Chris is the CEO of Humanitarian Associates.
Chris has worked in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka; Lae and Tari, Papua New Guinea; the Somali Regional State, Ethiopia; Şanlıurfa and Suruç, Turkey; Sokoto, Nigeria; Dunche, Nepal; Djibouti; Quetta, Pakistan; and Sana’a, Yemen.
Chris was a Senior Consultant for Marsh Risk Consulting, and has been employed by Doctors without Borders, the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, and Grand Challenges Canada. He is award-winning faculty at the University of Toronto’s Global Health Education Initiative.
Chris served on the board of directors of Doctors without Borders Canada for six years, serves on the board of directors of ALIMA Canada, CONQUER COVID-19, and was previously the chair of the board of Humanitarian Partners International.
He is the co-author and editor of chapter 10 of the Oxford Handbook of Humanitarian Medicine, published by Oxford University Press in 2019.
Chris is a Fellow of the RSA. For a detailed CV, see LinkedIn or here.
Chris in the media
- Podcast: Centre for Strategic and International Studies podcast about humanitarian innovation, global solidarity, and PTSD, 2022
- Public speaking: Chris speaking at the Reach Symposium at Munk School of Global Affairs, 2021
- OpEd: A humanitarian medical response for Canada? Until COVID-19, I couldn’t imagine it, Chris Houston, OpEd, Globe and Mail, 2020
- Article: World Malaria Day 2015: A Canadian’s first-hand account of surviving one of the world’s most deadly diseases, MSF, 2015
- Reporting: Floods in Nigeria: ‘All their homes, crops, and food destroyed’, Chris Houston, 2010