Kyra Philbert

Kyra Philbert (she/her) is an artist, scholar, and registered nurse with more than a decade of experience in healthcare. Her work is grounded in health equity, social justice, and the belief that urgent climate action is necessary to protect our collective well-being. In 2022, Kyra completed a Bachelor of Arts in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice as well as a Master of Science in Nursing at the University of British Columbia. Her graduate research, Nurse Angélique, examined connections between the early colonial history of Canadian nursing and more than 400 years of Black history in Canada.