Ewen Affleck, Canada

A graduate of the McGill School of Medicine, Ewan Affleck has worked and lived in northern Canada since 1992. He is currently serving as the Senior Medical Advisor - Health Informatics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta, and is a member of the Federal Expert Working Group on Virtual Care, and Chair of the Alberta Virtual Care Working Group. He is the past Chief Medical Information Officer of the Northwest Territories, and was co-chair of the national Virtual Care Task Force. In 2013, he was appointed to the Order of Canada for his contribution to northern health care.