Lindsey Vold, RN, PhD

Lindsey is a Saskatchewan born and raised Registered Nurse, who continues to call Treaty Six Territory home. Raised in a rural small town, community has always been an important part of her life, which continues to influence her work. Lindsey organically or through misadventures – depending on perspective – entered nursing later in life but found her home in public and community health.  

Lindsey completed her PhD in April 2025. Her dissertation research focused on how Arctic community-based organizations are addressing community food security and food systems challenges through technology and innovation through food production methods to improve local capacity. This work was underpinned by critical and sociopolitical approaches to food security and health. Lindsey prefers to learn through active experience, humor, travel, and in the classroom. 

Lindsey has worn many nursing hats since completing her BSN in 2015. She has primarily worked in the community and public health settings with a focus on communicable disease prevention, and reproductive and sexual health. Lindsey also has the privilege to work in remote Northern communities in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. 

The broad foci of her research interests include public and community health, reducing health inequities, climate change, and systems thinking. Outside of her dissertation, Lindsey has been involved in several projects such as a community-based research project on improving access to harm reduction and recovery services in Saskatoon, various food security and systems projects, and projects that aim to show the connections between climate change and health. When she is not reading or writing, Lindsey enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing team sports, and working with her hands.

2025 Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Saskatchewan 

2017 Master of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan 

2015 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (with distinction), University of Saskatchewan, College of Nursing 

Meszaros, M., Vold, L., & Petrucka, P. (2025). The Canadian Health Care Delivery System. In B. J. Astle, W. D. Duggleby, P. A. Potter, P. A. Stockert, A. Griffin Perry, & A. M. Hall (Eds.), Potter and Perry's Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, forthcoming 8th edition 

Vold, L. & Meszaros, M. (2021). Rhizomatic Assemblages: Connecting Climate Change to Nursing Action. Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 3(2), pp 18-35.  https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.113  

Natcher, D., Ingram, S., Solotki, R., Burgess, C., Kulshreshtha, S., & Vold, L. (2021). Assessing the Constraints to the Adoption of Containerized Agriculture in Northern Canada. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5, 643366, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.643366  

Vold, L., Wallar, L., & Papadolous, A. (2020). An evolution in health professional education: The ecological determinants of health. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. DOI:10.1080/14635240.2020.1780930  

Moore, M., Meyer, D, Vold, L., & Martin, W. (2019). Plotting Directionality on Positional Maps: A Methodological Consideration for Situational Analysis in Public Health Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 18, 1-7. DOI: 10.1177/1609406919855280     

Vold, L., Lynch, M., & Martin, W. (2019). A review of housing and food intersections: Implications for nurses and nursing research. The Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (CJNR), 54(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/0844562119831891  

Martin, W., & Vold, L. (2018). Building capacity through urban agriculture: report on the askîy project. Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice, 38(1), 29-35. DOI:10.24095/hpcdp.38.1.06

Title: Climate Change and Health Report: It's Time for Nurses to Act.  

Date: 2019 

Organization: Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) 

Co-Authors: Martin, W. & Vold, L 

Martin, W. & Vold, L. (2019). Climate Change and Health Report: It's Time for Nurses to Act. Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU). https://nursesunions.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CFNU_climatechange-web.pdf  

Title: An Introduction to Environmental Racism for Nurses 

Date: 2023 

Organization: Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment / Association d'infirmières et infirmiers pour l'environnement (CANE/AIIE) 

Co-Authors: CANE/AIIE 

Title: Action over Anxiety: The Role of Medical Students in Our Climate Crisis, Spotify Podcast 

Date: 2021 

Requesting Organization: College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan 

Co-Authors: Dr. Ryan Meili and Dr. Jasmine Bharwa 

Title: Optimizing Flexible Models of Care for OUD in the Prairies: Clinical Roundtable Webinars, YouTube Link. 

Date: 2021 

Requesting Organization: Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM) and OPTIMA Trial 

Co-Authors: Dr. Monty Ghosh, Dr. Barry Lavallee, Dr. Ginette Poulin, nurses Lindsey Vold and Cristina Zaganelli, and pharmacists Wes Llewelyn-Williams and Julia Bareham 

Title: Snowshoes and sex-ed: Fort McPherson youth and elders find a safe, traditional space to talk 

Date: 2022 

Requesting Organization: Gwich'in Tribal Council 

Co-Authors: Peterson, D., Jones, H. Vold, L., Kamuhanda, D.