The Imperative
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.
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The Compost
Collaborative
Nurses, artists, critical theorists and anti-fascists. We make research, art and collective experiments in care through critical posthumanism.
✶ Patches, not pillars
Growing in the ruins
Solidarity
Solidarity is a nursing intervention. Watch the collective say it to camera.
Stand with us →Projects
What we are growing together — the book, the Drift Journal, video wonderings, and experiments in noticing.
Dig in →Activities
Panels, provocations, conference mischief. Fruiting bodies appear irregularly.
Explore our activities →☽ The Collective
Come question everything you know about nursing research with us
♫ Affirmative Music
The heap has a soundtrack
Our ever expanding shared playlist that creates shared understanding and brings joy.
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News from the heap
Conference:
Compost at IPONS 2026
Borderlands, camp and crip futures: the collective at UC Irvine, with Jess as conference co-chair.
Read the conference note →Appointment announced:
Annie-Claude joins the professoriate
Université Laval welcomed Annie-Claude Laurin to its Faculté des sciences infirmières.
Read about Annie-Claude's appointment →Funding announced:
Funding for LGBTQ2S+ nursing research
Patrick Martin received Fondation de l’IUCPQ support for research with LGBTQ2S+ nurses.
Read about Patrick's research →