Andréanne (B.Sc. Nursing, University Laval; M.Sc. Nursing, University of Montreal; Graduate certificate in Health and Social Services Management, McGill University; PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences (socio-anthropology of medication) , University of Montreal) is the Research Program Director at the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research. Her doctoral research, recognized on the Chancellor’s List for Academic Excellence, examined how end-of-life care in retirement homes transformed during COVID-19 and how frontline workers developed innovative homecare models in response to the crisis.

Andréanne works at the intersection of healthcare, community, and culture, viewing care as a dynamic, relational practice shaped by social, structural, cultural, environmental, and historical realities. She explores how these factors influence clinical encounters while engaging in policy work to strengthen healthcare systems. Her current projects, co-led with Elders, knowledge holders, and community partners, include improving access to end-of-life care, integrating traditional uses of fur in frostbite management, and supporting Indigenous youth recruitment and retention in northern healthcare workforces.

Andréanne, a white settler of French ancestry, and her family live in Somba K’e and are guests on Chief Drygeese Territory. She has served as a nursing instructor and as manager of the health research program at Aurora College, and has previously collaborated with Indigenous communities in Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee as a scholar, educator, manager, and clinician. She is a Fellow of EXTRA/FORCE with Healthcare Excellence Canada, a member of the CIHR College of Reviewers, serves on the board of the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment, and is adjunct faculty at the School of Nursing, University of Victoria; the School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo; and the School of Public Health, University of Alberta.