Ryan Meili

Meili was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and grew up on a family farm near Courval.{{cite web|url = http://www.timescolonist.com/news/national/a-look-at-ryan-meili-running-for-leader-of-the-saskatchewan-ndp-1.87854|title = A look at Ryan Meili, running for leader of the Saskatchewan NDP|work = Times Colonist|agency = Canadian Press|date = 2013-03-08|access-date = 2013-03-10}} He attended Vanier Collegiate in Moose Jaw before going on to the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) where he studied Human Anatomy and Languages. After finishing his first degree, Meili made an unsuccessful application to the U of S medical school. He then traveled to South America for five months,{{cite web|url = http://www.prairiesnorth.com/articles/the-doctors-are-in/|title = The Doctors Are In|last = Nicurity|first = Jordan|work = Prairies North|date = 2012-01-10|access-date = 2013-03-10}} co-organizing a project called "Limbs and Light for Latin America." The project raised money to purchase a school bus, which was then filled with prosthetic limbs for landmine victims and driven to Nicaragua.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} In 2001, he traveled to Quebec City as part of a peaceful protest at the Summit of the Americas. He was arrested during the protest, but received an absolute discharge and had the conviction erased after one year.{{cite news|date=2001-04-23|title=Saskatoon man charged after summit protest|publisher=CBC News|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon-man-charged-after-summit-protest-1.258353|access-date=2013-03-10}}{{cite news|date=2019|title=MLA Forbes backs Meili for leader|via=PressReader|agency=Saskatoon StarPhoenix|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/saskatoon-starphoenix/20090416/281560876729872|access-date=23 October 2020}}

Meili entered the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in September 2000 after his third application, and graduated in 2004.{{cite web|url = http://students.usask.ca/pdf/Convocation/spring-2004.pdf|title = Spring Convocation|publisher = University of Saskatchewan|page = 61|date = May 2004|access-date = 2012-10-15}} He completed his residency at the Westwinds Primary Health Centre in Saskatoon in June 2007. In addition to working as a physician at the West Side Community Clinic in Saskatoon, Meili began working for the U of S and as an advocate for doctors and health care. He became head of the College of Medicine's Division of Social Accountability and ran the College's Making the Links program, which coordinated practices for medical students in communities in inner-city Saskatoon, Northern Saskatchewan, and Mozambique.{{Cite journal|last1=Buchman|first1=Sandy|last2=Woollard|first2=Robert|last3=Meili|first3=Ryan|last4=Goel|first4=Ritika|date=2016|title=Practising social accountability|journal=Canadian Family Physician|volume=62|issue=1|pages=15–18|issn=0008-350X|pmc=4721832|pmid=26796826}}{{Cite journal|last1=Meili|first1=Ryan|last2=Fuller|first2=Daniel|last3=Lydiate|first3=Jessica|date=2011-08-01|title=Teaching social accountability by making the links: Qualitative evaluation of student experiences in a service-learning project|url=https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2010.530308|journal=Medical Teacher|volume=33|issue=8|pages=659–666|doi=10.3109/0142159X.2010.530308|issn=0142-159X|pmid=21774654|s2cid=29028057|url-access=subscription}} He acted as a coordinator for the Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health (SWITCH), which provided further opportunities for Saskatoon students to gain community-based experience.{{Cite web|title=UBC Press {{!}} About Ryan Meili|url=https://www.ubcpress.ca/ryan-meili?sort=-PublicationDate.desc|access-date=2020-11-18|website=UBC Press|language=en-US}} Meili also served as vice-chair for Canadian Doctors for Medicare, a national advocacy organization.{{Cite web|title=Ryan Meili at Broadbent Institute|url=https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/ryanmeili|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Broadbent Institute|language=en}}

