I am deeply saddened by the loss of Neil Collishaw and feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him. As both
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I have known Neil for over 30 years. His passion, creativity, optimism, dedication, and humility stood out from day one and never diminished. His commitment,
Neil was a Canadian sociologist, best known for his lifelong dedication to tobacco control, especially through his decades of extremely effective work with the non-profit
Neil and I worked together on tobacco control at WHO during the 1990s. He was a wonderful colleague and friend; determined, competent and effective. Someone
It has been an absolute privilege to work with Neil for the past quarter century, and he will be sorely missed. Neil was a mentor,
Neil and I became close friends and partners during our work on the 1992 Report of the Surgeon General, Smoking and Health in the Americas.
Neil was our senior colleague and dear friend, whom I first met during the FCTC negotiations in Geneva. From that time on, we periodically attended
I will always remember Neil as a happy warrior who helped secure the first big-city municipal workplace and public places smoking ban in Canada. As
Despite knowing it was coming, this news is very sad indeed. I attended a number of meetings with Health Canada, PSC and other colleagues over
