Biography of Dr. david Gregory, Interim Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
david Gregory, PhD
Dr. david Gregory is the Interim Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at the University of Regina. He previously served in the role from 2020 to 2023 and provided excellent, collegial and sage leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic and its challenging medical, social and economic impacts.
Dr. Gregory commenced employment at the University of Regina in 2011 as the Founding Dean, Faculty of Nursing. In addition to establishing the Faculty, he was responsible for enacting two collaborative nursing programs with Saskatchewan Polytechnic; The Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, and the Collaborative Nurse Practitioner Program (online master’s degree).
A graduate of the University of Ottawa (BScN) and the University of Manitoba (MN), he holds a PhD in nursing from the University of Arizona. He was accorded the title Dean Emeritus from the University of Manitoba where he served as Dean, Faculty of Nursing from 1999 to 2004. As a visiting professor, Dr. Gregory taught Qualitative Research Methods at the University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Gregory’s PhD dissertation served as the basis for Cancer Stories: On Life and Suffering (McGill-Queens Press). He was also the lead editor on a national nursing textbook, Fundamentals: Perspectives on the Art and Science of Canadian Nursing (2nd Edition, 2020). Dr. Gregory is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the only registered nurse in the province to hold this honour. Dr Gregory's scholarly interests include qualitative research methodologies, Indigenous health and education, and topics related to medical anthropology.