Vivian Harbers

Vivian Harbers is an Impact Canada Challenge Prize Fellow currently working at the Canadian Space Agency. Vivian is responsible for the development and delivery of challenges that support human health during deep space exploration and may support remote communities on earth. Prior to her current role, Vivian was a Challenge Prize Fellow at Natural Resources Canada, where she was responsible for overseeing the Oil Spill Response Challenge. Before joining the Privy Council Office, Vivian was as a Project Manager at the University of Guelph, where she worked on academic research projects addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Vivian has work experience in the domains of: vaccine perspectives and trust, the psychology of close relationships, and mathematical and computational thinking in early childhood education.

Vivian holds a Master’s degree in Applied Social Psychology from the University of Guelph and an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and North American Studies from Wilfrid Laurier University.