Jennie Phillips, Ph.D, M.A. Ed. Tech

Biography

Jennie Phillips is an academic practitioner specialized in the intersection between emerging technologies, society and complex environments including disasters, humanitarian emergencies and public health crises. She has her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and is the director of the Digital Global Health & Humanitarianism Lab (DGHHLab). She has worked with Dalhousie on projects involving social impact analysis, coastal marine resilience, disaster management and knowledge management. Previously she was a post-doctoral research fellow with Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health (York University) and doctoral fellow with the Citizen Lab (University of Toronto). She has taught at York University in the Disaster & Emergency Management program, and consults nationally and internationally in education, innovation, training and research. Clients span private, public, academic and non-profit sectors to include the Privy Council Office/Prime Minister’s Office of Canada, Global Affairs Canada, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Dalhousie University.