King's Hour

The Opioid Crisis and How It Impacts London

January 24 3:30-4:20 p.m.
JOANNE AND PETER KENNY THEATRE, KING CENTRE

Chris Mackie MDDr. Chris Mackie

As the Medical Officer of Health and CEO of Canada’s largest independent local public health agency, Dr. Christopher Mackie leads a dynamic organization that is influential in public policy and a leader in transparency and accountability.

Dr. Mackie recently chaired the Mayor of London, Ontario’s advisory panel on poverty, which engaged citizens in generating recommendations on how to address poverty.

As a champion of harm reduction, Dr. Mackie has established support among citizens and policy-makers for London’s award-winning and life-saving Naloxone Program.

Over his tenure, the Middlesex-London Health Unit has implemented an innovative priority setting and budgeting process that has already shifted more than 6% of MLHU resources out of lower-impact areas into programs that make the greatest difference.