1. Samantha Nutt has more than sixteen years of experience working in war zones.
16 Facts About Samantha Nutt
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Samantha Nutt has worked with children and their families on the front-line of many crises including Iraq, Afghanistan, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Darfur, South Sudan, Burundi, northern Uganda, Ethiopia and the Thai-Burmese border.
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Samantha Nutt is on staff at Women's College Hospital in Toronto and is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.
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Samantha Nutt is on the board of the David Suzuki Foundation.
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Samantha Nutt is married to Eric Hoskins, formerly Ontario's minister of health and long term care.
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Samantha Nutt's father was a children's shoe designer and his work took the family to Brazil for six months when Nutt was in her early teens.
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Samantha Nutt received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the same university.
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Samantha Nutt earned an MSc degree with distinction at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and holds a Fellowship in Community Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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Samantha Nutt is 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.
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Samantha Nutt was chosen as "Personnalite De La Semaine" by La Presse and was chosen as one of "200 Young Global Leaders" in the world by the World Economic Forum.
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In 2010, Samantha Nutt was appointed to the Order of Ontario.
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Samantha Nutt has received honorary doctorates from Niagara University, Brock University, Nova Southeastern University in Florida, McMaster University, University of Lethbridge, St Mary's University in Halifax, University of Western Ontario and the University of Ottawa.
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Samantha Nutt has written for Maclean's magazine and The Globe and Mail covering human rights, foreign policy, and war-related issues.
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Samantha Nutt frequently appears on television and radio in Canada and the US as a commentator on war and human rights issues.
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Samantha Nutt was a regular member of The National "Turning Point" panel.
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Samantha Nutt is a keynote public speaker on the impact of war, human rights, social justice and on public engagement in global issues.