Samantha Nutt

Topics

Presentations

When Women Lead: Prescription for Change in the 21st Century
There is universality to the feminine experience – of childhood, motherhood, marriage, and sex – that transcends culture and language, and that brings women together in a way that isn’t fully appreciated.

Social Responsibility: Acting Upon our Responsibilities as Citizens
We need to start controlling the things that we have control over

Taking Your Vision To Action: How to Make It Happen!

Creating a Ground Swell: How to Foster Transformative Change

Summary Profile

In 1995, twenty-five-year-old Samantha Nutt - a recent medical-school graduate and a field volunteer for UNICEF - touched down in Baidoa, Somalia, "the City of Death." What she saw there - gangs of young men roaming the streets armed with rocket launchers; a woman in a clinic line holding a dead baby; an overwhelmed, underfunded aid agency working in such an unsafe environment that its workers had to travel with armed escorts high on drugs - would spur her on to a lifetime of passionate advocacy for children and families in war-torn areas around the world.

Dr Samantha Nutt is a medical doctor and the Founder/Executive Director of War Child in North America. For fifteen years, she has been at the frontline of many of the world's major crises - from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia to the Congo and Sierra Leone to Darfur. These experiences have given her a unique insight into the brutality of modern conflict - why it begins, what sustains it and what we can and should do to prevent it. As one of the most original and influential voices in the humanitarian arena, Samantha is a go-to authority for the many of North America's leading media outlets. With her uncompromising and powerful advocacy for justice and peace, Samantha is one of the most sought after public speakers. She has inspired thousands of people across the continent to see global conflict as a problem that can and must be solved.

Samantha was recently named one of Canada's 25 most influential figures by The Globe and Mail, the latest in a long list of awards and tributes. Time Magazine named her one of Canada's Five Leading Activists, while the World Economic Forum recognized her as one of 200 young global leaders. In 2011 she was appointed to the Order of Canada.

Her bestselling and highly acclaimed book: Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid, combines original research with her personal story, offering a deeply thoughtful meditation on war as it is being waged around the world against millions of civilians - primarily women and children. Nutt's boundless energy, dedication, and compassion shine through on every page as she lays out real, lasting solutions to these problems and shows how to move beyond outdated notions of charity towards a more progressive, inclusive, and respectful world view.

Dr. Nutt is a staff physician at Women's College Hospital in Toronto and an Assistant Professor of medicine at the University of Toronto.

Client Testimonials:

"Samantha Nutt's presentation was fabulous. It was the highlight event of our conference! Her speech was very inspiring and touching, and it resonated tremendously with our conference participants."

Canadian Bureau for International Education

"Great, great, great presentation!!! I am so proud to be Canadian right now!!! You are an inspiration to us all!"

Trinity College School

"Samantha Nutt was absolutely incredible. Hands down the best inspirational guest speaker we've had. She is my new role model."

Grant MacEwan College