Dr. Jennifer Jackson

Registered Nurse, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Calgary

Nursing, healthcare systems, COVID-19, opioids, harm reduction, pharmacare, resilience, health, medicine, workforce and professional issues

I write op-eds

Media

Modern Nursing in 2 Minutes

An animated presentation of my PhD research on nursing labour

Biography

Dr. Jennifer Jackson is a Registered Nurse, with expertise in supporting nurses and improving health services. Her work currently focuses on community harm reduction services and COVID-19.

She has studied across Canada and in Europe, and is an international advocate for social justice. She is also a thought leader on digital technologies in healthcare.

Jackson earned her PhD from the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, at King's College London UK, with previous degrees from Athabasca University and St. Francis Xavier University.

Expertise

  • Supervised consumption
  • Safe injection sites
  • Harm reduction
  • Covid-19
  • COVID-19
  • Opioids
  • Nursing
  • healthcare
  • healthcare systems
  • healthcare reforms
  • pharmacare
  • resilience
  • health
  • medicine

Education/Éducation

  • St. Francis Xavier University
    Nursing
    Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honours, 2009

    First Class Honours


  • Athabasca University
    Nursing
    Master of Nursing, 2016

    Research concentration


  • King's College London
    Nursing
    PhD in Nursing Research, 2020

    Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care


Languages spoken: English

Located in Calgary, Alberta

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