Making Humanitarian Response Better | Dr. Kirsten Johnson | TEDxSainteAnnedeBellevue

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. Dr. Johnson practices Emergency Medicine at McGill's Health Centres and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. As CEO of Humanitarian U, she is involved in humanitarian professionalization and was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2011. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx