Making Humanitarian Response Better
Dr. Kirsten Johnson |
TEDxSainteAnnedeBellevue
• September 2018
Dr. Johnson practices Emergency Medicine at McGill's Health Centres and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. Her research has focused on genocide, child combatants, sexual gender-based violence and conflict-related mental health and psychosocial support. As CEO of Humanitarian U, she is involved in humanitarian professionalization, and has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. In her talk Dr. Johnson draws upon research and her own experiences to explain how the humanitarian sector is in urgent need of professionalization and how this can be achieved.