Sarah Whelan
Senior Policy Analyst at Chiefs of Ontario
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolSarah Whelan is a Senior Policy Analyst with nine years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of technology, humanitarian practice, and gender-focused development policy. With a Master's in Global Affairs (Munk School) and software engineering roots from Western University, she has translated technical expertise—ranging from quantum and HPC pipelines to satellite Earth observation analytics—into actionable research and anticipatory-action frameworks for the UN and Indigenous governance bodies. At Chiefs of Ontario she supports strategic initiatives advancing the rights and wellbeing of First Nations women, girls, and 2S/LGBTQQIA+ communities, pairing policy craftsmanship (briefs, funding strategies, stakeholder management) with technical fluency. Her work is notable for bridging sectoral divides—private sector tech, UN agencies, and community leadership—to preserve development gains against climate and geopolitical shocks. A Venture for Canada fellow and former developer, she brings a rare combination of coding pragmatism and normative, justice-driven policy thinking to complex socio-technical challenges.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering Science, Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering Science, Software Engineering at Western UniversityExchange Programme, Exchange Programme at Geneva Graduate InstituteMaster's degree, Global Affairs, Master's degree, Global Affairs at University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs & Public PolicyFellowship Programme, Fellowship Programme at Venture for Canada
English, French
Github Skills (4)
genie2
julia1
orm1
web-framework1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
sarwhelan/parallel-polynomial-multiplication
Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:54 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
sarwhelan/Simple-Login-GUI
Feb 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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