Shannon Freeman

Health and Well-being | Rural Health Services | Health Sciences | Northern Issues | Community | Health | Age and Risk Factors, Aging Process, Community Health / Public Health, Depression, Family and Care Givers, Health Information Systems, Health Policies, Health Services, Long-Term Care Services, Palliative Care

Dr. Shannon Freeman is a Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Northern British Columbia. Dr. Freeman has expertise in the health and social care needs of older adults in rural and northern communities, both among community-dwelling adults and those in long-term care. Dr. Freeman completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Integrated Knowledge Translation (2012), a PhD in Health Studies and Gerontology from the University of Waterloo (2012), and an MSc in Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation from Tohoku University School of Medicine in Japan (2008). Since moving to northern BC, Dr. Freeman has led and contributed to a number of cutting-edge projects in the area of aged care, including establishing CTAAN, the Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North, in 2019 - an AGEWELL national innovation hub and collaborating centre dedicated to enhance innovations in technology development and implementation to support older adults in rural and northern communities (www.ctaan.ca). Dr. Freeman was awarded a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research – AGE-WELL Network of Centers of Excellence 2020 Scholar Award (2020-2025) and recently received a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Aging and Technology (2026-2031). Dr. Freeman’s interest in improving quality of life and care for older adults shows through her engagement in a range of community-partnered research activities, which are having a real-world impact on the rural and northern communities where the research is taking place.