Karen Wong

TV Study Project Lead

Karen is currently a first-year Ph.D. student of UBC School of Social Work. She is also affiliated with UBC Centre for Research on Personhood in Dementia and SFU Science and Technology for Aging Research (STAR) Institute. She received MA in social policy at the University of York in the UK and MSW at UBC, Vancouver.

She is a registered social worker in BC, Canada and has been practicing in diverse settings related to older adults such as community senior services centres, long-term care, and acute care hospital. She is currently working with Providence Healthcare.

In her free time, she enjoys gardening and volunteering. She is a long-term volunteer of the Alzheimer’s Society. She is also serving in the BC Association of Social Workers Multicultural and Anti-racist Committee and Seniors Community of Practice. She enjoys teamwork and communicating with people.