Canada's top doctor Theresa Tam leaving role at end of term June 20

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Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is leaving her presumption astatine the extremity of adjacent week.

Tam led Canada's nationalist wellness effect to the COVID-19 pandemic

Nicole Ireland · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 13, 2025 1:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam shown up adjacent arsenic she delivers a wellness update. She is present wearing a protective mask.

Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is leaving her presumption astatine the extremity of adjacent week.

Tam has been successful the relation since June 2017, but became a household sanction successful the past 5 years arsenic she led the country's nationalist wellness effect to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tam says her word ends connected June 20, and she doesn't person different occupation lined up.

She is taking a interruption to deliberation astir caller opportunities, walk much clip with household and get backmost to immoderate of her passions, including playing euphony and long-distance running.

A pediatric infectious illness doc by training, Tam joined the national government's nationalist wellness squad astir the clip measles was eliminated successful 1998.

She says it's concerning to spot the microorganism instrumentality but is assured Canada tin halt home transmission erstwhile again done immunization.

Tam says it's a captious clip for Canada to basal up for subject and combat disinformation.

She says the COVID-19 pandemic showed that Canada could equine a effect that differed from the U.S. approach, and prevention lives successful the process.