{"id":422,"date":"2025-02-26T16:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T14:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/?page_id=422"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:13:38","slug":"shawna-ohearn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/menopausing-network\/people\/shawna-ohearn\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawna O&#8217;Hearn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/02\/Website_Ohearn_-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437\" style=\"width:275px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/02\/Website_Ohearn_-edited.png 658w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/02\/Website_Ohearn_-edited-274x300.png 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr.&nbsp;Shawna&nbsp;O\u2019Hearn, Co-Founder and Director of the Menopause Society of Nova Scotia and the Director of Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shawna&nbsp;is clinically trained as an Occupational Therapist and holds a PhD focused on the experience of perimenopause for Canadian health professionals.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shawna&nbsp;has held leadership positions in government, university, and non-government organizations in Canada and abroad. She has worked and lived in the West Indies, India, West and East Africa as well as Nunavut.&nbsp; &nbsp;Her research explores menopause, women\u2019s health, gender equity, community engagement and diversity.&nbsp;She is passionate about individuals, teams, and systems blossoming to be more equitable and accessible for all.&nbsp;This passion has led her to lead menopause support groups and manager training at Dalhousie University and co-lead a menopause caf\u00e9 in Halifax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"links-block\">\n\n    \n    <ul class=\"link-list\">\n        \n            \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msns.ca\/\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>Menopause Society of Nova Scotia<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n        \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php\/?id=61550308417435\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>MSNS &#8211; Facebook <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n        \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.dal.ca\/departments\/core-units\/global-health.html\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>Global Health &#8211; Dalhousie University<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n        \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shawna-o-hearn-phd-612a0a15\/\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>LinkedIn<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n                <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_d344c23becfc5f6f740742885e4c99f0\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-6182\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-6182\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tO&#039;Hearn, S. 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Informed by feminist geography and engaging qualitative methods to address the following objectives: 1) to examine the relationships between aging, gender, health, and wellbeing in the workplace, 2) to explore the experiences of perimenopause for physiotherapists in the Canadian work environment, and 3) to document the perceptions of existing structural support(s) in the workplace shaping physiotherapist\u2019s experiences with the menopause transition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dspacemainprd01.lib.uwaterloo.ca\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/1385e0bd-760f-4212-b908-6f20f06a2e76\/content\">Click here for the full thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"person-card\">\n    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/flash-ethnographies\/shawna-ohearn-interview\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/02\/Website_Ohearn_-edited.png\" alt=\"Shawna O'Hearn smiling to the camera\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Shawna O\u2019Hearn: Towards a shared language of menopause equity<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">CLICK for the full interview<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">Aija Lulle interviewed Shawna O&#8217;Hearn &#8211; an occupational therapist with a PhD on perimenopause experiences among Canadian health professionals. 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