Nancy E. Fenton

Education

B.SC. Human Nutrition and Food Science (University of Western Ontario)    

M.Ed. Adult Education & Counselling Psychology (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto)

Ph.D. Educational Policy and Leadership (Brock University)

PDF School of Geography & Earth Sciences (McMaster University)

Contact information

Office:  LHN 1727

Telephone: (519) 888-4567 ext 31372

Email: nfenton@uwaterloo.ca

Teaching interests

Qualitative Research Methods, Grounded Theory, Organizational Behaviour, Organizational Change, Situated Learning, Problem-based Learning

Recent courses taugh​t

Qualitative Methods

Learning in Organizations

Independent Study

Effecting Change in Education

Research areas

Medical geography, Emotional Geography, Risk Perception, Children and Youth, Quality of Life, Child-centred methodologies, Qualitative and Post-structural methods, Communities of Practice, Mentorship competencies

Research interests

The goal of my research is to identify environmental health risks that might improve the quality of life of children by reducing the burden of chronic diseases. My research interests focus on critical health geography and in particular, qualitative research methods suitable for emotion and children. My current projects involve evaluating asthma education programs for children and youth in First Nations and Inuit communities; exploring perceptions and experiences of Ontario students with anaphylaxis and their parents regarding school as a ‘safe’ place; exploring perceptions of learning experiences in mentorship relationships.  

Major funding sources

AllerGen NCE

Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada

Selected publications 

(*indicates student author)

• Fenton NE. (with C. Shields, M. K. McGinn, & M. Manley-Casimir). Exploring emotional experiences of belonging. Manuscript submitted (December 2011) toWorkplace: A Journal for Academic Labor.

• Manley-Casimir, M. (with N. E. Fenton, M. K. McGinn, & C. Shields). Contextualizing academic lives. Manuscript submitted (December 2011) toWorkplace: A Journal for Academic Labor.

• Shields, C. (with N. E. Fenton, M. K. McGinn, & M. Manley-Casimir). Required payment: Extracting a pound of flesh. Manuscript submitted (December 2011) to Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor.

• Vajoczki S, Watt S, Fenton NE, Tarkowski J. Lecture capture: An effective tool for Universal Instructional Design? Manuscript submitted (October 2011) to The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of teaching and Learning.

• Teeter CJ, Fenton NE, Nicholson K, Flynn T, Kim J, McKay M, O’Shaughnessy  B, Vajoczki S. Using Communities of Practice to Foster Faculty Development in Higher Education. Innovations in Practice, 4. 52-57, 2011.

• Fenton NE, Elliott SJ, Clarke AE. Tag, you’re different: the interrupted spaces of children at risk of anaphylaxis. Children's Geographies, 2011, (conditional acceptance).

• Fenton NE, Elliott SJ, Cicutto L, Clarke AE, Harada L, McPhee E. Illustrating risk: anaphylaxis through the eyes of the food-allergic child. Risk Analysis2010; 31(1), 171-183.

• Fenton NE, Elliott SJ, Royce D. Knowledge Translation Planning Tools for Allergic Disease Researcher. Report prepared for AllerGen NCE, 2009.

• Fenton NE, Elliott SJ. Consumer Response to Precautionary Statements on Food Label. Research Report Prepared for Health Canada, 2008.

• Fenton NE, Inglis S. A critical perspective on organizational values. Nonprofit Management & Leadership Journal 2007; 17(3), 335-347.

• McGinn MK, Shields C, Fenton NE, Manley-Casimir M, Grundy A. Living ethics: a narrative of collaboration and belonging in a research team. Reflective Practice 2005; 6, 551-567.

• Fenton N, Augustin L, Redden C, Patterson C. Development and evaluation of a common intake process for geriatric medicine and psychiatry. International Journal of Health Care 2000; 13(1), vi-x.

Selected professional activi​ties and networks

College of Dietitians of Ontario

Editorial Assistant – Social Science and Medicine, Medical Geography  (2012)