In 2012 Meili published A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health can Revive Canadian Democracy, a book that explored the concept of the social determinants of health and argued for their role in the political process.{{cite news|url = http://cjme.com/story/ryan-meili-kicks-ndp-leadership-campaign/75181|title = Ryan Meili kicks off NDP leadership campaign|work = News Talk 980 CJME|publisher = Rawlco Communications|date = September 14, 2012|access-date = 2012-10-14}} Meili published an updated and expanded edition of the book in 2018.{{Cite web|title=UBC Press {{!}} A Healthy Society - How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy, Updated and Expanded Edition, By Ryan MeiliForeword by André Picard|url=https://www.ubcpress.ca/a-healthy-society-1|access-date=2020-11-18|website=UBC Press|language=en-US}} After publishing the first edition Meili founded and led a non-profit think tank called Upstream: Institute for a Healthy Society, which has since joined the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Stephanie|date=2020-10-19|title='His heart is in people': Saskatchewan NDP leader hopes to reverse party fortunes|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/politics/sask-election/his-heart-is-in-people-saskatchewan-ndp-leader-hopes-to-reverse-party-fortunes|access-date=2020-11-18|website=StarPhoenix|publisher=The Canadian Press|language=en-CA}}{{cite web|title=About Think Upstream|url=https://www.thinkupstream.ca/about/|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Think Upstream}}

Meili first became a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party in 2001. Party leader Lorne Calvert's retirement in 2008 triggered a leadership election, and in February 2009 Meili decided to enter the race to replace the former premier. Meili was the fourth and final declared candidate in the race, joining former Deputy Premier Dwain Lingenfelter, Moose Jaw MLA Deb Higgins, and former party president Yens Pedersen.{{cite news|date=February 5, 2009|title=Saskatoon doctor running for NDP leadership|publisher=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-doctor-running-for-ndp-leadership-1.857173|access-date=2012-10-14}} With no formal political experience, Meili was considered an outsider in the race. However, Meili ran a campaign that relied on grassroots volunteering and fundraising and focused on party renewal, and he placed a surprising second behind Lingenfelter, earning 45% of votes on the second and final ballot.{{cite news|date=June 9, 2009|title=Meili says he won't run in Calvert's constituency|publisher=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/meili-says-he-won-t-run-in-calvert-s-constituency-1.841697|access-date=2012-10-14}}

Following the convention, Meili announced that he intended to run for the NDP in the 2011 provincial election. In 2010, he sought the nomination for the riding of Saskatoon Sutherland. However, although Meili was perceived as the front runner for the nomination, he ultimately dropped out of the race, citing family reasons, and Naveed Anwar secured the nomination.{{Cite web|last=Daro|first=Ishmael N.|date=2010-09-30|title=NDP nomination down to two as perceived front-runner drops out {{!}} The Sheaf - The University of Saskatchewan Newspaper Since 1912|url=https://thesheaf.com/2010/09/30/ndp-nomination-down-to-two-as-perceived-front-runner-drops-out/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=The Sheaf|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Woods|first=James|date=September 28, 2010|title=Meili withdraws from NDP race in Sutherland|work=The StarPhoenix|url=http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=0cee9a17-63c9-4809-9d00-b0806ee69865|access-date=2013-03-10}}

The 2011 election reduced the NDP to just 9 seats in the legislature, tied for their worst election result in history, and Lingenfelter lost his own seat and resigned as leader.{{Cite news|date=2011-11-18|title=NDP's Lingenfelter resigns after losing seat {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ndp-s-lingenfelter-resigns-after-losing-seat-1.1043045|access-date=2020-11-18}} This triggered a new leadership election, and in September 2012, Meili announced that he would again be seeking the leadership.{{Cite news|date=2012-09-24|title=Meili, Wotherspoon enter NDP leadership race {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/meili-wotherspoon-enter-ndp-leadership-race-1.1201567|access-date=2020-11-18}} In the race Meili was joined by Saskatoon MLA Cam Broten, Regina MLA Trent Wotherspoon, and Regina economist Erin Weir. Meili had greater notoriety in the race compared to 2009, and he based his campaign around the ideas presented in his book, A Healthy Society. When Weir dropped out ahead of the election and endorsed Meili, he was considered the front runner.{{cite news|date=2013-02-20|title=Erin Weir drops out of Saskatchewan NDP race|publisher=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/erin-weir-drops-out-of-saskatchewan-ndp-race-1.1361253|access-date=2013-02-20}} At the election, he led on the first ballot by more than 400 votes. However, he ultimately finished second, losing to Broten by a slim margin of just 44 votes on the second ballot.{{cite news|date=2013-03-09|title=Broten narrowly defeats Meili to become leader of the Saskatchewan NDP|publisher=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/broten-narrowly-defeats-meili-to-become-leader-of-the-saskatchewan-ndp-1.1307074|access-date=2013-03-10}} Meili was lauded for expanding party membership during the race, and in particular for attracting young people to the party.{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=Jennifer|date=2013-03-10|title=Youngster Aims To Unite Party Of Giants|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/10/cam-broten-saskatchewan-ndp-leader_n_2849295.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=HuffPost Canada|publisher=The Canadian Press|language=en}}

