Carleton University, Health Canada

Dr. Shawn Donaldson is the manager of the Heat Division in the Climate Change and Innovation Bureau at Health Canada and an adjunct research professor at Carleton University. He is current leading a number of climate change and health initiatives including, programs that are focused on protecting Canadians from extreme heat events (e.g., Heat Alert Response Systems), health promotion and outreach and heat health science. In the past, he has played a leadership role on human health aspects of Canada’s Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) and been the co-chair international Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) health expert committee. Dr. Donaldson has been the lead editor and co-author on previous AMAP and NCP human health assessments. He is actively involved in publishing, conducting research, scientific peer reviews of research proposals and journal articles, the supervision/co-supervision of students, and giving guest lectures.