Vanessa Van Bewer, University of Manitoba

Research

post-secondary education students race ethnicity disparities Indigenous participatory

Latest papers

Layered Injustices: Mapping Everyday Discrimination in Nursing Education through an Intersectional Lens.
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026 · first author
Failure to thrive: A QuantCrit analysis of academic failure and everyday discrimination in undergraduate nursing education.
Nurse education today · 2026 · first author
Enhancing nursing education for Indigenous students: Indigenous nursing students' insights and strategies.
Nurse education today · 2024 · first author

All 8 publications

Latest funding

This Is Medical Transport: Listening to First Nations Peoples' voices and perspectives of medical transportation and learning from the lived realities of the impacts on health and healthcare
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$125,000
MB NEIHR renewal
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
Mapping racial disparities in higher education: An Indigenous nursing student-led inquiry
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$28,948

All 4 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Layered Injustices: Mapping Everyday Discrimination in Nursing Education through an Intersectional Lens.

Van Bewer V, Mekonnen A, Kramer M

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/08445621251391418 PMID: 41217830

02

Failure to thrive: A QuantCrit analysis of academic failure and everyday discrimination in undergraduate nursing education.

Van Bewer V, Mekonnen A, Kramer M

Nurse education today2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106885 PMID: 41066925

03

Enhancing nursing education for Indigenous students: Indigenous nursing students' insights and strategies.

Van Bewer V, Sawchyn M

Nurse education today2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106157 PMID: 38503250

04

Trauma and survivance: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous nursing students.

Van Bewer V

Nursing inquiry2023First author

DOI: 10.1111/nin.12514 PMID: 35971211

05

Exploring Theatre of the Oppressed and Forum Theatre as pedagogies in nursing education.

Van Bewer V, Woodgate RL, Martin D, Deer F

Nurse education today2021First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104940 PMID: 33962186

06

An Indigenous and arts-influenced framework for anti-racist practice in nursing education.

Van Bewer V, Woodgate RL, Martin D, Deer F

Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing2021First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.11.002 PMID: 33674111

07

Transdisciplinarity in Health Care: A Concept Analysis.

Van Bewer V

Nursing forum2017First author

DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12200 PMID: 28547926

08

Examining the correlates of current smoking among off-reserve First Nations, Métis and Inuit youth: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.

Van Bewer V, Woodgate RL

Addictive behaviors2017First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.02.017 PMID: 28214709

This Is Medical Transport: Listening to First Nations Peoples' voices and perspectives of medical transportation and learning from the lived realities of the impacts on health and healthcare

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Indigenous Health and Wellness

Principal investigators: Fowler-Woods, Amanda D; Lavallee, Barry

Keywords: Health Services Research; Indigenous Health; Medical Transport; Qualitative Research

$125,000

MB NEIHR renewal

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: NEIHR - Manitoba

Principal investigators: Diffey, Linda L; Copenace, Sherry; Daniels, Chantal G; Star, Leona; Fowler-Woods, Amanda D; Lavoie, Josée G

Keywords: Anti-Indigenous Racism; Equity; Health Research; Indigenous Peoples; Mentorship

$4,000,000

Mapping racial disparities in higher education: An Indigenous nursing student-led inquiry

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Van Bewer, Vanessa

Keywords: post-secondary; education; students; race; ethnicity; disparities; Indigenous; participatory; decolonial

$28,948

Mapping racial disparities in higher education: An Indigenous nursing student-led inquiry

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Van Bewer, Vanessa

Keywords: post-secondary; education; students; race; ethnicity; disparities; Indigenous; participatory; decolonial

$46,029

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

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Frank Deer

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: post-secondary Dear Professor Van Bewer, 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 "Layered Injustices: Mapping Everyday Discrimination in Nursing Education through an Intersectional Lens." (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 "Mapping racial disparities in higher education: An Indigenous nursing student-led inquiry" (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]

Vanessa Van Bewer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Layered Injustices: Mapping Everyday Discrimination in Nursing Education through an Intersectional Lens.

Failure to thrive: A QuantCrit analysis of academic failure and everyday discrimination in undergraduate nursing education.

Enhancing nursing education for Indigenous students: Indigenous nursing students' insights and strategies.

Trauma and survivance: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous nursing students.

Exploring Theatre of the Oppressed and Forum Theatre as pedagogies in nursing education.

An Indigenous and arts-influenced framework for anti-racist practice in nursing education.

Transdisciplinarity in Health Care: A Concept Analysis.

Examining the correlates of current smoking among off-reserve First Nations, M&#xe9;tis and Inuit youth: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.

This Is Medical Transport: Listening to First Nations Peoples' voices and perspectives of medical transportation and learning from the lived realities of the impacts on health and healthcare

MB NEIHR renewal

Mapping racial disparities in higher education: An Indigenous nursing student-led inquiry

Mapping racial disparities in higher education: An Indigenous nursing student-led inquiry

Frequent collaborators

Donna Martin

Frank Deer

Examining the correlates of current smoking among off-reserve First Nations, Métis and Inuit youth: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.