Judith Kulig

qualifications: DNSc

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, supervised data collection, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts

position: Professor

Judith Kulig is a Professor in the Nursing Program within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. She has devoted her research program to understanding rural health issues specifically addressing unique groups who live in rural areas, nursing practice in rural and remote Canada and community resiliency in rural communities. Judith is past Chair of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society for which she was one of the founding members.

Dr Barry Hall

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Professsor

I am interested in the following: Resiliency in the rural sector. Rural elderly. Rural youth violence. Clinical treatment of first Nations' people. Rural suicide.

Ruth Grant Kalischuk

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Associate dean

Ruth's research interests include: family research, end-of-life care, dealing with loss and trauma, public health, and water and health. She teaches a graduate course in advanced qualitative research methodology.