Harry Bain

For the Canadian politician, see Harry Bains.
Harry William Bain
Born 1921
Cache Bay, Ontario
Died December 21, 2001 (aged 80)
North Bay, Ontario
Occupation pediatrician
Awards Order of Canada

Harry William Bain, OC (1921 December 21, 2001 [1]) was a Canadian pediatrician.

He was raised in Cache Bay, Ontario, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1944. He was a paediatrician at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children from 1951 to 1985. From 1966 to 1976, he was the Paediatrician-in-Chief of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto's Department Chairman of Paediatrics.[2]

In 1969, he helped to start the University of Toronto Sioux Lookout Project, a health-care program which helped over 15,000 Cree and Ojibwa people in Northern Ontario. He was the Director for 17 years.[3]

Honours

References

  1. "Deaths". Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  2. "History of the Department of Paediatrics". University of Toronto. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  3. "Dr. Harry William Bain to receive CMA's highest honour". Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  4. "Order of Canada citation". Retrieved September 2, 2010.
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