In 2014 Meili considered but ultimately declined to seek the federal NDP nomination for the riding of Saskatoon West ahead of the 2015 federal election.{{Cite web|date=2014-09-03|title=Meili not seeking NDP nomination in Saskatoon West|url=https://starphoenix.com/news/saskatoon/meili-not-seeking-ndp-nomination-in-saskatoon-west|access-date=2020-11-18|website=StarPhoenix|language=en-CA}}

The NDP gained just one seat in the 2016 election, and like Lingenfelter before him, Broten lost his own seat and resigned as party leader shortly after the election, triggering yet another leadership race. While Meili had by then run twice from outside the legislature, he announced in December 2016 that he would be seeking the nomination for a by-election to be held in the riding of Saskatoon Meewasin in 2017 after the death of MLA Roger Parent.{{cite news|date=2016-12-15|title=Ryan Meili pursuing NDP nomination for Saskatoon Meewasin|publisher=CBC News|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/ryan-meili-saskatoon-meewasin-1.3898866|access-date=2016-12-15}} Meili was successful in securing the nomination and he won the by-election in March 2017.{{cite news|date=2017-01-24|title=Saskatchewan NDP choose doctor Ryan Meili as byelection candidate|work=Global News|agency=The Canadian Press|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3201036/saskatchewan-ndp-choose-doctor-ryan-meili-as-byelection-candidate/|access-date=2017-01-24}}{{cite news|date=2017-03-03|title=Saskatoon Meewasin: 'We won. Isn't that amazing?' NDP's Ryan Meili defeats Sask. Party's Brent Penner|publisher=Postmedia Network|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/meewasin-byelection-results-ryan-meili-brent-penner-saskatchewan-party-ndp|access-date=2017-05-25}}

In May 2017, Meili announced that he would be joining the NDP leadership race to replace Broten.{{cite news|url = http://ckom.com/article/1555484/saskatoon-mla-ryan-meili-enters-sask-ndp-leadership-race|title = Saskatoon MLA Ryan Meili enters Sask. NDP leadership race|publisher = CKOM|date = 2017-05-18|access-date = 2017-05-23}} He was joined in the race by Wotherspoon, who had finished third behind Meili in 2013 and who acted as interim leader for a time after Broten's resignation.{{Cite web|last=Fraser|first=D.C.|date=2016-04-15|title=NDP's Trent Wotherspoon elected leader of the Opposition in legislature|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/ndps-trent-wotherspoon-elected-leader-of-the-opposition-in-legislature|access-date=2020-11-18|website=LeaderPost|language=en-CA}} Meili ran on a platform including a $15 minimum wage, universal pharmacare, and the banning of corporate and union donations.{{Cite web|last=McKenna|first=Ryan|date=2018-03-25|title=Ryan Meili finding balance between politics, family|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4104737/saskatchewan-ndp-leader-ryan-meili-politics/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Global News|language=en-US}} Although Wotherspoon earned the endorsement of six NDP caucus members compared to just one for Meili, Meili was elected party leader with 55% of the vote in March 2018, joking afterwards that "third time's the charm."{{Cite news|last=CBC|date=2018-03-03|title='Winds of change:' Ryan Meili wins Sask. NDP leadership|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-ndp-leadership-ryan-meili-trent-wotherspoon-1.4560240|access-date=2020-11-18}} Meili became the 7th leader in the party's history and the first medical doctor to hold the position. His victory was considered a win for the progressive wing of the party.

