Erin Nelson, University of Alberta

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Alberta profile.

Community-engaged scholarship Food security Latin America Sustainable food systems Agroecology Community development Farmer networks Participatory action research

Latest papers

Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access
The Lancet Public Health · 2025 · senior author
Not here, not now: a mystery caller study of availability of mifepristone in community pharmacies in Alberta, Canada
Contraception · 2025 · senior author
Mifepristone Availability Among Community Pharmacies in Alberta: A Pan-Provincial Mystery Caller Study
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada · 2025

All 95 publications

Latest funding

Surrogates' Voices: Exploring Surrogates' Experiences and Insights
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$215,631
Surrogates' Voices: Exploring Surrogates' Experiences and Insights
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$44,195
The First Nations Health Authority and Indigenous health outcomes: A planning study
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 4 grants and awards

95 publications.

01

Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access

Erin A. Brennand, Bingji Huang, Natalie V. Scime, J.M.M. Chin A Paw, Erin L. Nelson

The Lancet Public Health20255 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00010-6 PMID: 40044246

02

Not here, not now: a mystery caller study of availability of mifepristone in community pharmacies in Alberta, Canada

Erin A. Brennand, Natalie V. Scime, Bingji Huang, Alam Randhawa, Shunaha Kim-Fine, Orly Aziza, J.M.M. Chin A Paw, Erin L. Nelson

Contraception20252 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2025.110945 PMID: 40350006

03

Mifepristone Availability Among Community Pharmacies in Alberta: A Pan-Provincial Mystery Caller Study

Natalie V. Scime, Bingji Huang, Alam Randhawa, Shunaha Kim-Fine, Orly Aziza, J.M.M. Chin A Paw, Erin L. Nelson, Erin A. Brennand

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2025.102897

04

Reproductive Health Policy in Canada

Erin L. Nelson

Oxford University Press eBooks2025First author

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197766859.013.0031

05

Mexico’s planned glyphosate ban helped show how agroecology can lead the way forward

Erin L. Nelson, Laura Plazas Tovar, Manuel Gómez Cruz

20241 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.64628/aam.dw3kuxyu6

06

Health Information Privacy and the Law: Narrowing Alberta's Accountability Gaps

Erin L. Nelson

Alberta Law Review2024First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.29173/alr2772

07

Digital technologies in local agri-food systems: Opportunities for a more interoperable digital farmgate sector

Alesandros Glaros, David C. Thomas, Eric Nost, Erin L. Nelson, Theresa Schumilas

Frontiers in Sustainability202333 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/frsus.2023.1073873

08

Building an Agroecology Knowledge Network for Agrobiodiversity Conservation

Evelyn Roberta Nimmo, Erin L. Nelson, Laura Gómez-Tovar, Mariol Morejón García, Andrew Spring, André Eduardo Biscaia de Lacerda, Alessandra Izabel de Carvalho, Alison Blay‐Palmer

Conservation202319 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/conservation3040032

09

Contested definitions of digital agri-food system transformation: A webpage and network analysis

Alesandros Glaros, Eric Nost, Erin L. Nelson, Laurens Klerkx, Evan Fraser

International Journal of Food Design20237 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1386/ijfd_00050_1

10

Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba.

Benítez Fernández B, Nelson E, Crespo Morales A, Ortiz Pérez R, Acosta Roca R, Cárdenas Travieso RM

Frontiers in sociology20234 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1256379 PMID: 37868090

Surrogates' Voices: Exploring Surrogates' Experiences and Insights

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gruben, Vanessa T.

Keywords: surrogacy; assisted reproduction; reproductive justice; empirical research; qualitative interviews; law reform

$215,631

Surrogates' Voices: Exploring Surrogates' Experiences and Insights

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gruben, Vanessa T.

Keywords: surrogacy; assisted reproduction; reproductive justice; empirical research; qualitative interviews; law reform

$44,195

The First Nations Health Authority and Indigenous health outcomes: A planning study

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ogbogu, Ubaka L

Keywords: Health Law; Health Planning; Health Services; Health Systems; Indigenous Health; Population Health; Social Determinants Of Health

$20,000

Reproductive autonomy: legal and policy choices

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Relationships in Transition

Principal investigators: Nelson, Erin L.

