DEVA-MARIE BECK, PhD, RN, DTM
INTERNATIONAL CO-DIRECTOR
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Deva-Marie Beck is a Canadian/American Nightingale scholar and nurse who has been working —for nearly three decades — on approaches to citizen advocacy for achieving global health and the UN's Global Goals, including the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2020, she has contributed to this work with two video productions — In Florence Nightingale Own Words — and Introducing the Nightingale Declaration. Now — as Editor in Chief of NIGH's website >> > — she oversees the posting of stories — from nurses, student nurses and concerned citizens about achieving the SDGs and related topics. She also leads NIGH's work on UN Briefings, group discussions, website updates — feature articles, photojournalism and videos — campaigns, journal articles, book chapters, books and keynote
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presentations — worldwide — and to achieve NIGH’s ‘Special Consultative Status’ granted by the United Nations Economic & Social Council (UN ECOSOC) in 2018. She has recently overseen the 2020 renewal of the Nightingale Declaration for A Healthy World campaign, now in eleven language versions.
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•• Also see Why Nightingale? Why Now? Parts 1 & 2 and Part 4 ••
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Dr. Beck has also developed a number of music videos, including with WHO, Nurses & Midwives: Now More Than Ever (in eight language versions) and 'At The Heart of It All: Nurses & Midwives for Universal Health Coverage. As well, she created NIGH's Daring to Tell Our Stories to the World and collaborated to produce Daring, Caring & Sharing to Save Mothers' Lives. She has also authored and co-authored numerous featured publications — peer reviewed journal articles, and book chapters, as well
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as keynote presentations on five continents — most recently for the 2020 Conference of the Commonwealth Nurses & Midwives Federation in London, UK. Dr. Beck's most recent article (2021) — 'Creating the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health: Theoretical Reflections to Follow in Florence Nightingale's Footsteps' — has been published in Open Access in English, Portuguese and Spanish in the trilingual nursing journal Revista Latino-Americana Emfermagen.
In collaboration with the Congress of NGO's in Consultative Status with the UN (CoNGO), Dr. Beck has contributed two UN Civil Society Development Forum panel presentations to prepare for UN ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Reviews for Global Health in Geneva (2009) and for Gender Equality, Empowerment of Women and Development Cooperation in New York City (2010).
Her multi-disciplinary education in arts and science both shaped her commitment to become a nurse specializing in clinical critical care and women's health (1976 - 2002) and global health (1992 - present). Dr. Beck holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Nursing and International Development from the Union Institute & University (2002) for her groundbreaking research to articulate Florence Nightingale’s relevance to today’s international health, development, education and media. She also
Dr. Beck has also been an active member of the "Yellowhead Trail" Chapter of Toastmasters International (TI) and has served as an 2018-2019 Area Director for TI District 64. Based on eight years of accomplishing a series of 40 required presentations and related leadership activities to educate and empower the personal and professional growth of her peers, Dr. Beck has recently achieved the highest-level education Award from TI — as a Distinguished Toast Master ‘DTM.’ She now aims to use this ‘credential’ to develop innovative ways to educate, encourage and engage nurses and concerned citizens to share their voices and tell their stories in the global civil society arena.
Recently, Dr. Beck returned to Canada's National Capital Region after residing in the Manitoba prairie towns of Neepawa and Kelwood for seven years. While in Manitoba, she expanded her knowledge of grassroots views and local-to-global outreach applications towards raising public consciousness and personal commitment to world health through membership in Rotary and Inner Wheel, where she also served as District Chair. Dr. Beck's primary goal is to continue to engage and empower nurses, midwives and concerned citizens to be advocates for the most pressing health and development needs of our time — at local-to-global levels.
In collaboration with the Congress of NGO's in Consultative Status with the UN (CoNGO), Dr. Beck has contributed two UN Civil Society Development Forum panel presentations to prepare for UN ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Reviews for Global Health in Geneva (2009) and for Gender Equality, Empowerment of Women and Development Cooperation in New York City (2010).
