# Genevieve Armstrong joins Bloomberg Nursing as Assistant Professor

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9 March 2026

Newly appointed Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) **Genevieve Armstrong** is looking forward to sharing her passion for health equity, social justice, and the impactful role of nurses on health policy, with the next generation of nurses at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing.

Armstrong, a registered nurse who earned her BScN and MN degrees from Toronto Metropolitan University before joining Bloomberg Nursing as a PhD student, began her new role on March 1, 2026.

Armstrong’s approach to teaching builds on her previous experience and practice as a public health nurse. She often brings her experiences of working with equity deserving groups specifically migrant populations, directly into the classroom.

“Students really appreciate when those stories come to life in their learning, especially when they need to envision what health equity and inequity actually look like in practice,” says Armstrong.

In her new role with the Faculty, Armstrong is hoping to have an even greater educational impact by preparing students for a dynamic and complex healthcare system that is constantly evolving. Ensuring nursing students are equipped to succeed also means inspiring them to address some of the current problems that exist in the healthcare system she says.

> Part of my teaching includes influencing students to be critical thinkers, to look at the world critically, and hopefully take that perspective not just into their nursing practice, but also into their everyday lives,” says Armstrong.

That shift in perspective is also what inspired Armstrong to pursue a PhD with Bloomberg Nursing. As a nurse, she recognized an ongoing policy issue related to the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) among migrants with precarious status for whom she was providing care. As a result, her research has focused on the development and implementation of TB policies, including the persistent challenges and barriers to reaching the federal government’s stated goal of eliminating TB by 2030.

“The policies currently in place to manage TB among migrants with precarious status in Canada are inequitable, and they are driven largely by politicians with little knowledge or expertise of the disease and its progression. Without any policy change, Canada will not eliminate TB by 2030,” says Armstrong

While she plans to complete her PhD in 2026, Armstrong says that joining Bloomberg Nursing as a faculty member is a full circle moment for her, and an important opportunity to continue shaping future generations of nurses.

“I feel Bloomberg Nursing really embodies “Nursing in Action” through its innovation in the research being produced, the global rankings of the faculty, and the value placed on excellence in nursing education and clinical leadership,” says Armstrong.

 “I’m looking forward to giving back to this community in the same way that the I feel the faculty has supported me.”

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