Deena Hinshaw
Deena Hinshaw is a Canadian doctor who serves as a Deputy Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia and served as Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province of Alberta from January 28, 2019, to November 14, 2022, after being removed by Danielle Smith. She provided daily updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta to the public throughout most of 2020 and into 2021, though she stopped holding regular briefings in at the end of June 2021. She also provided recommendations to Jason Kenney, the former Premier of Alberta and the Emergency Management Cabinet Committee.
Deena Hinshaw | |
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| Born | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada |
| Education | Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta MD, MA Public Health (MPH) 2008 University of Alberta |
| Occupation(s) | Deputy Provincial Health Officer, British Columbia |
| Known for | CMO during COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Medical doctor |
| Institutions | Ministry of Health (Alberta) Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta |
| Sub-specialties | Public health Family medicine Community medicine |
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