Maike van Niekerk is a Canadian activist, author, entrepreneur and medical student. She was raised in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. She founded the cancer charity Katrin's Karepackage, following the death of her mother, Katrin Kohler. Maike completed a PhD in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She previously completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Dalhousie University, as a Schulich Leader Scholar.