Olena Hankivsky, Professor in the School of Public Policy and Founder and Director of the Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. She is recognized for her work applying intersectionality in research and policy with a specific focus on health. She has 20 years + experience working across academic, government, NGO and international organizations including WHO and UN. She has been a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute Geneva, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Columbia University and was also Director, Centre for Health Equity, Gender and Equity Research Chair, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Australia.