# Rosemary Moodie

Rosemary Moodie OOnt is a Canadian neonatal physician who was appointed to the Senate of Canada on December 12, 2018. Moodie is a neonatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and Professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto's Department of Pediatrics.

## Early life and education

Senator Rosemary Moodie was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. She attended St. Hugh's High School, and then completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of the West Indies (1982). She pursued post-graduate studies in Pediatric and Neonatal medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children. She has also completed an MBA at the University of Toronto (2001) and a Master's in Public Policy and Administration at Queen's University.

## Career

Senator Rosemary Moodie has been practicing as a neonatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children for over 24 years, and is a Professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto's Department of Pediatrics. Moodie is also a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Academy of Paediatrics.
Senator Rosemary Moodie has previously served as the former corporate chief of paediatrics and medical director of the Rouge Valley Health System's regional maternal child program, a board director at St. Joseph's Hospital Centre and now Unity Health, Toronto, a board director of the Scotia Bank Jamaica Foundation, an international surveyor at Accreditation Canada and a healthcare consultant for SickKids International. During her three-year term as the president and board chair of YWCA Toronto, the YWCA Elm Centre (Canada's largest affordable housing project) was opened. She has also served as a torchbearer in the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.
On 12 December 2018, following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's nomination, Julie Payette (the Governor General of Canada) appointed Moodie as an independent senator to fill vacancies in the Senate.

## Personal life

Senator Rosemary Moodie is married to Dr. Peter Wong, a Pediatric Cardiologist and researcher. Moodie has two sons, Nicholas and Jonathan Wong. In 2016, Moodie and her son Jon both received awards from the African Canadian Achievement Awards of Excellence - the first to happen in the organization's 31-year history. She is the daughter of Allenby and Gloria Moodie.

## Awards

* Order of Ontario (2020)
* Faculty of Medicine Dean's Alumni Award - Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Toronto (2020)
* Viola Desmond Honouree Award, Ryerson University (2020)
* 120 Year Anniversary St. Hugh's High School for Girls, Excellence in Alumni (2019)
* 100 Accomplished Black Canadian (ABC) Women Honouree (2018)
* The Government of Jamaica's Order of Distinction – Commander Rank (2017)
* Distinguished Canadian Community Paediatrician Award, Canadian Paediatric Society, Canada (2016)
* African Canadian Achievement Awards Excellence in Science Award Recipient (2016)
* Presidential Award, Ontario Medical Association, Ontario, Canada (2015)
* Council Award, Honouring Outstanding Ontario Physicians, The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Canada (2015)
* University of Toronto Alumni Association's Carl Mitchell Award for Community Engagement (2015)
* Harry Jerome Award in Health Sciences (2014)
* City of Toronto Access, Equity, and Human Rights Award - Constance E. Hamilton Award for the Status Of Women (2014)
* Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada's Prix d'excellence – Specialist of the Year
* RBC's Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award (2012)
* Harry Jerome Health Sciences Award, Black Business Professional Association, Canada (2013)