Kathleen (Kate) Leslie joined the Faculty of Health Disciplines as an Assistant Professor in 2019. Dr. Leslie is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Health Studies at Western University and the Governance and Regulation lead for the Canadian Health Workforce Network. She currently acts as the faculty’s Academic Integrity Officer.
Dr. Leslie is a registered nurse and lawyer who received her PhD in Nursing at the University of Toronto under a CIHR Vanier Scholarship. Her research interests include professional regulation, nursing and health policy, health law, scopes of practice, and the health workforce.
Dr. Leslie is an investigator on various tri-council (SSHRC and CIHR) and international (World Health Organization and NCSBN Center for Regulatory Excellence) research grants. If you would like to learn more about Dr. Leslie’s current research program or are interested in getting involved, please reach out to kleslie@athabascau.ca.
Registered Nurse (College of Nurses of Ontario, College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta)
Lawyer (Law Society of Ontario)
Leslie, K., Benoit, C., Freeman, A., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2021). Advancing regulatory coordination: The regulatory amalgamation for nursing and midwifery in British Columbia. Health Reform Observer, 9(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/gxv5
Leslie, K., Moore, J., Robertson, C., Bilton, D., Hirschkorn, K., Langelier, M.H., & Bourgeault, I.L. (2021). Regulating Health Professional Scopes of Practice: Comparing Institutional Arrangements & Approaches in the US, Canada, Australia & the UK. Human Resources for Health, 19. Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00550-3
Chu, C., Nyrup, R., Leslie, K., Shi, J., Bianchi, A., Lyn, A., McNichol, M., Khan, S., Rahimi, S., & Grenier, A. (2021). Digital ageism: Challenges and opportunities in artificial intelligence for older adults. The Gerontologist.
Leslie, K., Dunk, M., Staempfli, S., & Cook, K. (2021). Mandatory reporting of colleagues to regulators: An overview of requirements for Registered Nurses across Canadian jurisdictions. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 12(3), 68-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2155-8256(21)00118-6
Eaton, S.E., Figueroa, B.M., Butterworth, C., Feledichuk, D., Leslie, K., Lothian, J., Murray, J., Soodeen, C., & Wheatley, B. (2021). Reflections on the first year of Integrity Hour: An online Community of Practice for academic integrity. Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity, 4(1), 4-13. https://doi.org/gxv6
Leslie, K. (2020). Expanding the scope of practice for nurses and other health care professionals involved in immunization. In J. Lapum, O. St-Amant, & V. Dubey (Eds.), Vaccine Practice for Health Professionals: First Canadian Edition. Pressbooks. https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/immunizations/
Leslie, K., Bartram, M., Atanackovic, J., Chamberland-Rowe, C., Tulk, C., Bourgeault, I.L. (2022). Enhancing the capacity of the mental health and substance use health workforce to meet population needs: Insights from a facilitated virtual policy dialogue. Health Research Policy and Systems. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00857-8
Chu, C., Leslie, K., Shi, J., Nyrup, R., Bianchi, A., Khan, S., Rahimi, S., Lyn, A., Grenier, A. (2022). Age-related bias in AI: Scoping review protocol. JMIR Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/33211