Caberry Yu

Caberry Yu has been a volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross since 2011, when she helped establish its York Region Youth Action Council. Since then, she has led the McMaster University subgroup of the Red Cross and still served as a Personal Disaster Responder in Hamilton. She has participated in large Red Cross responses, including refugee claimant and COVID-19 pandemic responses.

Caberry is an MD graduate of Queen’s University. She is an ophthalmologist practicing in Burlington and Hamilton and an Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University. As an advisory expert, she produces evidence-based guidelines on improving the health of communities and older adults as a fellow at the National Institute on Aging.

Caberry lives in Hamilton, Ontario.