Dr. Leisha Hawker is a family physician with certified added competence in addiction medicine practising in Halifax. She is passionate about health equity and publicly funded health care. She co-founded the Newcomer Health Clinic, which serves refugees and refugee claimants. She works at the North End Community Health Centre, which serves a diverse and marginalized population and she works at the Recovery Support Centre providing outpatient withdrawal management. She is past president of Doctors Nova Scotia and serves on the boards of the Nova Scotia College of Family Physicians, Doctors Nova Scotia, and the Healthy Tomorrow Foundation.
