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 Tam was licensed by the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]] on August 18, 1999.((//Tam, Wing Sze Theresa - Doctor Details.// (1999, August 18). College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. https://archive.ph/U1RSg)) Tam was licensed by the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]] on August 18, 1999.((//Tam, Wing Sze Theresa - Doctor Details.// (1999, August 18). College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. https://archive.ph/U1RSg))
  
 +==== Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response ====
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 +In 2010, Tam featured as herself in a documentary film titled //[[Outbreak - Anatomy of a Plague]]//.((TheCovidReport. (2020, November 29). //OUTBREAK: ANATOMY OF A PLAGUE - 2010 National Film Board of Canada Documentary - Pandemic Fearporn.// BitChute. https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZbrGQBcgsGy8/)) At the time, she was the head of Canada’s [[Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response]].
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 +Tam served as the top Canadian public health official in the documentary, mirroring her role in the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 crisis]] (as Chief Public Health Officer).((Ricard, A. (2020, May 11). //Dr. Theresa Tam and COVID-19 - Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science and Technology.// Simon Fraser University. https://www.sfu.ca/wwest/WWEST_blog/dr--theresa-tam-and-covid-19.html))
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 +In the film, Tam discusses “being able to enforce mandatory quarantines, using tracking bracelets, and only 'worry later' about questions of an overreach.”((Ronnie. (2020, April 27). //CV #13: Corona Planned-emic; Lobbying; Deleted Resources; CL Listings; Theresa Tam, Canada’s “Hoaxer Zero.”// Canuck Law. https://canucklaw.ca/cv-13-corona-plandemic-lobbying-deleted-resources-cl-listings-theresa-tam-canadas-hoaxer-zero/))
 ==== World Health Organization ==== ==== World Health Organization ====
  
-Tam has served as an international expert on a number of [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) committees and has participated in multiple international missions related to [[SARS]], [[pandemic influenza]] and [[polio]] eradication.((//Dr Theresa Tam, BMBS (UK), FRCPC.// (2020, June 2). Wayback Machine; World Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20200602224929/https://www.who.int/about/who_reform/emergency-capacities/oversight-committee/theresa-tam/en/))+Tam has served as an international expert on a number of [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) committees and has participated in multiple international missions related to [[SARS]], [[MERS]], [[Ebola]], [[pandemic influenza]] and [[polio]] eradication.((//Dr Theresa Tam, BMBS (UK), FRCPC.// (2020, June 2). Wayback Machine; World Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20200602224929/https://www.who.int/about/who_reform/emergency-capacities/oversight-committee/theresa-tam/en/)) ((Brown, C. (2017). //WHO veteran heads up Canadian public health.// Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189(10), E418–E419. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1095394))
  
 She served on the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the [[WHO Health Emergencies Programme]].((//Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme [IOAC].// World Health Organization. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/6Snuq)) Author [[Ronnie Lempert]] of [[Canuck Law]] describes this as an "obvious conflict of interest" due to her role as a leader of the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]].((Lampert, R. P. A. (2020, April 30). //CV #13(B): More On Who Theresa Tam Really Is.// Canuck Law. https://archive.ph/CG2KY)) She served on the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the [[WHO Health Emergencies Programme]].((//Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme [IOAC].// World Health Organization. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/6Snuq)) Author [[Ronnie Lempert]] of [[Canuck Law]] describes this as an "obvious conflict of interest" due to her role as a leader of the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]].((Lampert, R. P. A. (2020, April 30). //CV #13(B): More On Who Theresa Tam Really Is.// Canuck Law. https://archive.ph/CG2KY))
  
 One of Tam's fellow committee members, [[Geeta Rao Gupta]], was previously a senior fellow at the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], and is affiliated with [[UNICEF]] and the [[United Nations Foundation]].((//Dr Geeta Rao Gupta.// (2020, April 30). World Health Organization. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/9Z6R3)) One of Tam's fellow committee members, [[Geeta Rao Gupta]], was previously a senior fellow at the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], and is affiliated with [[UNICEF]] and the [[United Nations Foundation]].((//Dr Geeta Rao Gupta.// (2020, April 30). World Health Organization. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/9Z6R3))
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 ==== Public Health Agency of Canada ==== ==== Public Health Agency of Canada ====
  
 Tam is the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, and second-in-command at the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]]. She was appointed to this role on June 26, 2017, after occupying it on an interim basis following the retirement of her predecessor Dr. [[Gregory Taylor]] in December 2016.((//Chief Public Health Officer of Canada.// (2020, April 14). Government of Canada. https://archive.is/dkXMK)) ((Brown, C. (2017). //WHO veteran heads up Canadian public health.// Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189(10), E418–E419. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1095394)) She was appointed by the [[Privy Council Office]]. Tam is the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, and second-in-command at the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]]. She was appointed to this role on June 26, 2017, after occupying it on an interim basis following the retirement of her predecessor Dr. [[Gregory Taylor]] in December 2016.((//Chief Public Health Officer of Canada.// (2020, April 14). Government of Canada. https://archive.is/dkXMK)) ((Brown, C. (2017). //WHO veteran heads up Canadian public health.// Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189(10), E418–E419. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1095394)) She was appointed by the [[Privy Council Office]].
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 +She has expressed support for bolstering the ability of the [[National Microbiology Laboratory]]'s vaccine development platform to create vaccines against other pathogens in addition to [[Ebola]].
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 ==== Canadian Association for Public Health ==== ==== Canadian Association for Public Health ====
  
 Tam is associated with the [[Canadian Association for Public Health]], a not-for-profit organization centred around [[health equity]] and the social determinants of health in Canada and worldwide.((//Canadian Association for Global Health (CAGH).// CanWaCH. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/WDL7j)) ((//Theresa Tam.// Canadian Association for Global Health. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/Vin2g)) Tam is associated with the [[Canadian Association for Public Health]], a not-for-profit organization centred around [[health equity]] and the social determinants of health in Canada and worldwide.((//Canadian Association for Global Health (CAGH).// CanWaCH. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/WDL7j)) ((//Theresa Tam.// Canadian Association for Global Health. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/Vin2g))
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