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RESEARCH AREAS:
Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology
Information Technologies (AI)
Nursing
CONTACT:
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Western University
Western Interdisciplinary Research Building
London, Ontario, Canada
N6A 3K7
Hilary Hall
Doctoral Student
Centre for the Study of Theory & Criticism, Western University
Hilary Hall is a Registered Nurse and an award winning PhD student with the Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at Western University. Her research sits at the intersection of healthcare systems, nursing practice and technology with a particular interest the impact of machine learning and artificial intelligence on healthcare practice. Hall has professional experience in acute care, community health nursing, nursing education, and policy development, as well as highly developed intersectoral and interdisciplinary expertise. She received her BSc from the University of Guelph, and her BScN and MN from the University of Toronto.
My research, informed by my experience as a Registered Nurse, is at the intersection of healthcare systems, nursing practice and technology. Drawing on continental philosophy’s engagement with technology I am exploring the implications of widespread machine learning and artificial intelligence in healthcare. Artificial intelligence systems grounded in machine learning (AI/ML) have been positioned as potential saviours of struggling healthcare systems across Canada by promising gains in efficiency and safety; these promises are premised on a healthcare encounter that is entirely quantifiable and calculable My research asks if it is possible to recognize the limits of AI/ML in healthcare by re-situating artificial intelligence and machine learning in broader realities, beyond the calculable. I am particularly interested in the incalculable, non-scalable and tinkering nature of nursing practice in this context. I am working with Heidegger, Marcuse, Stiegler, Annemarie Mol, and Yuk Hui among others.
Book Chapters
Accepted- Hall, H., Gunn, V., Kennedy, K., Elliott, A., Morrison, K. & MacLeod, M. (2025) “Algorithmic scheduling raises questions of transparency, accountability, and the future of employment conditions in healthcare” AI in healthcare: A Transparent Approach to Informatics. Taylor and Francis.
Invited Talks
Community Diabetes Education Network of Toronto : “DIRW: Building Awareness of the Social Determinants of Health in the Diabetes Population” (2013) Toronto Central LHIN Diabetes Educator New Hires Training Program & Eli Lilly Community Diabetes Practice Workshop: “Communicating with Prescribers: Effective Inter-professional Practice” (2012, 2013)
Conference Presentations
“Building the Future of Public Health Nurses, clarity about their roles”, Community Health Nurses of Canada Conference, Co-presenter, Niagara Falls (2017) “Better Together: The potential for peer support in nursing transition to practice” Workplace Integration of New Nurses – Nursing the Future Annual Conference, Co-presenter, Toronto (2010)
Fall, 2025
PHIL2715F: Healthcare Ethics, Department of Philosophy, Western University (Teaching Assistant)
Winter, 2025
WRIT 2131G: No Bones About It: Writing in the Sciences, Department of English & Writing Studies, Western University (Teaching Assistant)
Winter, 2019
NUR461: Primary Health Care: Nursing Perspectives, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (Lecturer)
Fall, 2018
NUR461: Primary Health Care: Nursing Perspectives, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (Lecturer)
Fall, 2017
NUR461: Primary Health Care: Nursing Perspectives, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (Lecturer)
Winter, 2017
NUR461: Primary Health Care: Nursing Perspectives, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (Lecturer)
Spring, 2017
NUR470: Integrative Nursing Practicum, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (Faculty Advisor)
Fall, 2016
NUR461: Primary Health Care: Nursing Perspectives, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (Clinical Instructor)
Fall, 2015
NUR461: Primary Health Care: Nursing Perspectives, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (Clinical Instructor)
Winter, 2015
NUR390: Introduction to Community Health Nursing: Nursing Perspectives, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (Teaching Assistant)