John (JL) Crosbie, Student

JL has worked in international humanitarian aid for nearly 15 years with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Most recently, he worked as the Director of Programs with MSF Canada, where he oversaw MSF’s telemedicine program, its Canadian humanitarian affairs activities, as well as managing MSF Canada’s public institutional funding portfolio.

Prior to his work with the MSF Canada office, he spent 10 years working overseas with MSF, leading and managing humanitarian medical and emergency interventions in Asia and Africa, and the Middle East, as a Project Coordinator and Country Director.

His interests include mental health and healthcare inequity. In addition to his professional pursuits, in 2017, he was part of a three-month sailing expedition to the Canadian Arctic and Western Greenland to promote the use of citizen science.

He’s a graduate of McGill University, where he earned an honours degree in International Political Science. He lives in Toronto with his dog, Roxy.