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RN, EdD | Diploma of Nursing (George Brown College), BScN (Toronto Metropolitan University), MN (University of Toronto), EdD (William Howard Taft University)
Email: kimenglish@trentu.ca
Biography
Dr. Kim English is a Registered Nurse and nurse educator with over 35 years of experience teaching nurses across undergraduate, postgraduate, and internationally educated levels. Her teaching is deeply informed by decades of clinical practice in acute care, her life in a rural community, and her sustained engagement with Indigenous communities across Canada.
Kim's narrative-informed research celebrates the innovation and leadership of rural and remote nurses, drawing from the social sciences and humanities to amplify voices too often pushed to the margins. As a settler scholar, she is privileged to learn from Indigenous nurses, Elders, and colleagues, relationships that ground her anti-colonial approach to understanding health, context, and care. This shapes her work in nursing education through virtual simulation and her commitment to inclusive, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive pedagogies. Kim has a particular interest in serving as an accomplice to Indigenous populations in addressing racism in Canadian healthcare.
Her scholarly and practice work at the rural, national, and global levels includes international collaborations in nursing education and rural health. Kim is a long-standing member of the Canadian Association of Rural and Remote Nurses, as well as the Global Nurse Exchange Network, the Rural Nurse Organization and the Global AI Nurses Alliance.
Kim has received several teaching honours, including the Trent University Excellence in Online Education Award (2020), and has been nominated multiple times for the Trent University Symons, Nursing Deaconal Awards for Excellence in Teaching and the Global Open Education Award (2026).
Areas of Interest
Rural & Remote Nursing Practice and Preparation, Rural Health Equity & Access, Rural Nursing leadership & Innovation; AI use in Rural areas & by Rural Practitioners; Rural Research in Practice; Rural Community Development; Rural, Remote & Northern Interprofessional Practice,; Rural Primary & Community Care; Global Rural Nursing Practice; Rural Mental Health: Indigenous health equity; Narrative inquiry and digital storytelling; Immersive technologies in nursing education (VR/simulation/AI); Decolonizing nursing curricula; Nursing advocacy and self-advocacy; Relational inquiry; Internationally educated nurses.
Current Research Projects
- Decolonizing Nursing Education through Virtual Reality — An immersive VR experience depicting racism experienced by Indigenous Peoples in health care settings, funded by Ecampus Ontario ($50,000). Nominated for the 2026 Global OER Award.
- Global Rural Nursing Virtual Collaboration Partnership — International nursing student collaboration between Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand, submitted to the MHCH Foundation (2026).
- The Wellness Shift: Relational Recovery & Leadership Innovation for Nurses — Submitted to the RNFOO Nursing Innovation Award (2026).
- Digital Storytelling as a Pedagogical Tool — Exploring digital storytelling for rural nursing recruitment and nursing student preparation for rural/remote practice.
Voices from the Margins — Ongoing manuscript development from EdD dissertation research on rural nurses' lived experiences in Canada.
Recent Publications (Selected)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Crawley, J. & English, K. (2023). A global context for rural nursing: Interview with Professor Kim English (Visiting Scholar). Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Health & Well-Being). https://doi.org/10.34074/scop.3008014
- Ross, J., Emond, K., Handler-Schuster, D., & English, K. (2023). Connecting — Fellows take action: An international rural collaboration. Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Health & Well-Being). https://doi.org/10.34074/scop.3008005
- English, K. (2021). Nbwaa-ka-win: To cherish knowledge is to know wisdom. Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 3(1), 45–56. https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.50
- Acquaviva, K. D., Mugele, J., Abadilla, N., English, K., et al. (2020). Documenting social media engagement as scholarship: A new model for assessing academic accomplishment for the health professions. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(11), e25070. https://doi.org/10.2196/25070
- Recalla, S., English, K., Nazarali, R., Mayo, S., Miller, D., & Gray, M. (2013). Ostomy care and management: A systematic review. Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, 40(5), 489–500.
Book Chapters
- English, K. (in press, Fall 2026). Multiple chapters. In Ross et al. (Eds.), Global Rural Advanced Nursing Practice. Springer Nature.
- Jahneer, S., English, K., & Armstrong, N. (2024). Rural nursing. In Stamler & Yiu (Eds.), Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective (5th ed.). Pearson Education.
- English, K. (2023). In Kaplan-Myrth & Tam (Eds.), Breaking Canadians: When the Levee Breaks. University of Toronto Press.
Research Grants (Selected)
- 2024 — MHCH Foundation: Global Rural Nursing Virtual Collaboration Partnership with Malawi ($2,500 USD)
- 2023 — Ecampus Ontario: Addressing Racism Towards Indigenous Patients — Immersive Technologies in Nursing Education. PI. ($50,000)
- 2023 — Wickerson Foundation: Developing a Decolonized, Trauma-Informed Nursing Curriculum ($4,000)
- 2021 — Indigenous Services Canada: Indigenous Transition Facilitator. Co-PI. ($110,000)
- 2019 — Ecampus Ontario: Exploring Virtual Reality to Prepare Nursing Students for Incivility. PI. ($31,000)
- 2017 — Ecampus Open Content Creation Grant: Patient Safety and QI Methods and Tools for Nursing. Co-PI. ($95,077)
Supervision
- Accepting graduate students (2026-2027)
- Accepting honours thesis students (2026-2027)