Senator Osler was appointed to the Senate of Canada on September 26, 2022.
Flordeliz (Gigi) Osler is an internationally renowned surgeon and a dedicated advocate for health and health care. Born and raised in Winnipeg to immigrant parents from the Philippines and India, she completed her medical school and residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Osler holds a Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care from the University of British Columbia.
Senator Osler served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Manitoba and was the Head of the Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg.
In 2018, she became the first female surgeon and the first racialized woman elected as President of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). While there she led the development of the CMA’s first ever policy on equity and diversity. Senator Osler has held leadership roles with the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Federation of Medical Women of Canada, the Canadian Medical Forum, and the Virtual Care Task Force.
Senator Osler is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the University of Manitoba Distinguished Alumni Award and the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada May Cohen Equity, Diversity and Gender Award. She has been named as a Pinays Manitoba 2023 Trailblazer, Women’s Executive Network (WXN) 2019 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner, and to the Medical Post’s 2021 Power List. Senator Osler was also inducted into the Government of Canada’s Women of Impact in Canada online gallery in 2022.