Rachel Kiddell-Monroe

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Rachel Kiddell-Monroe
LL.M
Born
United Kingdom
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater McGill University
Occupation(s)Lawyer, humanitarian
EmployerMcGill University
OrganizationSee Change Initiative

Rachel Kiddell-Monroe LL.M is a Montreal-based academic, activist, and lawyer. [1] [2] She is the General Director of See Change Initiative [3] and faculty at McGill University where she teaches about humanitarian aid. [4]

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She has worked globally for Médecins Sans Frontières, including supporting refugees arriving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fleeing the Rwanda genocide. [4]

Early life

Kiddell-Monroe was born and raised in England. [1] As a student she volunteered with Amnesty International in Indonesia. [1]

She studied law at McGill University. [1] [4]

Career

Kiddell-Monroe has worked for Médecins Sans Frontières in Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Somalia and Rwanda before being a regional advisor for Latin America. [4] She was based in Goma during the 1994 Rwanda genocide where she worked to support the influx of refugees fleeing violence. [5]

She was the head of the Médecins Sans Frontières's Access to Essential Medicine campaign before being elected to the organization's international board of directors. [6]

She has previously been the President of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines and is a Professor of Practice at McGill University, where she lectures on international development and humanitarian action. [6] [2]

In her 2017 TEDx Talk she called on people to reject fear and embrace solidarity. [4]

In 2018, Kiddell-Monroe launched See Change Initiative a not-for-profit to tackle tuberculosis in Nunavut. [1] [7] [3] [8]

Academia

She has published papers on access to essential medicine, [9] [10] the decolonization of global health, [8] medical innovation, [11] and tuberculosis in Nunavut. [12]

Awards

She won the 2020 Woman of Distinction award for Social and Environmental Engagement from the Women's Y Foundation. [4]

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  3. 1 2 "Tuberculosis: The Airborne Disease Displacing Many Inuit | News". thelinknewspaper.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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  5. ↑ Mackrael, Kim (2014-04-06). "Humanitarian worker reflects on experiences during Rwandan genocide". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  6. 1 2 "Rachel Kiddell-Monroe". Global Governance Lab at ISID. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  7. ↑ Deer, Ka’nhehsí:io (10 Nov 2018). "Montreal advocates hope to tackle TB by helping Inuit train as health care aides". CBC.
  8. 1 2 Kiddell-Monroe, Rachel; Farber, Jessica; Devine, Carol; Orbinski, James (2021-08-01). "CommunityFirst solutions for COVID-19: decolonising health crises responses". The Lancet Planetary Health. 5 (8): e499–e500. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00177-7 . ISSN   2542-5196. PMID   34390662. S2CID   237054885.
  9. ↑ Hogerzeil, Hans V; Liberman, Jonathan; Wirtz, Veronika J; Kishore, Sandeep P; Selvaraj, Sakthi; Kiddell-Monroe, Rachel; Mwangi-Powell, Faith N; von Schoen-Angerer, Tido (2013-02-23). "Promotion of access to essential medicines for non-communicable diseases: practical implications of the UN political declaration" . The Lancet. 381 (9867): 680–689. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62128-X. hdl:10144/279037. ISSN   0140-6736. PMID   23410612. S2CID   3038968.
  10. ↑ Kishore, Sandeep P.; Kolappa, Kavitha; Jarvis, Jordan D.; Park, Paul H.; Belt, Rachel; Balasubramaniam, Thirukumaran; Kiddell-Monroe, Rachel (2015-09-01). "Overcoming Obstacles To Enable Access To Medicines For Noncommunicable Diseases In Poor Countries". Health Affairs. 34 (9): 1569–1577. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0375 . ISSN   0278-2715. PMID   26355060.
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  12. ↑ Kiddell-Monroe, Rachel; Ranta, Malcolm; Enook, Sheila; Saranchuk, Peter (June 2020). "Inuit communities can beat COVID-19 and tuberculosis". The Lancet. Public Health. 5 (6): e312. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30091-8. ISSN   2468-2667. PMC   7182513 . PMID   32339479.
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