Ronald Labonté is Professor and Distinguished Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity and Professor in the School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa. He has enjoyed a 45-year career in public health spanning government positions, international consultancies, and universities. For the past 25 years his research has focused on the health equity impacts of diverse globalization processes (he chaired the Globalization Knowledge Network for the WHO CSDH), many of which form the content of his recent book, Health Equity in a Globalizing Era (Oxford University Press), awarded Medical Book of the Year by the British Medical Association in 2021. He is Editor-in-Chief of the BMC journal, Globalization and Health, active with the People’s Health Movement, a frequent contributor to its flagship publication Global Health Watch, and a co-editor of its forthcoming 6th edition.