Vicky Bungay, PhD, RN, FCAN

(She/her)

Professor; Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Applied Science University of British Columbia

Dr. Vicky Bungay is a professor and researcher in the School of Nursing, and a former Canada Research Chair in Gender, Equity and Community Engagement. Her work occurs in collaboration and in partnership with researchers, leaders, staff, and people with lived and living experience of gender-based violence. Her research focuses on addressing socio-economic and political inequities (e.g., marginalization) that negatively affect people’s health and well-being including the devastating effects of stigma, discrimination and violence. As the Associate Dean, she provides strategic leadership for Faculty of Applied Science research and graduate education. This includes strengthening connections across the diverse schools within the faculty: Nursing, Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, and engineering departments, including the School of Engineering at UBC Okanagan.