»Life on earth is more like a verb. It repairs, maintains, re-creates, and outdoes itself.«Lynn Margulis (2008) Symbiotic Planet ⟳ another spore
We are an interdisciplinary research group comprised of nurses, artists, critical theorists and anti-fascists who are committed to understanding how we can use creativity, understanding and affirmation.
✶ Patches, not pillars
Why compost, why now: the imperative for critical posthuman research in nursing — against extraction, with care, in the ruins of the systems we work inside.
Read the imperative →Solidarity is a nursing intervention. Watch the collective say it to camera.
Stand with us →What we are growing together — the book, the Drift Journal, video wonderings, and experiments in noticing.
Dig in →Panels, provocations, conference mischief. Fruiting bodies appear irregularly.
Join something →☽ The Collective
♫ Affirmative Music
Our ever expanding shared playlist that creates shared understanding and brings joy.
Listen on Spotify →⊕ Latest
Jess co-chaired the 28th International Nursing Philosophy Conference at UC Irvine (July 2026) — with the collective's Borderlands symposium, two camp conversations, and crip futures on the programme.
More →Annie-Claude Laurin is now Assistant Professor in the Faculté des sciences infirmières at Université Laval, and a researcher at IUCPQ.
More →Patrick Martin received a Fondation de l'IUCPQ grant for his study of LGBTQ2S+ nurses' experiences of caring for LGBTQ2S+ patients.
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