Rachel Kiddell-Monroe

Rachel Kiddell-Monroe is a Montreal-based academic, activist, and lawyer.

Career Kiddell-Monroe has worked for Médecins Sans Frontières in Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Somalia and Rwanda before being a regional advisor for Latin America. She was based in Goma during the 1994 Rwanda genocide where she worked to support the influx of refugees fleeing violence.

She was the head of the Médecins Sans Frontières's Access to Essential Medicine campaign before being elected to the organization's international board of directors.

She has previously been the President of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines and is a Professor of Practice at McGill University, where she lectures on international development and humanitarian action.

In her 2017 TEDx Talk she called on people to reject fear and embrace solidarity.

Academia She has published papers on access to essential medicine, the decolonization of global health, and tuberculosis in Nunavut.

Awards She won the 2020 Woman of Distinction award for Social and Environmental Engagement from the Women's Y Foundation. She became a lifetime Ashoka Fellow in 2023.