Graham W. S. Scott

Scott was born and raised in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. He graduated from the Rothesay Netherwood School in 1960.{{Cite news |url=https://www.rns.cc/list-detail?pk=189152&fromId=268326|title=Graham Scott '60 |work=Rothesay Netherwood School |access-date=August 10, 2023}} Scott attended the University of Western Ontario, 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 Toronto, Scott served as executive assistant to Robert Stanfield from 1970 to 1976 while Mr. Stanfield was the leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and Canada's Official Opposition. In 1976, Scott started to work for the Ontario government, first in the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General 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 coal-fired power stations due to concerns about acid rain in Canada.{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DuIhS3gLB9sC&q=Deputy+Minister+of+Environment+Graham+Scott+++Acid+Rain&pg=PA725 |author= |title=Ontario takes US to court over acid rain |publication-date=March 19, 1981 |page=725 |magazine=New Scientist |volume=89 |issue=1245 |access-date=August 10, 2023}} In 1981, he became the deputy minister of health for Ontario.{{Cite news |url=https://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2009/04/graham-scotts-biography.html |date=April 16, 2009 |title=Graham Scott's Biography |work=news.ontario.ca |access-date=August 10, 2023}}

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.

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 Cancer Care Ontario (2001–2002).{{Cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/graham-w-s-scott-cm-qc-named-new-chair-of-canada-health-infoways-boardof-directors-544848242.html |title=Graham W. S. Scott, CM, QC, named new Chair of Canada Health Infoway's Board of Directors |website=www.newswire.ca |date=August 3, 2010 |access-date=August 10, 2023}} The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 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.{{Cite news |url=https://mcmillan.ca/Files/Graham_Scott_120403.pdf |title=My work is done, hospital supervisor says |last=Mulligan |first=Carol |date=December 4, 2003 |work=The Sudbury Star |access-date=November 7, 2018}} 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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-takes-over-regional-health-board/article24357962/ |title=Ontario takes over regional health board |date=October 21, 2004 |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 10, 2023}} In 2008 Scott was appointed to investigate chronic financial problems at Kingston General Hospital.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fire-top-brass-to-fix-kingston-ont-hospital-problems-report-1.712864 |title=Fire top brass to fix Kingston, Ont., hospital problems: report {{!}} CBC News |work=CBC |date=June 25, 2008 |access-date=August 10, 2023}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kingstonlife.ca/sitepages/?aid=5322&cn=Features&an=Feature%20-%20In%20Recovery |title=Kingston Life |website=www.kingstonlife.ca |access-date=November 7, 2018}} From 2009 to 2010, Scott was appointed supervisor of Quinte Health Care,{{Cite news |url=https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/3762001-trenton-memorial-hospital-will-remain-open-supervisor-graham-scott/ |title=Trenton Memorial Hospital will remain open: Supervisor Graham Scott |date=June 29, 2009 |work=NorthumberlandNews.com |access-date=November 8, 2018}} and he was appointed assessor for the Algoma Public Health Unit in 2015.{{Cite news |url=https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/aftereffects-linger-from-algoma-public-healths-perfect-storm-331540 |title=Aftereffects linger from Algoma Public Health's 'perfect storm' |last=Helwig |first=David |date= July 8, 2016|work=SooToday.com |access-date=August 10, 2023}}

Scott has been director of several associations, institutes, and corporations, including the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, the Public Policy Forum, the Association of the Faculties of Medicine of Canada, the Atlantic Salmon Federation,{{Cite web |url=https://www.asf.ca/about-asf/director-biographies-can |title=Director Biographies (CAN)}} Sanofi PasteurCanada, LDIC Inc,ldic.ca/about-us/ and the Rothesay Netherwood School.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rns.cc/discover/about-rns/rns-directors---governors |title=RNS DIRECTORS & GOVERNORS}} He has served as chair of the board of Canada Health Infoway,{{Cite web |url=https://www.longwoods.com/newsdetail/1419 |title=Graham W. S. Scott, CM, QC, named new Chair of Canada Health Infoway's Board of Directors |website=www.longwoods.com |access-date=November 7, 2018}} the Canadian Institute for Health Information,{{Cite journal |last=Collier |first=Roger |date=January 12, 2010 |title=Health care had a decade of "abundance," CIHI says|journal=CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal |volume=182 |issue=1 |pages=E45 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.109-3118 |issn=0820-3946 |pmc=2802644 |pmid=19948814}} AllerGen NCE,{{Cite web |url=http://allergen-nce.ca/about/governance/bod/former-board-members/ |title=Former Board Members – AllerGen |website=allergen-nce.ca |access-date=November 7, 2018}} and the Institute for Research on Public Policy. He was President of the University Naval Training Divisions Association from 2020 to 2023{{Cite web |url=https://untd.org/board-of-directors/ |title=UNTDA Board of Directors}} and president of the Naval Reserve Association of Canada from 2023-2024.https://navalreserveassociationofcanada.ca/board-of-directors/

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,{{Cite web |url=https://www.osler.com/en/team/gillian-s-g-scott|title=Gillian S.G. Scott |website=Osler |access-date=November 7, 2018}} and Genevieve Scott,{{Cite web |url=http://cookemcdermid.com/authors |title=Cooke McDermid: Our Authors}} a fiction writer who published the novel Catch My Drift with Goose Lane Editions in 2018{{Cite web |url=https://gooselane.com/products/catch-my-drift |title=Catch My Drift – Goose Lane Editions |website=gooselane.com |access-date=November 7, 2018}} and The Damages with Penguin Random House Canada in 2023.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/711820/the-damages-by-genevieve-scott/9781039004924

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