Samantha Nutt is an author, humanitarian, and the founder and president of War Child Canada and War Child USA. She has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world’s major crises including in Afghanistan, Somalia, and Sudan. A leading authority on public health, war, international aid, and foreign policy, Nutt is also a staff physician at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto and assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. She currently serves as Council Lead for the McMaster Canada Project, examining the future of Canada and its implications for Canadian policy. Nutt lives in Toronto.