Outreach

Dr. John H. Burgess at an inukshuk in the arctic circle, 1984. Burgess fell in love with Canada’s North, and published a book about his experiences (Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease Among the Inuit, 2008). Courtesy of Dr. John H. Burgess

Typical 3-trailer nursing station in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, present-day Nunavut, 1970. Photo taken by Dr. Jane Forsey during an elective for her fourth year of medical school. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.850.8

Dogsled outing to a glacier in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, present-day Nunavut, 1970. Photo taken by Dr. Jane Forsey during an elective for her fourth year of medical school. Art & Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Berkovitz Fonds, 2014-0014.04.850

Crowded cafeteria at the MGH, 1921. Art and Heritage Centre of the MUHC, Mann Fonds, 2017-0001.04.11