Carolyn Bennett

Carolyn Bennett, MD, was elected to Canada’s parliament in 1997, and re-elected eight times. She has served as the first minister of state for public health, minister of Indigenous and Northern affairs, minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and Northern affairs, minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and the first minister of mental health and addictions and associate minister of health. The fight to save the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto inspired her to enter politics.

Health

Building integrated health systems saves lives

The severe acute respiratory syndrome pandemic in 2003 was the catalyst for...