Allison Brown, University of Calgary

Research

institutional ethnography medical education health professions education post-secondary education social justice teaching and learning professional training university faculty critical pedagogy

Latest papers

The roots of resistance: An institutional ethnography of faculty opposition to social justice curricula in undergraduate medical education.
Medical education · 2026 · first author
How do academic institutions assess and demonstrate their social mission? A scoping review protocol.
Canadian medical education journal · 2026
Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine · 2025

All 25 publications

Latest funding

Reimagining social accountability in health professions education: Unlocking impact through evidence-informed approaches
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$46,458
Uncovering the roots of resistance towards the integration of social justice within a professional training program
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$30,362
Uncovering the roots of resistance towards the integration of social justice within a professional training program
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$41,610

All 4 grants and awards

25 publications.

01

The roots of resistance: An institutional ethnography of faculty opposition to social justice curricula in undergraduate medical education.

Brown A, des Ordons AR, Adel A, Young J, Kachra R, King RU

Medical education2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.70227 PMID: 42056736

02

How do academic institutions assess and demonstrate their social mission? A scoping review protocol.

Oubouchou R, Massé J, Zaccagnini M, Bergeron L, Rojas D, Tremblay MC, Cameron E, Brown A, Dubé T

Canadian medical education journal2026

DOI: 10.36834/sxbqck41 PMID: 42755760

03

Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada

Molinaro ML, Shah AQ, Elma A, Scholes A, Pinto N, Leslie M, Brown A, Cook D, Niven D, Fiest K

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine20254 citations

DOI: 10.1177/08850666251329828

04

In EPAs we trust, is quality and safety a must? A cross-specialty analysis of entrustable professional activity guides

Brown A, La J, Keri M-I, Hillis C, Razack S, Korah N, Karpinski J, Frank JR, Wong B, Goldman J

Medical Teacher20254 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2024.2323177

05

Equity, diversity, and…exclusion? A national mixed methods study of "belonging" in Canadian undergraduate medical education.

Sivananthajothy P, Adel A, Afhami S, Castrogiovanni N, Osei-Tutu K, Brown A

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-023-10265-4 PMID: 37563338

06

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion moments to raise Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion literacy among physician leaders.

Ruzycki SM, Holroyd-Leduc J, Brown A

Canadian medical education journal2023Senior author

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.75216 PMID: 37465746

07

Two sides of the same coin: Quality improvement and program evaluation in health professions education

Brown A, Grierson L

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice20228 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1111/jep.13598

08

Exploring the relationship between social accountability and competency-based medical education: A narrative review.

Schneider AR, Sharma T, Bhattacharya A, Brown A

Medical teacher2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2022.2093702 PMID: 35793268

09

Symbolic Solidarity or Virtue Signaling? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Public Statements Released by Academic Medical Organizations in the Wake of the Killing of George Floyd.

Brown A, Auguste E, Omobhude F, Bakana N, Sukhera J

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges2022First author

DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004597 PMID: 35044980

10

Freedom from discrimination or freedom to discriminate? Discursive tensions within discrimination policies in medical education.

Sukhera J, Goez H, Brown A, Haddara W, Razack S

Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice2022

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-022-10090-1 PMID: 35025019

Reimagining social accountability in health professions education: Unlocking impact through evidence-informed approaches

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dube, Timothy V.

Keywords: Educational transformation; educational outcomes; social accountability; societal impact

$46,458

Uncovering the roots of resistance towards the integration of social justice within a professional training program

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Brown, Allison

Keywords: institutional ethnography; medical education; health professions education; post-secondary education; social justice teaching and learning; professional training; university faculty; critical pedagogy; faculty development; academic institutions

$30,362

Uncovering the roots of resistance towards the integration of social justice within a professional training program

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Brown, Allison

Keywords: institutional ethnography; medical education; health professions education; post-secondary education; social justice teaching and learning; professional training; university faculty; critical pedagogy; faculty development; academic institutions

$41,610

The Canadian Collaboration for Complex Care: Innovations for optimal and appropriate care for all

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Team Grant: Personalized Health

Principal investigators: Rabi, Doreen M; Belanger, Francois; Chowdhury, Tanvir T; Forest, Pierre-Gerlier; Ivers, Noah M; Légaré, France; Montori, Victor; Munro, Sandra; Parrilla Lopez (Santana), Maria Jose; Quan, Hude; Scantlebury, Morris; Senior, Peter A; Tobe, Sheldon W

Keywords: Digital Innovation; Multimorbidity; Personalized Health; Racialization; Shared Decision Making

