Community Fellow, Global Health and Humanitarianism
Community Scholar
Chris Houston is a British-Canadian based in Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. A graduate of Glasgow Caledonian University, Chris co-founded and presides over the Canadian Peace Museum, leading its fundraising efforts to establish a new museum in Ontario. As the principal consultant for Humanitarian Associates, he specializes in humanitarian innovation and health, advising innovators and funders on scaling up innovations and programming.
Chris has extensive international humanitarian experience. He was the head of logistics for the World Health Organization in Yemen. He has worked in logistics and in program management Médecins Sans Frontières in Papua New Guinea, Canada, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Pakistan. He has worked for the Red Cross in the UK, Nepal, and Lebanon.
Chris is an award-winning part-time faculty at the University of Toronto’s Global Health Education Initiative and is an editor of the Oxford Handbook of Humanitarian Medicine.
In Canada, Chris co-founded kid-E-care pediatric urgent care clinic. He contributes a weekly column, Stories of Peace, to The Bancroft Times and has held non-profit governance roles at Médecins Sans Frontières Canada, ALIMA Canada, Conquer COVID-19, Humanitarian Partners International, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health. He serves on the Community Safety and Wellbeing Committee of Bancroft Town Council.
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Active |
Events |
War, Humanitarianism, and the Need for the Canadian Peace Museum, with Chris Houston | August 29, 2024 |
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