Trevor Hancock

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

Trevor Hancock was the first leader of the Green Party of Canada and a family physician.{{cite web |last1=Hancock |first1=Trevor |title=About Trevor Hancock |url=https://trevorhancock.org/about/ |website=Dr. Trevor Hancock - Healthy people, healthy communities, a healthy planet |accessdate=16 December 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20191216015740/https://trevorhancock.org/about/ |archivedate=16 December 2019 |language=en |date=27 February 2016}} Under his leadership, the party ran 60 candidates in the 1984 federal election.[https://greenparty.ca/party/history The Green Party of Canada - Our History] He is a public health physician, and a retired professor and senior scholar at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria.[https://www.uvic.ca/research/groups/cphfri/people/academics/index.php University of Victoria Core Public Functions Health Research Initiative - Academics] He obtained his degree in medicine at the University of London and his degree in health science at the University of Toronto.[https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/profile/trevor-hancock/ Profile - Trevor Hancock] He also consults with the World Health Organization. Together with Dr. Leonard Duhl, he created the Healthy Cities project that looks at environmental aspects of sustainable urban development as a determinant of health. In 2005, Hancock was also instrumental in initiating BC Healthy Communities – a provincial initiative focused on building capacity for healthy municipal governance.