Jane
Philpott
Jane Philpott served in the Canadian government from 2015 to 2019 where she was federal Minister of Health, Minister of Indigenous Services, President of the Treasury Board, and Minister of Digital Government. She is now the dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University, and CEO of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization. She is also a medical doctor and a professor of family medicine. Prior to entering politics, Philpott spent the first decade of her medical career in Niger and then practiced family medicine for seventeen years until she became Chief of Family Medicine at Markham Stouffville Hospital. She lives in Stouffville, Ontario.
Award History
2025 Finalist
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writingfor Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada
Jury Citation
“The problems that plague Canada’s healthcare system can seem too massive to disentangle. In Health for All, Jane Philpott draws helpful contours around the overwhelmingly complex healthcare issues at stake, weaving in personal stories from her moments as physician, politician, and advocate. Her call to action — for accessible primary care that is team-based, equitable, and anchored in communities — comes from a place of humility, political insight, and conviction. Philpott is a voice for the millions of Canadians who year after year list healthcare as their number one policy issue.” —2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize jury (Jennifer Ditchburn, Sara Mojtehedzadeh, and Christopher Waddell)