Keywords: law; health law; health care ethics; women's health

$15,839

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Nicholas Leyland and Sukhbir Singh: 53 shared papers
Erin Brennand and Natalie Scime: 35 shared papers
Nicholas Leyland and Sheila Dunn: 28 shared papers
Nicholas Leyland and Alaa Awadalla: 27 shared papers
Nicholas Leyland and Carolyn Best: 26 shared papers
Carolyn Best and Sheila Dunn: 24 shared papers
Sheila Dunn and Alaa Awadalla: 23 shared papers
Sukhbir Singh and Alaa Awadalla: 23 shared papers
Carolyn Best and Alaa Awadalla: 21 shared papers
Sheila Dunn and Sukhbir Singh: 21 shared papers
Charles Levkoe and Peter Andrée: 16 shared papers
Timothy Caulfield and Ubaka Ogbogu: 14 shared papers
Irena Knezevic and Alison Blay-Palmer: 12 shared papers
Evan Fraser and Alesandros Glaros: 10 shared papers
Kelly Skinner and Andrew Spring: 8 shared papers
Jodi Shapiro and Erin Nelson: 8 shared papers
Andrew Spring and Alison Blay-Palmer: 8 shared papers
Ubaka Ogbogu and Bartha Knoppers: 7 shared papers
Karen Landman and Erin Nelson: 7 shared papers
Irena Knezevic and Erin Nelson: 6 shared papers
Charles Levkoe and Irena Knezevic: 5 shared papers
Irena Knezevic and Karen Landman: 5 shared papers
Alison Blay-Palmer and Erin Nelson: 5 shared papers
Roxanne Mykitiuk and Erin Nelson: 5 shared papers
Timothy Caulfield and Bartha Knoppers: 4 shared papers
Timothy Caulfield and Erin Nelson: 4 shared papers
Evan Fraser and Peter Andrée: 4 shared papers
Charles Levkoe and Alison Blay-Palmer: 4 shared papers
Andrew Spring and Erin Nelson: 4 shared papers
Eric Nost and Alesandros Glaros: 4 shared papers
Peter Andrée and Erin Nelson: 4 shared papers
Erin Brennand and Erin Nelson: 3 shared papers
Natalie Scime and Erin Nelson: 3 shared papers
Jodi Shapiro and Jennifer Blake: 3 shared papers
Evan Fraser and Karen Landman: 3 shared papers
Evan Fraser and Erin Nelson: 3 shared papers
Charles Levkoe and Alesandros Glaros: 3 shared papers
Charles Levkoe and Erin Nelson: 3 shared papers
Nicholas Leyland and Jodi Shapiro: 2 shared papers
Nicholas Leyland and Jennifer Blake: 2 shared papers
Nicholas Leyland and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Carolyn Best and Jennifer Blake: 2 shared papers
Carolyn Best and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Ubaka Ogbogu and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Sheila Dunn and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Bartha Knoppers and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Kelly Skinner and Peter Andrée: 2 shared papers
Kelly Skinner and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Sukhbir Singh and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Jodi Shapiro and Roxanne Mykitiuk: 2 shared papers
Jennifer Blake and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Evan Fraser and Eric Nost: 2 shared papers
Eric Nost and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Alesandros Glaros and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Alaa Awadalla and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers
Charlotte Winder and Erin Nelson: 2 shared papers

Institute of Political Economy
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Clinical Public Health Division
Admin
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
Urban Geography
Other

Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Jan Christilaw

Department of Family Practice

8 shared papers, latest 2013

Jodi Shapiro

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

8 shared papers, latest 2013

Karen Landman

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development

7 shared papers, latest 2020

Irena Knezevic

Institute of Political Economy

6 shared papers, latest 2021

Roxanne Mykitiuk

Osgoode Hall Law School

5 shared papers, latest 2009

Alison Blay-Palmer

Urban Geography

5 shared papers, latest 2023

Peter Andrée

Institute of Political Economy

4 shared papers, latest 2014

Andrew Spring

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

4 shared papers, latest 2023

Timothy Caulfield

Health Law Institute

4 shared papers, latest 2022

Charles Levkoe

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2018

Evan Fraser

Arrell Food Institute

3 shared papers, latest 2023

Natalie Scime

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Erin Brennand

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Charlotte Winder

Department of Population Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Nicholas Leyland

Obstetrics & Gynecology

2 shared papers, latest 2013

Carolyn Best

Obstetrics & Gynecology

2 shared papers, latest 2013

Ubaka Ogbogu

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2007

Sheila Dunn

Clinical Public Health Division

2 shared papers, latest 2013

Bartha Knoppers

Department of Human Genetics

2 shared papers, latest 2018

Warren Dodd

School of Public Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2018

Jillian Reardon

Pharmsci

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Joan Braun

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community-engaged scholarship Dear Professor Nelson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]