As leader, Meili sought to strengthen the party ahead of the 2020 election. He attacked the governing Saskatchewan Party for the austerity they pursued after being re-elected in 2016, which included shutting down the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) crown corporation.{{Cite news|last=CBC|date=2019-05-31|title=Sask. made 'fundamental mistake' treating STC as business, not service: researcher|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/stc-private-research-1.5158002|access-date=2020-11-18}} He sought to rebuild rural support for the party and to draw a contrast with the governing party by taking a stronger stance on climate change and renewable energy, announcing the Renew Saskatchewan program in the fall of 2018.{{Cite web|last=Olson|first=Matt|date=2018-10-14|title=NDP's Ryan Meili reveals 'Renew Saskatchewan' climate and energy program|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/ryan-meili-introduces-renew-saskatchewan-plan-to-combat-climate-change|access-date=2020-11-18|website=StarPhoenix|language=en-CA}}

In March 2020, it was rumoured that the governing Saskatchewan Party would call a snap election ahead of the scheduled election in the fall. Meili objected to the possibility in light of the emerging COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan.{{cite news |last1=Hunter |first1=Adam |title=NDP says Premier Scott Moe is 'playing political games' on possibility of early election |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-early-election-moe-meili-1.5483007 |access-date=15 September 2020 |publisher=CBC News |date=3 March 2020}} He advocated for the creation of a multi-party committee, including both medical and economic experts, to guide the province's pandemic response after its first presumptive case that month, but the idea was rebuffed by Premier Scott Moe.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-12|title=Meili calls for all-party committee after first presumptive COVID-19 case in Saskatchewan|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/sask-opposition-ndp-leader-ryan-meili-calls-for-cancellation-of-junos-over-covid-19-concerns/ar-BB115JV1|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.msn.com|publisher=CBC News}}

The 2020 general election ultimately proceeded according to the province's fixed-election law, taking place in October. The NDP, which entered the election holding 13 seats after gaining three in by-elections since the 2016 election, announced a variety of policies under the slogan of "Putting People First" including Renew Saskatchewan, a Saskatchewan-first procurement policy, and a $15 minimum wage by 2022.{{cite web|title=Meili proposes 'Renew Saskatchewan' plan to support clean energy transition|url=https://www.saskndp.ca/renew|access-date=15 September 2020|publisher=Sask NDP}}{{cite web|title=NDP calls for Sask First procurement on Assiniboia project|url=https://www.saskndp.ca/ndp_calls_for_sask_first_procurement_on_assiniboia_project|access-date=15 September 2020|publisher=Sask NDP}}{{cite web |last1=November 16 |first1=Posted on |title=NDP introduces bill to bring $15/hr minimum wage to Saskatchewan |url=https://www.saskndp.ca/ndp_introduces_bill_to_bring_15_hr_minimum_wage_to_saskatchewan |website=Saskatchewan NDP |access-date=23 October 2020 |language=en}} Meili also focused on reducing classroom sizes and wait times for medical procedures.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-15|title=NDP Leader Ryan Meili makes a pitch to voters tired of Saskatchewan Party|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/ndp-leader-ryan-meili-makes-a-pitch-to-voters-tired-of-saskatchewan-party-1.24220964|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Times Colonist|publisher=The Canadian Press}} The NDP also promised to revive the STC if elected.{{Cite web|last=Kurz|first=Larissa|date=2020-10-19|title=Meili promises revival of STC bus service during NDP visits in Moose Jaw, Regina|url=https://www.moosejawtoday.com/local-news/meili-promises-revival-of-stc-bus-service-during-ndp-visits-in-moose-jaw-regina-2805392|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Moose Jaw Today|language=en}}

In the election, the Saskatchewan Party was re-elected to a fourth consecutive majority government, while the NDP managed to win 13 seats, more than in the previous two elections but the same number of seats it entered the election with.{{Cite news|last=Grenier|first=Eric|date=2020-10-27|title=Saskatchewan election delivers historic win for Sask. Party, decisive defeat for NDP {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/grenier-sk-election-results-1.5778114|access-date=2020-11-18}} The roster of NDP MLAs elected included six rookie candidates.{{Cite web|last=White-Crummey|first=Arthur|date=2020-10-31|title=NDP members 'ambivalent' on Meili's leadership after tough result|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/ndp-members-ambivalent-on-meilis-leadership-after-tough-result|access-date=2020-11-18|website=LeaderPost|language=en-CA}} Meili trailed in his own seat at the end of election day, but he ultimately won his seat in an election that saw a record number of mail-in ballots in the context of the pandemic.{{Cite web|last=Mandryk|first=Murray|date=2020-10-30|title=Mandryk: Mail-ins win Meili his seat, but now he really has to deliver|url=https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnists/mandryk-meili-wins|access-date=2020-11-18|website=LeaderPost|language=en-CA}} This bucked the trend of rookie NDP leaders losing their seats after Lingenfelter in 2011 and Broten in 2016.

