Emily Drake

Emily Drake is an innovative public health leader. A graduate of Acadia University’s Honours Psychology program and Dalhousie University’s Master’s in Health Promotion program, Drake is a health promotion specialist and advocate for the adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer movement. Her writing and public speaking skills have been sought out by non-profit organizations, healthcare providers and the private sector in Canada, the United States and Australia. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she runs her own consulting business (EmilyDrake.ca) and has a PhD in Health candidate at Dalhousie University. Prior to this, she was working with Hope & Cope at the Jewish General Hospital/McGill University as the Director of their young adult cancer support program, CancerFightClub. In this position she was responsible for overseeing a bilingual online health promotion resource and creative in-person support program for young adults living with cancer, their supporters, and the health professionals who care for them. A social innovator, in 2013, Drake co-founded and continues to grow Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Societal Movement (#ayacsm) - an active, multi-disciplinary community that is changing the way stakeholders interact and share information regarding young adults with cancer.