Oona St-Amant
Associate Professor
Faculty of Community Services
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing
Toronto, Ontario
ostamant@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 557986
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Bio/Research
My program of research touches on three broad (yet overlapping) domains of unpaid care work: 1) international volunteer unpaid health work; 2) family caregiving; and 3) double duty caregiving (health care providers who are simultaneously unpaid family caregivers). These domains of unpaid care wor...
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Bio/Research
My program of research touches on three broad (yet overlapping) domains of unpaid care work: 1) international volunteer unpaid health work; 2) family caregiving; and 3) double duty caregiving (health care providers who are simultaneously unpaid family caregivers). These domains of unpaid care work are shaped by the broader socio- political, cultural, and economic environment, which reproduce and inform social norms, values and expectations of care work. While I use an array of qualitative methodologies to examine these forms of care work and have employed various ethnographic approaches as it is a particularly useful tool for exposing cultural (norms, beliefs, practices) power and oppression, the outcome of my work has focused on changes to enhance supports for community. Furthermore, I have used an array of knowledge mobilization strategies (art-based theatrical performance, open educational resources, virtual gaming simulation) to bring awareness and social change to the broader context in which unpaid care work occurs. I work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to carry out my research work. I have held several external (seven) and internal (eighteen) grants as principal investigator and co-applicant which have contributed to my program of research.
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