Melissa LEM

Director of PaRx/Park Prescriptions, BC Parks Foundation

Dr. Melissa Lem is a family physician and Director of PaRx, Canada's national nature prescription program powered by the BC Parks Foundation. Also president-elect of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, she is a long-time advocate for the health benefits of time spent in nature and ecosystem conservation. A widely published writer, she was the resident medical expert on CBC TV’s hit lifestyle show Steven and Chris for four seasons and continues to appear on air as a regular contributor to CTV News. Dr. Lem was the inaugural winner of University College’s Young Alumni of Influence Award at the University of Toronto, a 2020 Joule Innovation Grant recipient from the Canadian Medical Association, and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia.