About
35 years of nursing. One practice. Built from the inside out.
I’m Dr. Kim English, nurse, educator, counsellor, coach, and consultant. I’ve spent the better part of four decades advocating for supports for nurses who work in the places that are hardest to reach and hardest to resource: rural hospitals, remote fly-in communities, nursing schools navigating impossible demands, and health systems that ask too much and offer too little in return.
I built KECC because I kept meeting the same person, the nurse who had given everything and didn’t know where to go next. The professional who’d been silenced or sidelined and couldn’t find support that understood their world. The organization that knew something was broken but didn’t have the language or the framework to fix it.
This practice is my answer to that gap.
MY STORY
Where I Come From
I grew up in the kind of community where everyone knew the nurse by name — because she was often the only one for miles. That’s the world that shaped me, and it’s the world I’ve spent my career trying to serve better.
I’ve worked as a bedside nurse, a community health nurse, a nurse educator, and a nursing professor. I’ve held clinical roles, advocated for rural nursing at a national level through the Canadian Association of Rural and Remote Nurses (CARRN), and at a global level.
My doctoral research, “Voices from the Margins,” used narrative inquiry and digital storytelling to explore the experiences of rural nurses and nursing students in Ontario. It affirmed what I’d always suspected: that the stories nurses carry are some of the most important stories in our healthcare system, and that those stories are not being heard.
That conviction runs through everything I do at KECC.
MY APPROACH
How I Work
My practice is relational, trauma-informed, and deeply respectful of the knowledge you already carry. I don’t believe in fixing people — I believe in creating conditions where people can find their own way forward, with the right support alongside them.
In counselling
I draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), narrative therapy, and somatic awareness. I work at your pace, toward goals that matter to you. I hold space for complexity — the kind that doesn’t resolve neatly and doesn’t need to.
In coaching
I work from your strengths, your values, and your vision. Coaching with me is future-focused and action-oriented — a dedicated space to think clearly, plan intentionally, and move toward what you actually want.
In consulting
I bring both scholarly rigour and frontline credibility. I’ve been in the rooms where decisions get made and in the rooms where those decisions land — and I understand the gap between them. My consulting work is grounded in equity, relational accountability, and an unflinching commitment to the people most affected by systems change.
Across all of it
I am committed to Indigenous health equity, to Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk) as a guiding framework for knowledge and care, and to decolonizing approaches in nursing education and practice. This is foundational to how I understand health, relationship, and responsibility.
CREDENTIALS & AFFILIATIONS
Education, Credentials & Roles
Education
EdD (Doctor of Education) — Dissertation: “Voices from the Margins”
MN (Master of Nursing)
BScN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing)
Registration
Registered Nurse (RN) — College of Nurses of Ontario
Certification
Bria Menopause Mental Health Certified
WSIB Registered Provider
Academic Role
Experienced Nurse Educator
Affiliations
Canadian Association of Rural and Remote Nurses, Global Rural Nurse Exchange Network, Nursing Innovation Fellow
Scholarly Focus
Rural & remote nursing | Indigenous health equity | Narrative inquiry
Digital storytelling | Nursing education | Trauma-informed practice
KECC is located on the traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabe peoples. I am grateful for the opportunity to live and work on this land, and I carry a commitment to Indigenous health equity and relational accountability into every aspect of my practice.”
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