Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Publications and CIHR, CHSRF, and NSHRF funded studies focus on bringing a critical perspective to conventional health field knowledge: political economy of health and the social determinants of health; tackling health inequities through Public Health systems strengthening; human rights and health; access to health services; gender, racism and health; and the spatial contexts of oppression. Her forthcoming contributed volume, Oppression: A Social Determinant of Health, will be published by Fernwood Press in fall 2011.