Natasha Johnson

Dr. Natasha Johnson (MD, FAAP, FRCPC) is the Associate Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and an Associate Professor with the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and McMaster Children’s Hospital in Ontario. A passionate advocate for children, youth, and families affected by racism and other types of oppression, she works with pediatric leadership and community partners to guide a strategic vision to promote anti-oppression and anti-racism. In 2018, she was the recipient of the Pat Mandy Inclusion Award for outstanding contributions towards the inclusion and support of gender-diverse youth. In 2016, she established a clinical service providing gender affirming care to trans and gender diverse youth and their families – the first of its kind at McMaster Children’s Hospital. In March 2022, this clinic received a generous $500,000 grant from TD to expand its services. As a founding member of the Anti-Racism Coalition in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster, she continues to lead transformative change in healthcare, with a focus on marginalized youth, those who have been historically oppressed, and equity-deserving populations. Natasha’s parents immigrated to Canada from Jamaica. She was born and raised in Montreal where she did her medical training and where her parents still live. She is a single mother to two teen boys