Research interests
Health and Well-being | Rural Health Services | Planetary Health | Health Sciences | Climate Change | Harm Reduction | Sustainability | Food Security | Health Equity | Food Systems | Addiction | Community | Health | Public health systems and services, systemic and structural power dynamics, sexual and reproductive health, problematic substance use and harm reduction, health and social inequities, systems thinking, food security and systems, community-based research
Biography
Dr. Lindsey Vold is a Registered Nurse born and raised on Treaty Six Territory and the Homeland of the Métis in Saskatchewan. Growing up in a rural small town fostered her deep appreciation for community – an influence that continues to shape her professional and academic pursuits. Dr. Vold joined UNBC as an Assistant Professor in March 2026. She completed both her Master of Nursing (2017) and PhD (2025) at the University of Saskatchewan. Her doctoral research used situational analysis to look at the way community-based organizations implemented novel food production methods in the Territories. Dr. Vold has a keen interest in complexity thinking, food systems, planetary health, harm reduction, and the use of novel methodologies to approach public health problems. Her work focuses on reducing health inequities through implementation and community-based research, with particular attention to the structural determinants of health. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment / Association d'infirmières et infirmiers pour l'environnement (CANE/AIIE). Dr. Vold has taught graduate and undergraduate students and welcomes learners with interests in planetary health, harm reduction, and public health. While her primary expertise is in qualitative research, she is eager to incorporate mixed methods centered on system thinking. Clinically, Dr. Vold has worked primarily in public health in Saskatchewan and the Territories, with experience in sexual and reproductive health, primary care for relatives living with significant medical and social complexity, and tuberculosis prevention and control.