Dr. Samantha Nutt Biography

Dr. Samantha Nutt is an award-winning humanitarian, bestselling author and acclaimed public speaker. A medical doctor and the founder of the renowned international humanitarian organizations War Child USA and War Child Canada, she is an expert in the field of foreign policy and geopolitics, as seen through the lens of more than twenty years of practical experience working with women and children in war zones across the globe.

Dr. Samantha Nutt is a recognized expert in all aspects of foreign policy as it relates to conflict and humanitarian crises. She can offer passionately held opinions on a wide range of subjects, including the impact of western foreign policy on civilian populations, the damage caused by the arms trade, the root causes of terrorism, and the unprecedented migration crisis. She is a passionate advocate for women living with war, and has written extensively about sexual and other forms of violence against women, and how to address it. Her critically-acclaimed book, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies & Aid, was a #1 bestseller.

Samantha is a consummate media performer and public speaker, unafraid to present challenging opinions with clarity and authority but with a lightness of touch that brings humanity to the subject matter. She is a much sought-after opinion leader in her native Canada, and increasingly in the US. She now splits her time between Toronto and New York. She is a regular panelist on CBC’s flagship national news program, The National, and a contributor to leading media outlets in Canada. In 2013, she interviewed Secretary Hillary Clinton in front of an audience of five thousand, and recently gave an acclaimed TED Talk on the global arms trade at the TED Talks: War & Peace event at The Town Hall Theater in New York, which aired on PBS and has garnered over one million views on TED.com in only six months.

In July 2011, Samantha was appointed to the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honour, for her contributions to improving the plight of young people in the world's worst conflict zones. In addition to her work with War Child, she is on staff at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Toronto.

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