DEVA-MARIE BECK, PhD, RN
INTERNATIONAL CO-DIRECTOR
Dr. Deva-Marie Beck, PhD, RN, is a Canadian/American 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.
Her multi-disciplinary education in both arts and science, shaped Dr. Beck's commitment to become a RN specializing in clinical critical care and women's health (1976 - 2002) and global wellness (1992 - present). Dr. Beck holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Nursing and International Development from the Union Institute and University (2002), and undergraduate degrees from various institutions in Nursing, Health Sciences, and Theatre Arts.
Since 2006, Dr. Beck has served as NIGH's International Co-Director, based at NIGH World's headquarters in Canada's National Capital Region and in Geneva, Switzerland. She remains globally connected with nurses and midwives, who are prime stakeholders for achieving UN Global Goals related to healthcare delivery and addressing health determinants.
She has led NIGH's work on UN Briefings, group discussions, website development, media campaigns (in 8 languages), journal and book publications and keynote presentations. She played a key role in achieving NIGH's Special Consultative Status' granted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) in 2018.
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).
Dr. Beck is an active member of the "Yellowhead Trail" Chapter of Toastmastrs and served as the 2018-2019 Area Director for Toastmasters International District 64. She is active in the Rotary community, where she served as the 2017-2019 District Chair of District 555 of International Inner Wheel, and the 2015-2017 President of the Neepawa Inner Wheel Club; she is an active member of the Neepawa Club of Rotary International as well.
Recently, Dr. Beck returned to Canada's National Capital Region after residing in the Manitoba prairie towns of Neepawa and Kelwood over the past 7 years. There, she expanded her knowledge on grassroots views and their local-to-global outreach applications towards raising public consciousness and personal commitment to world health. Her primary goal is to continue to engage and empower nurses, midwives and concerned citizens to be advocate for the most pressing health and development needs of our time on a global scale.
Her multi-disciplinary education in both arts and science, shaped Dr. Beck's commitment to become a RN specializing in clinical critical care and women's health (1976 - 2002) and global wellness (1992 - present). Dr. Beck holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Nursing and International Development from the Union Institute and University (2002), and undergraduate degrees from various institutions in Nursing, Health Sciences, and Theatre Arts.
Since 2006, Dr. Beck has served as NIGH's International Co-Director, based at NIGH World's headquarters in Canada's National Capital Region and in Geneva, Switzerland. She remains globally connected with nurses and midwives, who are prime stakeholders for achieving UN Global Goals related to healthcare delivery and addressing health determinants.
She has led NIGH's work on UN Briefings, group discussions, website development, media campaigns (in 8 languages), journal and book publications and keynote presentations. She played a key role in achieving NIGH's Special Consultative Status' granted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) in 2018.
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).
Dr. Beck is an active member of the "Yellowhead Trail" Chapter of Toastmastrs and served as the 2018-2019 Area Director for Toastmasters International District 64. She is active in the Rotary community, where she served as the 2017-2019 District Chair of District 555 of International Inner Wheel, and the 2015-2017 President of the Neepawa Inner Wheel Club; she is an active member of the Neepawa Club of Rotary International as well.
Recently, Dr. Beck returned to Canada's National Capital Region after residing in the Manitoba prairie towns of Neepawa and Kelwood over the past 7 years. There, she expanded her knowledge on grassroots views and their local-to-global outreach applications towards raising public consciousness and personal commitment to world health. Her primary goal is to continue to engage and empower nurses, midwives and concerned citizens to be advocate for the most pressing health and development needs of our time on a global scale.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
- 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.