Andrea Knox, MSN, RN, CON(C)

Andrea Knox joined BC Cancer in 2009 as a nurse in the Radiation Therapy program in Kelowna. She quickly moved into a provincial role with Professional Practice Nursing and since that time has contributed to the growth and advancements in nursing practice at BC Cancer over the last ten years. Andrea has worked collaboratively on many organizational initiatives at the provincial and regional levels including optimizing the outpatient nursing role, ACU resource intensity weighting and implementing the BC Cancer Smoking Cessation Program. 

After graduating with a BSN from UBC-Okanagan in 2006, Andrea completed specialty oncology training through the Cross Cancer Institute in 2010 and later achieved national certification in oncology nursing in 2011. Andrea completed her Master of Science in Nursing program at UBC-O in 2019 where she received the Bryce Carnine Memorial Award for her graduate work in outpatient nursing role optimization in oncology., and received a certificate in Health Services Management from Toronto Metropolitan University in 2023. Andrea has held provincial and national leadership positions with the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO) and currently holds the position of adjunct professor in the school of nursing at UBC-Okanagan.