Hello,

I’m a physician and writer
collecting stories of this wild and beautiful planet.

Having spent much of my life in coastal British Columbia, I now reside in Guelph, Ontario with my family.

⇩

unsplash-image-P8PlK2nGwqA.jpg
 

I’m an award-winning physician and writer. I’ve guided thousands of women doctors through writing experiences at Understory. My writing has appeared in many books, including The Surprising Lives of Small-town Doctors (2016) and Pursuing Health (2018). I’ve published in Academic Medicine (2012), the Journal of Adolescent Health (2013), Social Medicine (2014), the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (2014) and the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (2012 and 2018), amongst others. My interviews have appeared in many news and radio outlets. I’m an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, teaching about community, ethics and belonging for over a decade.

AdobeStock_165084491.jpeg
AdobeStock_233297331.jpeg
AdobeStock_378148443 (1).jpeg
AdobeStock_233294789.jpeg
AdobeStock_185308911.jpeg
AdobeStock_298356473.jpeg

“At a certain point, you say to the sea, the woods, the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening.”

— Annie Dillard