After the election Meili vowed to stay on as MLA and leader despite disappointment with the result.{{Cite web|last=Tank|first=Phil|date=2020-10-29|title=Meili says he's staying on as Saskatoon MLA, Sask. NDP leader|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/politics/sask-election/meili-says-hes-staying-on-as-saskatoon-mla-sask-ndp-leader|access-date=2020-11-18|website=StarPhoenix|language=en-CA}} Meili stated that his priority post-election would be continuing to deal with the pandemic, along with re-building the NDP's image.{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Stephanie|date=2020-11-08|title=Saskatchewan's NDP must rethink its strategy, leader Ryan Meili says|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/time-to-look-at-ndps-saskatchewan-election-loss-party-leader|access-date=2020-11-18|website=National Post|publisher=The Canadian Press|language=en-CA}} At the party convention in October 2021 Meili received 72% support in a leadership review, enough to avoid triggering a leadership contest, although it was noted to be well below the levels of support achieved by the Alberta and Manitoba NDP leaders in similar reviews; Rachel Notley, who backed Meili at the convention, received 98% support while Wab Kinew received 90%.{{Cite news|last=White-Crummey|first=Arthur|date=2021-10-03|title=Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili survives leadership review vote with 72%|work=LeaderPost|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/sask-ndp-leader-ryan-meili-survives-leadership-review-vote-with-72|access-date=2021-11-16}}

On February 18, 2022, Meili announced his intention to resign as NDP leader and trigger a leadership race, serving as leader until a new leader, Carla Beck, was chosen to succeed him at the 2022 Saskatchewan New Democratic Party leadership election.{{Cite news |last=Hunter |first=Adam |date=2022-02-18 |title=Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili to step down, will remain as interim leader until party chooses a successor |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ndp-sask-meili-resigns-1.6355312 |access-date=2022-02-18}}{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2022 |title=Sask. NDP elects Carla Beck as first female leader of party |url=https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-ndp-elects-carla-beck-as-first-female-leader-of-party-1.5963767 |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=CTV News Regina}} The announcement came two days after a by-election in the northern Athabasca riding saw the NDP lose the seat it had held since 1998.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Ethan |date=2022-02-16 |title=Sask. Party candidate takes Athabasca riding in byelection upset |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/athabasca-byelection-upset-1.6353243 |access-date=2022-02-19}} Meili stated that he felt that, with his medical background, he was needed as an opposition leader during the COVID-19 pandemic, but, as someone who had consistently advocated for robust public health measures it was time for a new voice in the party with the end of such measures in sight. Perceiving a fracture in support for the government, he argued that the NDP needed a leader who could both unify the caucus and the party ahead of the next election. On May 19, Meili announced that he would also be resigning as MLA for Saskatoon Meewasin effective July 1, leaving the party with just eleven seats in the Legislative Assembly.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-19 |title=Ryan Meili resigning as Saskatoon Meewasin MLA |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ryan-meili-resigning-ndp-1.6459338 |access-date=2022-05-20}}

In 2023 it was announced that Meili was releasing a new book, published by UBC Press, about the COVID-19 pandemic response in Saskatchewan. The book, titled A Healthy Future: Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis, details the impacts of the pandemic on the province and outlines possible lessons for future health crises.{{Cite news |last=The Staff |date=2023-07-04 |title=Former Saskatchewan NDP leader to release book on COVID 19 response |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9811117/former-saskatchewan-ndp-leader-to-release-book-on-covid-19-response/ |access-date=2023-07-05}}

Meili married pediatrician Mahli Brindamour in 2009, and the couple have two sons, Abraham and Augustin. Meili plays the guitar and is an avid skateboarder.{{Cite web|last=Schick|first=Lisa|date=2020-10-22|title=Leader close-up and personal: Ryan Meili|url=https://www.cjme.com/2020/10/22/close-up-and-personal-ryan-meili/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=980 CJME|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=White-Crummey|first=Arthur|date=2019-03-10|title=Fact checking the Sask. Party ads that raised NDP ire|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/fact-checking-the-sask-party-ads-that-raised-ndp-ire|access-date=2020-11-18|website=LeaderPost|language=en-CA}}

