Editors and Contributors

Caring for Kids New to Canada is a collaborative project involving many people and organizations concerned with the health of immigrant and refugee children, youth and families. The Canadian Paediatric Society is grateful to everyone for their contributions to this website.

Caring for Kids New to Canada Task Force (2025-2026)

Chuck Hui, MD, FRCPC (Chair)

Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Infectious diseases consultant, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Co-chair, Migration Health and Development Research Initiative steering committee
Ottawa, Ontario

Mahli Brindamour, MD, FRCPC

Assistant Professor, General Pediatrics
Royal University Hospital
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Laura Erdman, MD, FRCPC

Assistant Clinical Professor, McMaster University
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, McMaster Children's Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario

Bernice Ho, MD

Paediatrics Resident, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Andrea J. Hunter, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H

Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University
Division of General Pediatrics, McMaster Children's Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario

Bonnieca Islam, MD, FRCPC

General Pediatrician, Pediatric Clinic, Northeast Community Health Centre
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta

Sangeeta Jain, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Cumming School of Medicine
Community Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Calgary, Alberta

Susan M. Kuhn, MD, MSc, DTMH, FRCPC

Consultant in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta

Ruth Legese, MD

Paediatrics Resident, University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta

Arielle Locke, MD

Pediatrics Resident, McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario

Ripudaman Singh Minhas, MD MPH FRCPC FAAP

Developmental Pediatrician, Women’s and Children’s Health Program
St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Toronto
Lead, Our Kids’ Health Network
Toronto, Ontario

Sayo Olatunde, MD

Moncton, New Brunswick

Justin Penner, MD BSc MSc FRCPC MRCPCH DTMH
Consultant in paediatric infectious disease
Senior honorary lecturer, Imperial College London
London, England

Laura Sauvé, MD, MPH, DTM&H, FRCPC

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, Oak Tree Clinic
Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UBC
Vancouver, British Columbia

Shazeen Suleman, MSc MD MPH (FRCPC)

Physician Lead, Newcomer to Canada Clinic
St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Editorial Board (2011 - 2013)

Editors-in-Chief

Tony Barozzino, MD, FRCPC

Chuck Hui, MD, FRCPC

Editors

Anna Banerji, O.Ont, MD, MPH, FRCPC, DTM&H

Cecilia Baxter, MD, FRCPC

Morton Beiser, CM, MD, FRCP

Cristina Costantini Allguren, RN, BScN

Alice M. Chan-Yip, C.M., MDCM, FRCPC, FAAP

Danielle Grenier, MD, FRCPC

Danielle Grondin, MD, FRCPC

Élisabeth Rousseau Harsany, MD, FCRPC

Robert Hilliard, MD, EdD, FRCPC

Andrea J. Hunter, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H

Susan M. Kuhn, MD, MSc, DTMH, FRCPC

Daphne Korczak MD, MSc, FRCPC (pediatrics), FRCPC (psychiatry)

Noni E. MacDonald, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FCAHS

William Mahoney, MD, FRCPC

Maureen Mayhew, MD, MPH, CCFP

Heather Onyett, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, MPH, DTM&H

Kevin Pottie, MD, MClSc, CCFP, FCFP

Julie Baïlon-Poujol, MD, FRCPC

Ben J.K. Tan, MD, FRCPC

Dzung X. Vo, MD, FAAP

Methods Subcommittee

Chuck Hui, MD, FRCPC

Tony Barozzino, MD, FRCPC

Monika Kastner, PhD

Kevin Pottie, MD, MClSc, CCFP, FCFP

Gita Wahi, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Contributors

Roxane Bélanger, M.Sc.SLP, reg. CASLPO

Amanda Blazevic, BScPharm

Paul Caulford, MSc, MD, CCFP, FCFP

Michael Clark, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Devika Dixit, MSc, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H(Gorgas), CTropMed(R)

Nipunie Rajapakse, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H

Katie Stadelman BSc, MSW, RSW

Last updated: November, 2025