$1,859,545

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Deborah Cook and Meredith Vanstone: 32 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Meredith Vanstone: 29 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Kirsten Fiest: 8 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Daniel Niven: 7 shared papers
Meredith Vanstone and Kirsten Fiest: 6 shared papers
Kirsten Fiest and Daniel Niven: 6 shared papers
Aliya Kassam and Allison Brown: 5 shared papers
Meredith Vanstone and Myles Leslie: 4 shared papers
Brian Wong and Joanne Goldman: 4 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Allison Brown: 3 shared papers
Meredith Vanstone and Daniel Niven: 3 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Deborah Cook: 2 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Meghan McConnell: 2 shared papers
Deborah Cook and Christopher Hillis: 2 shared papers
Joanne Goldman and Allison Brown: 2 shared papers
Aleem Bharwani and Allison Brown: 2 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Myles Leslie: 1 shared paper
Lawrence Grierson and Elizabeth Peter: 1 shared paper
Deborah Cook and Myles Leslie: 1 shared paper
Deborah Cook and Elizabeth Peter: 1 shared paper
Deborah Cook and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Meredith Vanstone and Christopher Hillis: 1 shared paper
Meredith Vanstone and Elizabeth Peter: 1 shared paper
Meredith Vanstone and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Christopher Hillis and Brian Wong: 1 shared paper
Christopher Hillis and Joanne Goldman: 1 shared paper
Christopher Hillis and Jolanta Karpinski: 1 shared paper
Christopher Hillis and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Paula Elizabeth Sneath and Monica Bertolo: 1 shared paper
Paula Elizabeth Sneath and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Monica Bertolo and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Kirsten Fiest and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Marie-Claude Tremblay and Marco Zaccagnini: 1 shared paper
Marie-Claude Tremblay and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Daniel Niven and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Meghan McConnell and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Myles Leslie and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Brian Wong and Jolanta Karpinski: 1 shared paper
Brian Wong and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Peter and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Joanne Goldman and Jolanta Karpinski: 1 shared paper
David Freedman and Aliya Kassam: 1 shared paper
David Freedman and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Marco Zaccagnini and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Kannin Osei-Tutu and Aleem Bharwani: 1 shared paper
Kannin Osei-Tutu and Aliya Kassam: 1 shared paper
Kannin Osei-Tutu and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Jolanta Karpinski and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Susan Franceschet and Allison Brown: 1 shared paper
Aleem Bharwani and Aliya Kassam: 1 shared paper

Family Medicine
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1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: institutional ethnography Dear Professor Brown, 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 "The roots of resistance: An institutional ethnography of faculty opposition to social justice curricula in undergraduate medical education." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Uncovering the roots of resistance towards the integration of social justice within a professional training program" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]

Allison Brown

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The roots of resistance: An institutional ethnography of faculty opposition to social justice curricula in undergraduate medical education.

How do academic institutions assess and demonstrate their social mission? A scoping review protocol.

Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada

In EPAs we trust, is quality and safety a must? A cross-specialty analysis of entrustable professional activity guides

Equity, diversity, and&#x2026;exclusion? A national mixed methods study of "belonging" in Canadian undergraduate medical education.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion moments to raise Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion literacy among physician leaders.

Two sides of the same coin: Quality improvement and program evaluation in health professions education

Exploring the relationship between social accountability and competency-based medical education: A narrative review.

Symbolic Solidarity or Virtue Signaling? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Public Statements Released by Academic Medical Organizations in the Wake of the Killing of George Floyd.

Freedom from discrimination or freedom to discriminate? Discursive tensions within discrimination policies in medical education.

Reimagining social accountability in health professions education: Unlocking impact through evidence-informed approaches

Uncovering the roots of resistance towards the integration of social justice within a professional training program

Uncovering the roots of resistance towards the integration of social justice within a professional training program

The Canadian Collaboration for Complex Care: Innovations for optimal and appropriate care for all

Frequent collaborators

Aliya Kassam

Lawrence Grierson

Aleem Bharwani

Joanne Goldman

Paula Elizabeth Sneath

Monica Bertolo

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Kirsten Fiest

Marie-Claude Tremblay

Daniel Niven

Meghan McConnell

Myles Leslie

Brian Wong

Elizabeth Peter

David Freedman

Marco Zaccagnini

Kannin Osei-Tutu

Jolanta Karpinski

Susan Franceschet

Meredith Vanstone

Equity, diversity, and…exclusion? A national mixed methods study of "belonging" in Canadian undergraduate medical education.