Heather Morrison

Heather Morrison is a Canadian emergency room physician who serves as the Chief Public Health Officer (also referred to as the Medical Officer Of Health) for Prince Edward Island. She was the first woman to receive the Rhodes Scholarship in the Prince Edward Island region, and was named The Guardian’s Newsmaker of the Year in 2020. She completed a Master’s degree, and a Doctor Of Philosophy degree at Oxford University, in the United Kingdom. Next, Morrison completed medical school training at the Dalhousie University, with residency training in community medicine at the University of Toronto.

Previously, Morrison has served as the Chair of the Canadian Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health, the Co-Chair of the Opioid Action Plan for PEI, Co-Chair of the Ebola response for PEI, and Chair of the Provincial infection and prevention control Committee. Morrison's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic in Prince Edward Island has been recognized in various media outlets, and earned different forms of recognition, including being named The Guardian’s Newsmaker of the Year (2020) and having a calf named after her.

Personal life Morrison has a husband and four children. Order of Prince Edward Island (2021)