Jason McVicar is an anesthesiologist at The Ottawa Hospital and an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa. He holds a fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. He has worked for Médecins Sans Frontières, is a trustee of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation and is member of the Pain Committee with the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists. Current active areas of work include medical education in low and middle-income countries, access to health resources in rural and remote communities and improving surgical outcomes for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples.