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Dr. Samantha Nutt

MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC, C.M. Founder and Executive Director, War Child 

Dr. Samantha Nutt is an award-winning humanitarian, acclaimed public speaker and a leading authority on the impact of war on civilians. She is a medical doctor and a founder of War Child, an international humanitarian organization. Dr. Nutt has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world’s major crises – from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone to Darfur, Sudan. Committed to human rights and social justice, her humanitarian work has benefited many thousands of war-affected children globally.

As one of the most original and influential voices in the humanitarian arena, Dr. Nutt is a respected authority for many of North America's leading media outlets. She was recently named one of Canada's 25 Transformational Canadians by The Globe and Mail, and has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. TIME magazine has featured her as one of Canada's Five Leading Activists. In July 2011, Dr. Nutt was appointed to the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honour, for her contributions to improving the plight of young people in the world's worst conflict zones. She was also awarded the Order of Ontario in 2010. 

Dr. Nutt is a staff physician at Women's College Hospital in Toronto and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is the Executive Director of War Child Canada and War Child U.S.A., and is on the board of the David Suzuki Foundation.

Dr. Nutt’s recent book, Damned Nations, is a bracing and uncompromising account of her work over the course of fifteen years in some of the most devastated regions of the world.