Shannon Freeman

Shannon Freeman, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Northern British Columbia and holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Technology Adoption for Aging (2026–2031). Her expertise spans aging, technology adoption, and the health and social care needs of older adults in rural and northern communities, including both community‑dwelling populations and those living in long‑term care. As a social gerontologist, her work focuses on improving quality of life and care through community‑partnered, applied research.

Dr. Freeman is the founder and lead of the Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North (CTAAN), established in 2019 as an AGE‑WELL national innovation hub and collaborating centre. Through this work, she has led and contributed to initiatives advancing the development and implementation of technologies to support aging in rural and northern contexts, with a strong emphasis on integrated knowledge translation and cross‑sector collaboration. Her work has been recognized with a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research–AGE‑WELL Scholar Award (2020–2025).

Dr. Freeman holds a B.Sc., an M.Sc. in Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation from Tohoku University School of Medicine in Japan, and a PhD in Health Studies and Gerontology from the University of Waterloo. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Integrated Knowledge Translation.

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