Graham Wilson Shatford Scott (born November 13, 1942) is a Canadian lawyer and expert in the incorporation, amalgamation, restructuring, and governance processes of health institutions in

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. Scott is president of Graham Scott Strategies Inc. and partner emeritus at

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. In 1992 he was a recipient of the

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issued under the Authority of the Queen in recognition of public service. In 2005, he was appointed as a member of the

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in recognition of his volunteer service. In 2012, he was a recipient of the

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. In 2023 he was a recipient o
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Medal

Early life and career

Scott was born and raised in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. He graduated from the

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in 1960. Scott attended the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

, where he received his BA in 1965 and his law degree in 1966. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve as a UNTD Officer Cadet from 1960-63 and retired from the Reserve as a Lieutenant in 1967. Following two years of law practice in

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, Scott served as executive assistant to

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from 1970 to 1976 while Mr. Stanfield was the leader of the federal

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and Canada's

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. In 1976, Scott started to work for the Ontario government, first in the Ontario Ministry of the

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and, in 1977, he became the assistant deputy general, courts administration and inspector of legal offices. Scott served as the deputy minister of the environment for Ontario from 1979 to 1981. In that time, he was involved in filing a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency to prevent the relaxation of pollution standards for

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s due to concerns about acid rain in Canada. In 1981, he became the deputy minister of health for Ontario. Graham joined McMillan LLP as a partner in January 1984 and was managing partner from 2000 to 2006. He established Graham Scott Strategies Inc. in 2008 when he retired from the McMillan partnership.

Health care leadership

Scott has been involved in the amalgamation, restructuring and governance processes of more than 40 hospitals in Ontario and has served as interim CEO of

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(2001–2002). The

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has, at several times, appointed Scott to investigate, supervise or assess financial and governance concerns in hospitals and other parts of the health care system across the province. In 2003, Scott was appointed the supervisor of the Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital in response to significant deficit issues. In 2004, Scott was appointed to conduct an independent review of the Muskoka-Parry Sound Board of Health, finding that the board was not compliant with basic governance requirements and was ill-equipped to handle public health emergencies. In 2008 Scott was appointed to investigate chronic financial problems at

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. Following Scott's report, the hospital CEO and several senior executives were terminated or asked to resign, while Scott took over on an interim basis as supervisor. From 2009 to 2010, Scott was appointed supervisor of

Quinte Health Care Quinte Health is a hospital corporation that operates four hospitals in Ontario, Canada. The four hospitals are; Belleville General Hospital (BGH), Trenton Memorial Hospital (TMH), Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital (PECMH) and North Hastings ...

, and he was appointed assessor for the Algoma Public Health Unit in 2015.

Other leadership

Scott has been director of several associations, institutes, and corporations, including the

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, the

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, the Association of the Faculties of Medicine of Canada, the Atlantic Salmon Federation,

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Canada, LDIC Inc, and the

. He has served as chair of the board of

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, the

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, AllerGen NCE, and the

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. He was President of the University Naval Training Divisions Association from 2020 to 2023 and president of the Naval Reserve Association of Canada from 2023-2024.

Personal life

Scott is married to Canadian television personality Gail Scott. They have two daughters: Gillian Scott, a partner in client relations and business development litigation at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, and Genevieve Scott, a fiction writer who published the novel ''Catch My Drift'' with Goose Lane Editions in 2018 and ''The Damages'' with Penguin Random House Canada in 2023.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/711820/the-damages-by-genevieve-scott/9781039004924

References

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