Dr. Alyson Shaw

Dr. Alyson Shaw is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. She practices at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) where she is Director of Ambulatory Services for the Division of Pediatric Medicine and a team leader for the inpatient Clinical Teaching Unit, specializing in children with tertiary care needs.

Dr. Shaw founded CHEO’s Let’s Read! Lisons! Program in 2003. She is active with the Canadian Paediatric Society as an advisor and advocate in the areas of public education, early literacy, and digital media as they relate to the early years of child health and development. She is also the Chair of their Read, Speak, Sing Advisory Group and the Ottawa Children’s Literature Roundtable.