Wendy V. Norman, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DTM&H, MHSc, is the Interim Executive Director of the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity (CGSHE), and a Professor and family physician in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Norman founded and leads Canada’s Contraception & Abortion Research Team (CART www.cart-grac.ubc.ca) which convenes government, health system and service decision makers with national family planning organizations, and researchers and health professionals representing a wide range of disciplines. Dr. Norman holds Canada’s only federal Chair in Family Planning Research, and was awarded the prestigious Darroch Award for sexual and reproductive health policy research in January 2016 by the New York-based Guttmacher Institute. In 2021, Dr. Norman received the inaugural National Mentorship Award of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, and was named a "Woman of Impact" by the Canadian Government.