Listen to Episode 116: “Saving Lives with Organ Donation & Emergency Management” with Karen Smallwood, Product Manager in Connected Services BC, BC Public Service.
(24 minutes; posted Apr. 22, 2026)
Karen Smallwood has an eye for how to use BI to save lives! Her capstone project team tackled organ donation from a new angle: It turns out many people assume they’re registered donors when they’re not! Drawing on her work in emergency management, Karen shares BI barriers faced by folks trying to prevent, prepare for, respond to, or recover from emergencies. She also tells us about Connected Services BC, which will majorly reduce sludge for the people of BC.
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