23 Facts About Kirsty Duncan

Kirsty Ellen Duncan was born on October 31,1966 and is a Canadian politician and medical geographer from Ontario, Canada.

Kirsty Duncan has previously served as minister of science and minister of sport and persons with disabilities.

Kirsty Duncan has published a book about her 1998 expedition to uncover the cause of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic.

Kirsty Duncan said that she was emotionally and psychologically abused during her time as a gymnast.

Kirsty Duncan developed unhealthy eating habits to avoid gaining weight and by her second year of undergrad, had damaged her stomach lining.

Kirsty Duncan was an associate professor of Health Studies at the University of Toronto, where she taught global environmental processes and medical geography.

Kirsty Duncan is the former research director for the AIC Institute of Corporate Citizenship at the Rotman School of Management.

From 1993 to 2000, Kirsty Duncan taught meteorology, climatology and climate change at the University of Windsor.

Kirsty Duncan then began assembling a team of scientists to accompany her.

In 2003, Kirsty Duncan wrote a book about her expedition, entitled Hunting the 1918 Flu: One Scientist's Search for a Killer Virus.

In 2008, Kirsty Duncan published a second book, Environment and Health: Protecting our Common Future.

Kirsty Duncan was an adjunct professor teaching both medical geography at the University of Toronto and global environmental processes at Royal Roads University.

Kirsty Duncan was recognized as one of the 100 Influential Women in Oncology by OncoDaily.

In February 2008, Roy Cullen announced that he would not be running in the next federal election and Kirsty Duncan was appointed as the next Liberal candidate.

Kirsty Duncan was elected in the 2008 general election and re-elected in the 2011,2015,2019 and 2021 general elections.

Kirsty Duncan was tasked with establishing the new position of chief science officer that would serve as a replacement to the national science adviser role eliminated by Stephen Harper in 2008.

In February 2019, Kirsty Duncan convened provincial and territorial sports ministers to sign a joint declaration on combating misconduct such as abuse, harassment, and discrimination.

Kirsty Duncan wanted to institute a series of initiatives, including establishing new policy for national sports organizations, funding the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada to create an investigation unit, and setting up a toll-free confidential tipline for athletes and witnesses to call if they experience abuse.

Kirsty Duncan was able to bring back the long-form census in 2016 and the chief scientific advisor position.

Kirsty Duncan reported that the government in 2018 devoted $2.8 billion to renewing Canada's federal science laboratories because they said that they understand the critical role that government researchers play in Canada's science and research community.

Kirsty Duncan was re-elected in the 2019 federal election, following which she was appointed deputy leader of the government in the House of Commons.

On January 26,2023, Kirsty Duncan issued a statement that she would be taking medical leave, but remain as an MP, because of a "physical health challenge".

On March 21,2025, Kirsty Duncan announced that she was not going to run for re-election in the 2025 federal election.