Erin Cameron, PhD (she/her/elle)
Professor, Human Sciences Division
Lakehead University Campus
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 5E1
Phone: 807-766-7451
Email: ercameron@nosm.ca
Education and Professional Roles
Professor, Medical Education, NOSM University
Director, Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity
Director, CREATE Project (SSHRC Partnership Grant 2023-2030)
MERLIN Lead, Medical Education Research Lab in the North
Co-Lead, SAFE for Health Institutions Project
Adjunct, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University
Adjunct, Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University
2024-Present |
MBA, Lakehead University |
2010-2014 |
Ph.D. in Educational Studies, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON |
2009-2010 |
B.Ed., Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON |
2007-2009 |
M.A., Intercultural Communications, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC |
2005-2007 |
Dip., Creative Communications (Major: Journalism), Red River College |
1999-2004 |
B.A. (Majors: Psychology, English, Kinesiology), University of Manitoba, MB |
Research Interest
- Dr. Cameron’s current research interests include:
- Social Accountability;
- Rural Medical Education;
- Human Health Workforce Planning;
- Transformative Education;
- Health-Related Stigma; and
- Qualitative research methods.
Students interested in working with Dr. Cameron should email her directly with their CV, writing sample, and a summary briefly indicating the ways in which they believe their research interests align.
Selected Grants/Funding (from 2022-present)
Lead/principal investigator
- Associate Medical Services Fellowship (March 2023): Learning to Trust: Advancing human-machine trust pedagogies for a technology enabled compassionate workforce in Northern and rural Canada.
- SSHRC Partnership Grant (2023): Community-engaged Research in Education, Advocacy, & system Transformation for advancing Health Equity (CREATE): Exploring the Transformative Potential of Socially Accountable Research Networks Locally and Globally.
- SSHRC Connections Grant (Feb 2023). Leveraging Innovation in Accreditation through Social Accountability and Education.
- CIHR Project Grant (2022): City-Campus Engagement for Improved Population Health Outcomes
- NOSM Research Development Fund (2021-22): Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning.
- One-Time Funding from NOSM, UofT, CACMs (2020-21): Studying Accreditation Innovation at NOSM and UofT (SAINT) Study: A Multiple Case Study.
- Ontario Human Capital Research and Innovation Fund (OHCRIF) (2020-21): Working models for human capital planning in Northern Ontario: a model for the primary healthcare workforce.
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2019-22): Preparing Students for Rural Careers: Examining the Learning Processes and Outcomes in Rural Medical Education in Canada.
- SSHRC New Frontiers in Research Funding (2019-22): The Transformative Potential of Socially Accountable Education: Understanding Global and Local Perspectives.
- NOSM Funding (2019-21): Building a Community of Practice in Medical Education at NOSM.
Co-investigator
- SSHRC Insight Grant [national competition] (Oct, 2024): Reimagining social accountability in health professions education: Unlocking impact through evidence-informed approaches. [national competition] principal investigator: Dr. Tim Dube [Universite de Sherbrooke]
- SSHRC Partnership Développent Grant (Nov, 2024) : Évaluation des apprentissages par simulations interprofessionnelles pour les services sociaux et de santé francophones milieu linguistique minoritaire. national compétition] principal investigateur: Dr. Isabelle Giroux [Université de Ottawa]
- SSHRC (Feb, 2023). The promotion process as an act of power: An institutional ethnography of faculties of medicine in Canada. NPA: Sophie Soklaridis
- CIHR Catalyst Grant (Sept, 2022). Generating Data-Driven Policy Solutions for Ontario’s Primary Care Crisis. NPA: Claire Kendall
- NOAMA (2022): Integration of Social Justice Framework in Simulation Education and the impact on Emergency Department Healthcare Staff and Learner Perceptions in Northeastern Ontario. principal investigator: Mary Kerr.
- CIHR Catalyst Grant (2022): Mobilizing and evaluating a multi-level learning health system: Examining the influence and impacts of northern, rural, and remote contexts. principal investigators: Brianne Wood and Kelly Merservia-Collins
- Public Health Agency of Canada (Sept 2021-24): Makoyoh’sokoi – The Wolf Trail Program Expansion Project – Supporting Indigenous Women to Celebrate Good Health.
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2021-23): Links in the chain: A data-driven approach to understanding the relationship between professional education and its outcomes.
- SSHRC Insight (2020-23): Tackling the nuances of social accountability: Exploring the black box of teaching and learning.
- NOAMA (2019-22): Social Accountability as a Framework for Engagement (SAFE) for Health Institutions to Improve Patient Care in Northern Ontario: A Pilot Study.
- NOAMA (2019-22): Socially Accountable Curriculum: Putting Patients and Communities at the Center of Medical Education.
Selected Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
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