A specialist in pediatrics and Aboriginal and newborn medicine, for more than 50 years he made an exceptional contribution to northern health care, particularly among the Aboriginal and Inuit children of communities in northern Manitoba and Nunavut. He graduated from St. Andrew’s University in Scotland in 1945, arriving in Canada in 1952. He became head of the department of pediatrics at St. Boniface Hospital while also working at Health Sciences Centre. His passion for northern health care began with his first trip to Rankin Inlet in 1956 as a medical consultant. He continued to fly bi-monthly to northern communities until well into his late 70s. A tenacious advocate for the needs of his northern patients, he has also promoted an interest in practising in the north among countless medical students and new physicians. He retired in 2007 at the age of 85.
