Wednesday, Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, proceeded with the appointment of six independent senators whose Dr. Marie-Françoise Mégie, family physician and professor of Haitian origin (Jacmel).

The Deputy Emmanuel Dubourg (Bourassa District), arrived in Haiti to Canada in 1974 paid gher a warm tribute :

"My heartiest congratulations to Dr. Marie-Françoise Mégie,

Today, the Right Honourable Mr. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada has chosen you to be a senator. This honor reflects on all of us in the community.

More than 2,700 nominations from across the country were submitted.

You have been selected through a new open appointment process based on merit. This new process is designed to ensure independent Senate, at the image of Canada's diversity and able to confront the many challenges and opportunities that the country faces. You now occupy important functions in a modern democracy.

Once appointed by the Governor General and convened to the Senate, I will be happy to call you with respect and pride 'Honorable Marie-Françoise Mégie'"

Learn more about Marie-Françoise Mégie :

Dr. Marie-Françoise Mégie’s professional career comprises over 35 years as a family physician and nearly 30 years as a university professor. She arrived in Quebec in 1976, from Haiti, and rose through the ranks of the medical profession and university teaching, becoming a clinical associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Université de Montréal. Her university involvement enabled her to participate in the seniors’ care committee and to work on the curriculum review committee of the Department of Family Medicine of the Université de Montréal.

Her medical practice includes providing home health care services for seniors, persons with severe disabilities, and end-of-life patients. She is the medical director of the Maison de soins palliatifs de Laval.

Since 2001 she has been a guest speaker at various conferences and symposia at the international, national and provincial levels. She is a member of a number of professional associations, has chaired the Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad, and currently chairs the Association Médecins Francophones du Canada.

Since 2006 she has been the editor-in chief of the Newsletter of the Association Médecins Francophones du Canada. Dr. Mégie has received a number of awards for her professional, volunteer and personal contributions.

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