Adjunct Faculty
Brenda Beagan, MA, PhD, BA
Assistant Professor
School of Occupational Therapy
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 3J5
Telephone - (902) 494-6555
Fax - (902) 494-1229
E-mail -
brenda.beagan@dal.ca
Educational Background
1994-1998 Ph.D., Sociology, UBC, Vancouver
1987-1988 M.A., Sociology, Dalhousie University, Halifax
1981-1987 B.A. (Hon), Sociology, Dalhousie University, Halifax
Current Professional and Educational Responsibilities
Supervision of 6 Masters students
Committee member for 6 Masters and 5 PhD students
Recent Funded Projects
The Family Context of Food Decision-Making in Diverse Ethnocultural Groups. (Co-Principal Investigator) CIHR funded $393,820 over 3 years April 2003-March 2006 Co-PI: Gwen Chapman, UBC; Co-investigators: Josephine Etowa, Dalhousie; Ryna Levy Milne, UBC; Satnam Sekhon, BC Cancer Agency; Donna Smith, Cancer Care NS; Shefali Raja, Vancouver Costal Health Authority.
Healthy Balance: Caregiving Portraits (Co-Investigator, Team Leader for Portraits) CIHR funded $1.7 million over 5 years 2001-2006
PIs: Carol Amaratunga, Brigitte Neumann, Barbara Clow; Co-investigators for Portraits project: Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Charlotte Loppie, Judy MacDonald, Nancy MacDonald, Robin Stadnyk, Dalhousie Collaborator: Evi Tastsoglou, SMU.
Menopause and the Myth of the Strong Black Woman: The Midlife Health and Well Being of African Nova Scotian Women (Co-Investigator) NSHRF funded $145,000 over 3 years 2002-2005 PIs: Josephine Etowa, Barbara Keddy; Co-investigators: Wanda Bernard, Sharon Davis-Murdoch, Sue Edmonds, Felicia Eghan, Jacqueline Gahagan, Anne Houstoun, Charlotte Loppie Collaborator: Health Association of African Canadians
Towards the Ethical Governance of Canadian Health Research Involving Humans: Principles, Policies, Practices and Outcomes (Co-Investigator) CIHR funded $117,940 over 2 years 2002-2004 PI: Michael McDonald, UBC; Co-investigators: Michael Burgess, UBC; Tim Caulfield, U of Alberta; Doug Kinsella, Calgary Collaborators: Michael Asch, UVic; Eric Meslin, Indiana
Ethical Tensions in the Caring Professions (Principal Investigator) SSHRC funded $70,000 over 3 years 2001-2004 Co-investigators: Sue Campbell, Joan Harbison, Donna Meagher-Stewart, Dalhousie; Carolyn Ells, McGill Collaborators: Gail MacDougall, Liz Townsend
Publications
2004 Beagan, Brenda L & Chapman, Gwen E. Family influences on food choice: The context of a breast cancer diagnosis. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. (forthcoming)
2004 Beagan, Brenda L & Chapman, Gwen E. Eating after breast cancer: Influences on women’s actions. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 2004;36: (forthcoming)
2004 Kenny, Nuala & Beagan, Brenda L. The patient as text: A challenge for problem-based learning. Medical Education (in print)
2003 Baylis, Françoise, Beagan, Brenda, Johnston, Josephine, Ram, Natalie. Cryopreserved human embryos in Canada and their availability for research. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 2003;25(12):1026-31.
2003 Beagan, Brenda L. Cultural awareness: Understanding yourself. (Commissioned editorial). StudentBMJ www.studentbmj.com November 2003.
2003 Beagan, Brenda L. “Is this worth getting into a big fuss over?”: Everyday racism in medical school. Medical Education 37: 852-860.
2003 Chapman, Gwen E. & Beagan, Brenda L. Women’s perspectives on nutrition, health and breast cancer. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior35(3): 135-141.
2003 Beagan, Brenda L. Teaching social and cultural awareness to medical students: “It’s all very nice to talk about it in theory, but ultimately it makes no difference.” Academic Medicine 78(6): 605-614.
2003 Beagan, Brenda L & Townsend, Elizabeth. (Guest Eds.) Special issue, “Making Sense of What People Do.” Journal of Occupational Science. 10(1). (Editorial pp. 2-3)
2003 Creese, Gillian & Beagan, Brenda L. Gender at work: Strategies for equality in neo-liberal times. In J. Curtis, E. Grabb and N. Guppy (Eds.) Social inequality in Canada: Patterns, problems, policies. (Third Ed.) Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice Hall, pp. 245-257.
