Draft:Gregory Marchildon

Gregory P. Marchildon, CM, PhD, CAHS, born on March 11, 1956, is a former senior public servant, author, and academic. He has served in notable positions, including Deputy Minister of Saskatchewan under Premier Roy Romanow and Executive Director for the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, commonly referred to as the Romanow Commission.

Marchildon began his academic journey in the Fransaskois community of Zenon Park, Saskatchewan. He attended the Universities of Regina and Saskatchewan, where he studied history, economics, and law. He completed his Ph.D. in economic history at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he also served as a term lecturer. From 1989 to 1994, he was an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC, specializing in economic history and Canadian studies.

In 1994, Marchildon returned to Canada to serve as Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs within the Government of Saskatchewan. In 1997, he became Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Minister to Premier Roy Romanow, holding these positions for nearly four years. In 2001, he became the Executive Director of the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, where he was the lead drafter of the Commission's influential 2002 report, "Building on Values."

In 2003, Marchildon rejoined academia as the Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History at the University of Regina. He played a significant role in establishing the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, a collaboration between the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan. In 2015, he transitioned to the University of Toronto as the Ontario Research Chair in Health Policy and System Design. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus in 2022.

Marchildon is recognized for his contributions to Canadian history and public policy. His first publication, "Profits and Politics: Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance," examines the early financial activities of Lord Beaverbrook. In the early 2000s, he shifted his focus to contemporary public policy, particularly comparative health policy. He edited three editions of "Health Systems in Transition: Canada," published by the World Health Organization and the University of Toronto Press.

In 2017, Marchildon founded the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (NAO), a research center focused on comparative health research in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The NAO collaborates with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, hosted by the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe.

Marchildon has received several prestigious awards, including the Lieutenant-Governor’s Gold Medal in 2006 for his contributions to public policy in Saskatchewan. In 2021, he was appointed to the Order of Canada in recognition of his significant advancements in social and health policy within Canada.

Career
Currently, Dr. Greg Marchildon holds the position of Professor and Ontario Research Chair in Health Policy and System Design at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. In addition to his primary role, Dr. Marchildon holds several concurrent positions, including Director of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto , and Associate Editor for the Health Reform Observer / Observatoire des Réformes de Santé.

Dr. Marchildon also serves as the Lead Canadian Representative for the Health Systems and Policy Monitor and is a member of the Expert Panel for the Government of Yukon Health and Social Services Comprehensive Review. His career includes previous positions such as Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History at the University of Regina.

Awards and honours
Dr. Greg Marchildon has garnered numerous prestigious accolades throughout his career:


 * December 2021: appointment to the Order of Canada, recognizing his substantial contributions to health care policy in Canada and his mentorship of the next generation of policy-oriented researchers.
 * 2016: Honored with the Emmett Hall Laureate and Memorial Lectureship, acknowledging his outstanding contributions to his field
 * 2013: Acknowledged with the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Achievement Award and by the Canadian Historical Association Award for Best Article in Political History in the same year.
 * 2012: the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal . Elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
 * 2010: Recognized with the Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Research at the University of Regina in 2010
 * 2006: Marchildon was honored with the Institute of Public Administration of Canada Lieutenant Governor’s Gold Medal.
 * 2002: His contributions to scholarly writing were celebrated with the Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing..

Books
Marchildon, G.P., and T.J. Bossert (ed.). 2018. Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care: A Decision Space Approach. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Béland, D., A. Lecours, G.P. Marchildon, H. Mou, and R. Olfert. 2017. Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada: Political and Economic Dimensions. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Marchildon, G.P., and L. Di Matteo (ed). 2015. Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care: Canada’s Provinces in International Perspective. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Marchildon, G.P., and C. Anderson. 2014. Paddling Routes of North-Central Saskatchewan. Regina: University of Regina Press.

Marchildon, G.P., and R. Torgerson. 2013. Nunavut: A Health System Profile. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Marchildon, G.P. 2013. Canada: Health System Review. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (in English and French); published in North America as Health Systems in Transition: Canada, 2nd edition, by the University of Toronto Press.

Atkinson, M.M., D. Béland, G.P. Marchildon, K. McNutt, P. Phillips, and K. Rasmussen. 2013. Governance and Public Policy in Canada: A View from the Provinces. Toronto: University of Toronto Press

Marchildon, G.P. (ed). 2012. Making Medicare: New Perspectives on the History of Medicare in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Marchildon, G.P., and C. Leviten-Reid (ed). 2012. Privilege and Policy: A History of Community Clinics in Saskatchewan, by Stan Rands. Regina: CPRC Press.

Marchildon, G.P. (ed). 2009. A Dry Oasis: Institutional Adaptation to Climate on the Canadian Plains. Regina: CPRC Press.

Marchildon, G.P., and K. O’Fee. 2007. Health Care in Saskatchewan: An Analytical Profile. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center and Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy.

Campbell, B., and G.P. Marchildon (ed). 2007. Medicare: Facts, Myths, Problems, Promise, ed.

B. Campbell and G.P. Marchildon. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 2007. Marchildon, G.P. 2006. Health Systems in Transition: Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Published in 2005 by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Marchildon, G.P. (ed). 2005. The Heavy Hand of History: Interpreting Saskatchewan’s Past. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center.

Marchildon, G.P., T. McIntosh, and P.-G. Forest (ed). 2004. The Fiscal Sustainability of Health Care in Canada: The Romanow Papers, Volume 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; French version published by University of Ottawa Press.

Forest, P.-G., G.P. Marchildon and T. McIntosh (ed). 2004. Changing Health Care in Canada: The Romanow Papers, Volume 2. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; French version published by University of Ottawa Press.

McIntosh, T., P.-G. Forest, and G.P. Marchildon (ed). 2004. The Governance of Health Care in Canada: The Romanow Papers, Volume 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; French version published by University of Ottawa Press.

Marchildon, G.P., and S. Robinson. 2002. Canoeing the Churchill: A Practical Guide to the Historic Voyageur Highway. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center.

Marchildon, G.P. (ed). 2000. Agriculture at the Border: Canada-U.S. Trade Relations in the Global Food Regime. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center.

Marchildon, G.P. 1996. Profits and Politics: Beaverbrook and the Gilded Age of Canadian Finance. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Doran, C.F., and G.P. Marchildon (ed). 1994. The NAFTA Puzzle: Political Parties and Trade in North America. Boulder: Westview Press.

Marchildon, G.P., and D. McDowall (ed). 1992. Canadian Multinationals and International Finance. London: Frank Cass.

Marchildon, G.P. (ed). 1991. Mergers and Acquisitions: Critical Essays in Business History. Aldershot: Edward Elgar.

Podcasts
Witness to Yesterday: The Podcast of the Champlain Society.