Media & Press
Jillianne Code offers expert comment on digital education, AI in learning, patient empowerment, and women’s cardiovascular health. As a Canada Research Chair, documentary subject, and co-founder of a national patient charity, she bridges academic rigour and lived experience.
Press Kit
- High-res headshot (colour & B&W)
- Short bio (50 & 150 words)
- Research summary
- Selected publications list
- 50+
- Media appearances
- National
- CBC · CTV · Global
- Keynote
- International speaker
- Documentary
- My Broken Heart
My Broken Heart
A documentary film exploring the unknown, unexpected, and sometimes dire consequences of heart transplantation — and the patient voices that rarely make it into clinical conversations.
Directed by Nick Zap, the film follows Jillianne and other heart transplant recipients as they navigate a medical system that too often speaks about patients rather than with them. The documentary connects directly to her research on patient agency and the conditions under which patients can participate as knowledge producers and advocates.
For Journalists
Areas of Expertise
Postdigital education & AI in schools
How learners and teachers navigate the integration of artificial intelligence in educational contexts, and what it means for learner agency.
Patient empowerment & heart failure
The conditions under which patients can participate as knowledge producers and advocates in their own care — drawing on 20 years of research and lived experience.
Women's heart health
Addressing gaps in how cardiovascular disease presents in and affects women — a research priority connecting Jillianne's advocacy and academic work.
Canada Research Chair in Learner Agency
The intersection of education and health: what it means for systems, institutions, and individuals when people are given the conditions to exercise genuine agency.
Selected Work
Press & Publications
Beyond enrollment: Recruitment messaging and patient agency in clinical research
Recognition
Awards & Honours
Effective Voice of the Year Award
World Heart Federation
YWCA Woman of Distinction — Health & Wellness — Finalist
YWCA
Killam Teaching Prize
UBC / Killam Foundation
Killam Faculty Research Fellowship
UBC / Killam Foundation
Speaking
Selected Keynotes & Invited Talks
Postdigital Learner Agency in the Age of AI
University of Edinburgh, Centre for Research in Digital Education
Patient Agency in Cardiovascular Care
American Heart Association
Keynote: Agency, Identity, and the Future of Learning
EdMedia World Conference on Educational Media & Technology
From Patient to Agent: Reframing the Clinical Encounter
World Heart Federation
Learner Agency in Virtual Environments
American Educational Research Association
Heart Failure to Harvard
A personal narrative about the arc from heart transplant recipient to Harvard postdoctoral fellow to Canada Research Chair — exploring what it means to live and work at the intersection of patient experience and academic scholarship.
Read the blog“I am the clinical trial.”
Jillianne Code
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