), 399-414.
- Carr, T. (2009). Women who coped successfully with progressive MS Learned to confront their diagnosis and live with its unpredictable changes: A commentary. Evidence-Based Nursing, 12 (4), 124.
- Carr, T. (2008). Mapping the processes and qualities of spiritual nursing care. Qualitative Health Research, 18(5), 686-700.
- Andrews, M. M., Boyle, J. S., & Carr, T. J. (Eds.) (2003), Transcultural concepts in nursing care (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PE: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
- Carr, T. (2003). The spirit of Nursing: Ghost of our past or force for our future? In M. R. McIntyre & E. H. Thomlinson (Eds.) Realities of Canadian nursing: Professional, practice and power issues. Philadelphia, PE: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
- Carr, T. (2000). [Review of the book A cross-cultural dialogue n health care ethics]. Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal, XXXI(3), 171-173.
Professional practice, committees, volunteer work summary:
- 2010-Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Advisory Group Member for Spirituality in Mental Health and Addiction Services
- 2010-Loyer- DaSilva Research Chair in Public Health Nursing Advisory Board Member, University of Ottawa, School of Nursing
- 2008-Nursing Best Practice Research Unit, University of Ottawa/RNAO, Research Associate
- 1995-Lambi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, International Honours Society of Nursing
