Ruth Miller

A sexual health counsellor and educator, Ruth Miller has helped change the face of women’s health in Canada. An abortion rights activist, she has worked at and supported the Morgentaler Clinic in Toronto. She was one of only a few non-physicians on the panel of the Contraceptive Guidelines Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (2004). She was also the first non-physician to receive the Marion Powell Award from Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, for her leadership and advocacy in women’s health.