Rita Orji
Nigerian-born Canadian computer scientist
Rita Orji is a Nigerian-Canadian computer scientist who is a Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology and the Director of the Persuasive Computing Lab at Dalhousie University. Her work is in the area of human–computer interaction with a major focus on designing interactive systems to achieve health and well being objectives.She has won over 70 awards and recognitions from both national and international organizations.She has addressed a United Nations panel about the status of women and at the Parliament of Canada.