In April 2020, when the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was affecting Saskatchewan, Meili renewed his medical license and began working shifts at a testing and assessment centre in Saskatoon.{{cite news|date=20 April 2020|title='Once a doctor, always a doctor': Sask. NDP leader returns to medical field amid COVID-19 pandemic|publisher=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ryan-meili-doctor-coronavirus-1.5539088|access-date=15 September 2020}}

Meili has won numerous awards. He won the 2006 Saskatchewan Health Care Excellence Award and in 2007 was named Saskatoon’s Global Citizen of the Year by the Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation.{{cite web|date=February 15, 2007|title=Good On A Global Scale|url=http://www.planetsmag.com/content.php?vn=5&is=13&an=142&sc=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308164132/http://www.planetsmag.com/content.php?vn=5&is=13&an=142&sc=2|archive-date=2009-03-08|work=Planet S}}{{cite journal|date=Spring 2006|title=Westside Clinic Wins Award|url=http://www.saskatooncommunityclinic.ca/pdf/focus-spring-2006.pdf|publisher=Community Health Services (Saskatoon) Association, Ltd.|volume=42|issue=1|page=1|access-date=2012-10-14|journal=Focus}} In 2014 he won the Award of Excellence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada.{{Cite web|title=2014 Recipients – The Saskatchewan College of Family Physicians|url=https://sk.cfpc.ca/honours/2014-recipients/|access-date=2020-11-18|language=en-US}} In 2015, he was awarded the University of Saskatchewan Alumni Achievement Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan.{{Cite web|title=U of S Alumni Association honours award recipients|url=https://news.usask.ca/media-release-pages/2015/u-of-s-alumni-association-honours-award-recipients-3.php|access-date=2020-11-18|website=News|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Kendel Award Landing Page - Past Recipients|url=https://www.cps.sk.ca/iMIS/CPSS/For_Physicians/Awards_Recognition/Kendel_Award_Landing_Page.aspx?AwardCCO=1&WebsiteKey=b4506d3e-5e28-44a3-95b7-e0c068de2843&hkey=d93827e0-6718-43e9-8eb4-1ab4b5028c3d&KendelAwardCCO=2#KendelAwardCCO|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.cps.sk.ca}}

• Meili, Ryan. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9Hc9DAAAQBAJ&q=A+Healthy+Society+Ryan+Meili A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health can Revive Canadian Democracy] (Saskatoon: Purich Publishing Limited, 2012)
• Andrew Bresnahan, Mahli Brindamour, Christopher Charles, and Ryan Meili, eds. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XmCWDgAAQBAJ&q=A+Healthy+Society+Ryan+Meili Upstream Medicine: Doctors for a Healthy Society] (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017)
• Meili, Ryan. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ISk_DwAAQBAJ&q=A+Healthy+Society+Ryan+Meili A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health can Revive Canadian Democracy, 2nd edition] (Vancouver: Purich Books, 2018)
• Meili, Ryan. [https://www.ubcpress.ca/a-healthy-future A Healthy Future: Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis] (Vancouver: Purich Books, 2023)

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{{CANelec|SK|NDP|Ryan Meili|3,700 |50.64 |-3.51}}

{{CANelec|SK|Saskatchewan|Rylund Hunter|3,333 |45.62 |+5.77}}

{{CANelec|SK|Green|Jacklin Andrews|188 |2.57 |+1.49}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|7,306 |100.00  }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| |0.00|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|–|–|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|12,946}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Saskatchewan |}}

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{{CANelec/top|SK|March 2, 2017|Saskatoon Meewasin|Saskatoon Meewasin|percent=yes|change=yes|by=yes|reason=Death of Roger Parent|riding=Saskatoon Meewasin}}

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{{CANelec|SK|NDP|Ryan Meili|2,666|54.15|+11.21}}

{{CANelec|SK|Saskatchewan|Brent Penner|1,962|39.85|-10.64}}

{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Darrin Lamoureux|180|3.66|-0.77}}

{{CANelec|SK|PC|David Prokopchuk|62|1.26|-}}

{{CANelec|SK|Green|Shawn Setyo|53|1.08|-1.06}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|4,923|100.00  }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|||–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|4,923|40.62|-16.98}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|12,121}}

{{CANelec/gain|SK|NDP|Saskatchewan Party|+10.92}}

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