Dr. Samantha Nutt
Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada
One of the most original and influential voices in the humanitarian arena, Dr. Samantha Nutt, a medical doctor and a founder of the internationally renowned non-profit War Child, is a speaker who is constantly in demand. For over 15 years, she has been at the front lines of many of the world’s major crises, in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Darfur. These experiences have given her unique insights into the brutality of modern conflict: why it begins, what sustains it, and what must be done to prevent children being held in its terrifying grip.
In addition to overseeing War Child Canada, Dr. Nutt is a staff physician at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is also the author of the bestselling book Damned Nations, a distillation of her observations from providing hands-on care in some of the world’s most violent flashpoints.
Dr. Nutt is a respected authority for many of North America’s leading media outlets. She is a regular foreign affairs panelist on the acclaimed news program, CBC’s The National, and her written work has been published by The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Maclean’s magazine, Reuters, The Ottawa Citizen and The Huffington Post, among many others. She has also appeared in Time, Chatelaine, and More magazines, and on CTV National News, Global TV News, NBC Nightly News and BBC World News Service, to name just a few.
Dr. Nutt was named one of Canada’s “25 most influential figures” by The Globe and Mail; one of “Canada’s Five Leading Activists” by Time magazine; and one of “200 young global leaders” by the World Economic Forum. She was awarded the “Order of Ontario” in 2010, and appointed to the Order of Canada in 2011.
A summa cum laude graduate of McMaster University, Dr. Nutt earned an M.Sc in Public Health with distinction from the University of London, and holds a Fellowship in Community Medicine (FRCPC) from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is further certified by the College of Family Practice and completed a sub specialization in women’s health through the University of Toronto as a Women’s Health Scholar. Dr. Nutt is the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates from universities in Canada and the U.S.A. She is also a Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto, and is on the board of the David Suzuki Foundation.
Dr. Samantha Nutt est un médecin ayant plus de dix ans d’expériences du travail dans les zones de guerre. Elle a soigné des enfants dans certains des endroits les plus dangereux du monde; elle a notamment travaillé avec War Child Canada, les Nations Unies et des organismes non gouvernementaux en Iraq, en Afghanistan, à la République démocratique du Congo, au Libéria, en Sierra Leone, en Somalie, au Burundi, dans le Nord de l’Ouganda et à la frontière de la Thaïlande et du Myanmar.
Spécialiste de la santé maternelle et infantile dans les zones de conflits armés, de la médecine familiale, de la santé publique, de la santé des réfugiés et de la santé de la femme, Mme Nutt travaille également pour le Centre des sciences de la santé de l’hôpital Sunnybrook et occupe un poste de professeur adjoint au sein de la faculté de médecine familiale et communautaire de l’Université de Toronto.
Mme Nutt a été choisie par le magazine Maclean’s dans le cadre de son palmarès des douze personnalités canadiennes jouant un rôle décisif dans la société. La revue Time l’a décrite comme l’une des cinq principales activistes du Canada et CBC News Sunday l’a récemment qualifiée de chef de file du Canada au chapitre du leadership.
