James Orbinski, OC, MSC, MA, MD, MCFPC James Orbinski is Principal of Massey College, as well as a full Professor at the at the University of Toronto in both the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Providing medical humanitarian relief worldwide in situations of war, famine, epidemic disease, and genocide with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), Dr. Orbinski also served as MSF’s International Council president and accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on their behalf in 1999. He is the founding director of York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, and co-founder of both Dignitas International and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. Renowned for his ground-breaking research on medical humanitarianism, infectious diseases, global health governance, and the health impacts of climate change, Dr. Orbinski’s work is documented in his bestselling book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarianism in the 21st Century, as well as the award-winning documentary, Triage: The Humanitarian Dilemma of Dr. James Orbinski. Dr. Orbinski holds an MD degree from McMaster University, and an MA in International Relations from the University of Toronto. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded for a lifetime of leadership in global health and humanitarianism, and received Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross for his leadership in providing direct medical relief in Kigali during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. As a medical doctor, humanitarian, and global health scholar, Dr. Orbinski believes in actively engaging and shaping our world so that it is more just, fair, and humane.
