Rachel Kiddell-Monroe

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]

Rachel Kiddell-Monroe

LL.M
Born
United Kingdom
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materMcGill University
Occupation(s)Lawyer, humanitarian
EmployerMcGill University
OrganizationSee Change Initiative

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.[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]

References
  1. Morin, Isabelle (2021-03-17). "Prix Femmes de mérite | Ces histoires qui peuvent changer le monde". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  2. "Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century: Challenges and Dilemmas : McGill Summer Institute". Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  3. "Tuberculosis: The Airborne Disease Displacing Many Inuit | News". thelinknewspaper.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  4. "Rachel Kiddell-Monroe - 2020 Woman of Distinction - Social and Environmental Engagement". Women's Y Foundation. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  5. Mackrael, Kim (2014-04-06). "Humanitarian worker reflects on experiences during Rwandan genocide". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  6. "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. 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.
  11. Mazovetskiĭ, A G; Danilova, N S (1972-03-01). "[Antidiuretic action of chlorpropamide (Diabinese) in a case of combined diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus]". Problemy Endokrinologii. 18 (2): 63–65. ISSN 2308-1430. PMC 5024495. PMID 5024495.
  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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