Research Areas
Faculty & School/Dept.
Faculty of Health - School of Nursing
Degrees
BScN - 1989
Ryerson
Toronto
MEd - 1994
OISE/UT
Toronto
EdD - 2001
OISE/UT
Toronto
Biography
Isolde Daiski ( Professor, Emerita, School of Nursing, York University) was a hospital staff nurse for many years, before she earned her Masters and Doctorate degrees and began teaching in the School of Nursing at Ryerson University in 1990. From 2001 onward she was a full-time faculty member at the School of Nursing at York University. Her doctoral work focused on nurses’ experiences in the context of restructuring of healthcare. She conducted research on the impact of poverty and homelessness on health and quality of life. Isolde also volunteered as a nurse with an outreach program for homeless people, called the ‘health bus’.
She was teaching in the Undergraduate as well as the Graduate Programs in the School of Nursing, including supervising several MRP and Theses students in the MScN Program.
Previous research includes a) a needs assessment / evaluation of the health bus outreach program, b) the creation of a news letter by and for homeless people, and c) an exploration of housing needs and impacts of homelessness on health from the perspectives of homeless persons. She has disseminated her research through articles published in peer reviewed Nursing Journals and conference presentations. She was also a co-investigator in research projects regarding the impact of poverty on health outcomes of people living with diabetes and the risks faced by homeless populations of contracting TB. Her latest research with an interdisciplinary team investigated the lived experience of being homeless in suburbia, which is disseminated through an educational video.
Selected Publications
Daiski, I.,Halifax Davis, N., Mitchell, G.J. & Lyn, A. (2012). Suburban homelessness: Engulfment in the grotto of poverty. Studies in Social Justice, 6(1 ), 103-123.
Dinca-Panaitescu, M., Dinca-Panaitescu, S., Raphael, D., Bryant, T., Pilkington, F.B., & Daiski, I. (2012) The Dynamics of The Relationship Between Type 2 Diabetes Incidence and Poverty: Longitudinal Results From Canada’s National Population Health Survey. Maturitas, 72(3), 229-235..
Pilkington, F.B, Daiski, I., Bryant, T., Raphael, D., Dinca-Panaitescu, M., and Dinca-Panaitescu, S. (2011). Type 2 Diabetes in Vulnerable Populations: Community Health Workers' Perspectives of Health Service Needs and Policy Implications. Canadian Journal of Diabetes Care (accepted for publication December 2011)
Raphael, D., Daiski, I.,Pilkington, F.B., Bryant,T., Dinca-Panaitescu, M., & Dinca-Panaitescu, S. (2011). Toxic Combination of Poor Social Policies and Programmes, Unfair Economic Arrangements,and Bad Politics: The Experiences of Poor Canadians with Type 2 Diabetes. Critical Public Health,
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09581596.2011.607797
Dinca-Panaitescu, S., Dinca-Panaitescu, M., Bryant, T., Daiski, I., Pilkington, B., Raphael, D. (i2011). Diabetes prevalence and income : Results of the Canadian Community Health Survey. Health Policy, 99(2), 116-123.
Pilkington, B. & Daiski, I., Bryant, T., Raphael, D., Dinca-Panateiscu, M. & Dinca-Panateiscu, S. (2010). The experience of living with Diabetes for low income Canadians. [in press] Canadian Journal of Diabetes Care.
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Daiski, I. & Richards, E. (2007). Professionals on the sidelines: The working lives of bed-side nurses and elementary core French teachers. Gender, Work and Organization, 14(3), 210-231.
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Other Research Outputs
Peel Poverty Action Group, York University, School of Nursing, Homeless Hub, Critical Disability Studies, with the Social Planning Council of Peel: (2009). Spaces and places of homelessness in Peel Region. A video production: Funded by Trillium Foundation
Awards
Supervision
Currently available to supervise graduate students: Yes
Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Not Indicated
Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Not Indicated
Current Research
Her current scholarly interests are in social equity, power, and identity, particularly in relation to marginalized groups, leading to inquiries into the lived experiences of the poor and homeless in society and the impact of poverty on their health. Recent research projects include development of a news letter with marginalized homeless persons, an evaluation/needs assessment of the users of the Health Bus outreach program, as well as impacts of poverty on living with diabetes and risks of tuberculosis. amongst shelter users. Her latest research investigates the lived experience of homelessness in the suburban environment.