She teaches courses in holistic nursing with particular attention to environmental / contextual factors affecting health and quality of life of individuals. She volunteers her nursing services on the health bus, an outreach program for homeless people in downtown Toronto. Her doctoral work examined how the cutbacks of services in healthcare in the 90s affected nurses and vulnerable clients. Research includes a) a needs assessment / evaluation of the health bus outreach program with recommendations, b) creation of a news letter by and for homeless people, c) exploring housing needs and impacts of homelessness on health from the perspectives of the homeless, and links between chronic diseases and poverty. She is a co-investigator in ongoing research on a) impact of poverty on health outcomes of people living with diabetes, b) risks of contracting TB and other communicable diseases among homeless populations.