Katharine Zywert

Strategic Implementation Lead, Openly

Katharine Zywert works at the intersection of social-ecological systems change and health. She is a PhD Candidate at the University of Waterloo, where her dissertation focuses on the long- term prospects for human health and wellbeing on a planet in ecological crisis. She is also Strategic Implementation Lead at Openly, where she supports changemakers across diverse fields to shift systems toward greater equity, health, and sustainability. Katharine holds a master’s degree in Medical Anthropology from the University of Oxford and a Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation from the University of Waterloo.