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One of Canada’s foremost medical biophysicists
Working with Dr. Harold Johns, Sylvia Fedoruk served on a team of scientists involved in the development of one of the world's first cobalt-60 unit (the “Cobalt Bomb”), and one of the first nuclear medicine scanning machines, which pioneered the curative treatment of cancer using high intensity radioactive cobalt in humans. In time, she became chief medical physicist for the Saskatchewan Cancer Foundation.
A physician, leader and builder of high-quality medical research in Canada
One of Canada’s most respected visionary politicians
The Honourable Thomas "Tommy" Douglas envisioned, built and tirelessly promoted our national system of healthcare. His proposal in 1959 for a universal, pre-paid and publicly administered health care system in Saskatchewan introduced the first program of its kind in North America. The Saskatchewan plan prompted the federal government to initiate a national strategy to subsidize socialized medicine and support provinces in the shift to a universal system.
A visionary leader and builder in medicine and medical education