Avalon Roberts

Who is Avalon Roberts?

Avalon Roberts, MD, is a prominent Alberta healthcare advocate and political activist. She was born in Newfoundland, has lived in six of Canada's provinces, and has resided in Calgary since 1980.

Educated at McGill University in Montreal and at Dalhousie University, Roberts is a community-practice psychiatrist and former president of the Alberta Psychiatric Association; she has also served as chairwoman of the Calgary and Alberta chapters of Friends of Medicare, a group dedicated to the preservation of public healthcare. Other health-related service includes a period as Director of the Psychiatric Assessment Service at the Calgary General Hospital and Director of the Outpatient Assessment Service at the Eric Martin Pavilion in Victoria, B.C.