Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 7, 2015
• Invested on: May 13, 2016

For her contributions to improving primary care in Ontario and for her leadership in family medicine.

Ruth Wilson has been a lifelong leader in family medicine. After a decade as a rural physician in underserved communities in Newfoundland, Ontario and British Columbia, she became a professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University. She then led the creation of family health teams in Ontario, which resulted in improved patient access to primary care. She has also been influential at the national level as president of both the College of Family Physicians of Canada and of the North American region of the World Organization of Family Doctors.