Rosemary Moodie is a

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physician who was appointed to the Senate of Canada on December 12, 2018. Moodie is a

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at the Hospital for Sick Children and Professor of pediatrics at the

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's Department of Pediatrics.

Early life and education

Senator Rosemary Moodie was born and raised in Kingston,

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. She attended St. Hugh's High School, and then completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of the West Indies (1982). She pursued post-graduate studies in

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and

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medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children. She has also completed an

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at the University of Toronto (2001) and a Master's in Public Policy and Administration at Queen's University.

Career

Senator Rosemary Moodie has been practicing as a

at the Hospital for Sick Children for over 24 years, and is a Professor of pediatrics at the

's Department of Pediatrics. Moodie is also a fellow of the

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, and the American Academy of Paediatrics. Senator Rosemary Moodie has previously served as the former corporate chief of paediatrics and medical director of the

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's regional maternal child program, a board director at St. Joseph's Hospital Centre and now Unity Health, Toronto, a board director of the Scotia Bank Jamaica Foundation, an international surveyor at Accreditation Canada and a healthcare consultant for SickKids International. During her three-year term as the president and board chair of

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Toronto, the YWCA Elm Centre (Canada's largest affordable housing project) was opened. She has also served a torchbearer in the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. On 12 December 2018, following

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's nomination,

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(the

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) appointed Moodie as an independent senator to fill vacancies in the Senate."Trudeau names four new senators, filling every seat in the Senate"
. ''

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'', December 12, 2018.

Personal life

Senator Rosemary Moodie is married to Dr. Peter Wong, a Pediatric Cardiologist and researcher. Moodie has two sons, Nicholas and Jonathan Wong. In 2016, Moodie and her son Jon both received awards from the African Canadian Achievement Awards of Excellence - the first to happen in the organization's 31-year history. She is the daughter of Allenby and Gloria Moodie.

Awards

*Order of Ontario (2020) *Faculty of Medicine Dean's Alumni Award - Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Toronto (2020) *Viola Desmond Honouree Award, Ryerson University (2020) *120 Year Anniversary St. Hugh's High School for Girls, Excellence in Alumni (2019) *100 Accomplished Black Canadian (ABC) Women Honouree (2018) * The Government of Jamaica's Order of Distinction – Commander Rank (2017) *Distinguished Canadian Community Paediatrician Award, Canadian Paediatric Society, Canada (2016) *African Canadian Achievement Awards Excellence in Science Award Recipient (2016) *Presidential Award, Ontario Medical Association, Ontario, Canada (2015) *Council Award, Honouring Outstanding Ontario Physicians, The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Canada (2015) *University of Toronto Alumni Association's Carl Mitchell Award for Community Engagement (2015) *Harry Jerome Award in Health Sciences (2014) *City of Toronto Access, Equity and Human Rights Award - Constance E. Hamilton Award for the Status Of Women (2014) *

's Prix d’excellence – Specialist of the Year * RBC’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award (2012) *Harry Jerome Health Sciences Award, Black Business Professional Association, Canada (2013)

Bibliography

* Wong JP, Venu I, Moodie RG, Cuddalore Arivudainambi V, Stewart H, Nicolae A, Zweig KN, van den Heuvel M, Ford-Jones EL, Wong PD. Breastfeeding: Brushing up on oral health. (Accepted for publication 24 July 2017). Journal of Family Practice 2017. * Venu I, van den Heuvel M, Wong JP, Berkhoff CM, Feller A, Moodie RG, Ford-Jones EL, Wong PD. The Breastfeeding Paradox: Relevance for Household Food Insecurity. Paediatrics and Child Health 2017. 22:4, 180–3. * Au VA, Wong JP, Venu I, Moodie RG, Etoom Y, Kieswetter L, Gerstle JT, Wong PD. Failing to thrive, abdominal pain, and vomiting: A hairy situation. (Accepted for publication 20 June 2017) Paediatrics and Child Health 2017. * Wong JP, Cuddalore Arivudainambi V, Venu I, Etoomb Y, Moodie RG, Wong PD. A 6-Week-Old Girl with Weak Cry and Cardiac Murmur. Paediatric and Child Health 2017. 22:4, 177–8. * Wong PD, Dave MG, Tulloch T, Feldman ML, Ford-Jones EL, Parkin PC, Moodie RG. Community Health Centres – Potential opportunities of community paediatrics: From multidisciplinary clinical care to Board Governance. Paediatrics and Child Health 2015, 20(1): 12–14. *

References

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