- Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Dr. Jason Nickerson, RRT, FCSRT, PhD, is the Humanitarian Representative to Canada for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an Investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa and an Adjunct Professor of Common Law at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics.
As Humanitarian Representative to Canada, Jason leads MSF’s humanitarian diplomacy in Canada and provides advice on humanitarian operations, medical policy and programming, and access to medicines for MSF’s operations in more than 70 countries affected by crises. Jason spent more than a decade working clinically as a respiratory therapist in adult critical care and anesthesia and has worked extensively in global public health response in Canada and internationally. He has worked in humanitarian health responses during armed conflicts, disease epidemics, and sudden onset disasters including in Afghanistan, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic. Jason holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Respiratory Therapy, a Master of Arts in Adult Education, and a PhD in Population Health.
Experience
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2017–presentAdjunct professor of Common Law, University of Ottawa
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2020–presentHumanitarian Representative to Canada, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Canada
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2022–presentInvestigator, Bruyère Research Institute
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2013–2022Clinical Scientist, Bruyère Research Institute
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2015–2020Humanitarian Affairs Advisor, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Canada
Education
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2014University of Ottawa, PhD Population Health
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2009University of British Columbia, MA Adult Education
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2006Dalhousie University, BHSc Respiratory Therapy
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- Location: Ottawa, Canada
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