Celebrating JB Collip in Belleville, Ontario
I was delighted to be invited back to Belleville, Ontario to speak with several different audiences about their hometown hero DrJames Bertram Collip, co-discoverer of…
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“Toronto Four” Symposium and Celebration of the Co-discoverers of Insulin in Aberdeen
It was a great honour to be part of a delegation from Canada and Sweden to Aberdeen, Scotland to participate in a symposium and celebration…
The Toronto Four in Aberdeen
I am honoured to be part of a Canadian delegation to Aberdeen to dedicate a set of bronze plates at Macleod’s Corner in Duthie Park…
JJR Macleod Reconsidered
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Frederick Banting and John James Rickard Macleod…
JJR Macleod Special Issue of CJHH
I am very pleased to announce that the JJR Macleod special issue of Canadian Journal of Health History (Volume 40, issue 2) is now live on the…
Insulin discoverers honoured in Canada’s Walk of Fame
I was delighted to attend the unveiling of the sidewalk star for Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Bertram Collip, and John James Rickard Macleod by…
An avenue of hope
I was pleased to speak with Bassirou Bâ of Radio-Canada about the history of insulin research for his article on therapeutic progress in the treatment…
Heritage Toronto 2022 Nomination
The Special Centenary Edition of Michael Bliss’s The Discovery of Insulin was nominated for a Heritage Toronto award in the Book category. I was honoured…