Her multi-disciplinary education in arts and science both shaped her commitment to become a nurse specializing in clinical critical care and women's health (1976 - 2002) and global health (1992 - present). Dr. Beck holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Nursing and International Development from the Union Institute & University (2002) for her groundbreaking research to articulate Florence Nightingale’s relevance to today’s international health, development, education and media. She also
Dr. Beck has also been an active member of the "Yellowhead Trail" Chapter of Toastmasters International (TI) and has served as an 2018-2019 Area Director for TI District 64. Based on eight years of accomplishing a series of 40 required presentations and related leadership activities to educate and empower the personal and professional growth of her peers, Dr. Beck has recently achieved the highest-level education Award from TI — as a Distinguished Toast Master ‘DTM.’ She now aims to use this ‘credential’ to develop innovative ways to educate, encourage and engage nurses and concerned citizens to share their voices and tell their stories in the global civil society arena.
Recently, Dr. Beck returned to Canada's National Capital Region after residing in the Manitoba prairie towns of Neepawa and Kelwood for seven years. While in Manitoba, she expanded her knowledge of grassroots views and local-to-global outreach applications towards raising public consciousness and personal commitment to world health through membership in Rotary and Inner Wheel, where she also served as District Chair. Dr. Beck's primary goal is to continue to engage and empower nurses, midwives and concerned citizens to be advocates for the most pressing health and development needs of our time — at local-to-global levels.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
- Beck, D. M. (2021). Creating the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health: Theoretical reflections to follow in Florence Nightingale's footsteps.Revista Americana-Latino de Emfermagem (in press in English, Portuguese and Spanish).
- Dossey, B. M. & Beck, D. M. (2019). In Florence Nightingale’s Footsteps: Global Citizens as Environmental and Civil Society Activists: The UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Paradigm Explorer, 31 (3,): 11-15.
- Beck, D. M. & Dossey, B. M. (2019). In Nightingale's Footsteps—Individual to Global: From Nurse Coaches to Environmental and Civil Society Activists. Creative Nursing: A Journal of Values, Issues, Experience and Collaboration, Volume, 25 (3): 1-6.
- Beck, D. M., Dossey, B. M., & Rosa, W. E. (2018). Florence Nightingale and The 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Beginnings, 18 (2): 18-23.
- Beck, D. M., Dossey, B. M., & Rushton, C. H. (2013). Building the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health — NIGH: Can We Engage and Empower the Public Voices of Nurses Worldwide? Nursing Science Quarterly, 26 (10): 366-371.
- Beck, D. M. & Dossey, B. M. (2013). Grassroots-to-Global Champions for Maternal Health. Beginnings, 33 (5): 18-19.
- Beck, D. M., Dossey, B. M., & Rushton, C. (2011). Integral Nursing and the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health: Florence Nightingale’s Integral Legacy for The 21st Century. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, 6 (4): 71-92.
- Beck, D. M. (2010). Remembering Florence Nightingale’s Panorama: 21st century Nursing — At A Critical Crossroads. Journal of Holistic Nursing Practice, 28 (4): 291-301.
- Beck, D. M. (2010). The Greatest Health Divide in the World — Half Million Die in Childbirth Annually. Beginnings, 30 (1): 10-11.
- Beck, D. M. (2016). Artistic and Scientific: Broadening the Scope of Our 21st Century Health Advocacy. In Rosa, W. (Ed). Nurses As Leaders: Evolutionary Visions of Leadership (pp. 247-263). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
- Beck, D. M. (2006). Nightingale’s Passion for Advocacy: Local to Global. In Andrist, L. C., Nichols, P. K. & Wolf, K. (Eds). A History of Nursing Ideas (pp. 473-485). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
- Dossey, B.M., Selanders, L., Beck, D.M. & Attewell, A. (2005). Florence Nightingale Today: Healing, Leadership, Global Action. Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association NursesBooks.org.
Above video recorded in 2019 at 'Deerhaven Lodge' near Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, Canada, from NIGH's archives.