Professional Affiliation

R.N., Ph.D., CEO, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

Expert Bio

Dr. Doris Grinspun is the Chief Executive Officer of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO), the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in the province of Ontario. RNAO’s mandate is to advocate for healthy public policy and for the role of registered nurses and nurse practitioners. Grinspun assumed this position in April 1996.

Grinspun has worked in practice and administrative capacities in Israel and the United States.

Grinspun was born in Chile. She has an RN diploma from Hadassah School of Nursing in Jerusalem, Israel; a baccalaureate degree from Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; an Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan; a PhD from the department of sociology at York University in Toronto, Ontario and was conferred an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).

Grinspun has been featured in major media outlets and publications for her bold and visionary leadership. She has received numerous professional and scholarly awards, including the Order of Ontario (2003) and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013).