Fonds 1030 - Frederick William Baker fonds

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UTA 1030

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Frederick William Baker fonds

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  • 1983-1997 (Creation)

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0.40 m of records (4 boxes)
41 3.5 inch floppy disks

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Name of creator

(1932-)

Biographical history

Frederick William Baker was born on January 31, 1932 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and as a youth, attended schools in Prince Albert as well as Victoria, British Columbia. Following graduation from high school he attended the University of Saskatchewan where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a certificate in Medicine by 1954. He received his M.D. from the University of Alberta in 1956.

Following his graduation from the University of Alberta he specialized in paediatrics at Winnipeg Children’s Hospital (1958-1960), the Medical Arts Clinic in Regina (1960-1961) and the Montreal Children’s Hospital (1961-1962). He received a Certificate in Paediatrics from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1962.

Dr. Baker’s career has involved both professional practice and academic and administrative experience. He obtained his first academic appointment in the mid 1960s when he accepted a clinical teaching appointment in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Saskatchewan (1963-1968). In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was both a faculty member in the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Université de Sherbrooke, as well as a senior administrator at Cecil Butters Memorial Hospital (Austen, Quebec). At the Sherbrooke General Hospital he helped establish the paediatric department in the new medical school, becoming Chief of Paediatrics. From 1974 to 1987 he was on the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon), serving in a number of administrative capacities. At the Regina campus he served as member of a number of committees relating to Education, Research and Finance, and helped to up-grade the pediatric training programs and develop specialty clinics.

This combination of practical, administrative and academic experience prepared him well for the ten years he would spend in Toronto, as Medical Director, Children’s Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto, as Professor in the Faculty of Medicine (Department of Paediatrics) and as Director of the Sioux Lookout Program. This latter program was established to provide medical and ancillary staff for the provision of care to Indigenous people in the Sioux Lookout Zone of northwestern Ontario, while also collecting data on Indigenous patients.

Throughout his career, Dr. Baker was also active in the Canadian Paediatric Society, serving as a member, President (1984-1985) and then as Chair of the Indian and Inuit Health Committee(1992-1997). He also served on committees of various organizations in Saskatchewan such as the Saskatoon Track and Field Club, Saskatchewan Council on Children and Youth, Advisory Committee on Child Safety for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health. In Ontario he was a member and then Chair of the Northern Ontario Committee (NOC) of the Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine (COFM) (1989-1996).

Dr. Baker retired from the University of Toronto as Professor Emeritus in 1997. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.

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This fonds consists of one accession documenting Dr. Fred Baker’s association with the University of Toronto mainly during his period as Director of the Sioux Lookout Program (SLP). The accession is arranged into seven series:
Series 1 summarizes his career in curriculum vitae, and his appointment to the University and the Sioux Lookout Program.
Series 2 to Series 4 contain Dr. Baker’s personal files relating to his role as director of SLP and includes some lectures and workshop files, as well as correspondence relating to Indigenous health care.
Series 5 documents primarily his committee activities with the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Council of Faculties of Medicine of Ontario.
Series 6 contains Dr. Baker’s copies of two reports relating to Indigenous health.
Series 7 contains computer files of both personal files and official administrative files.

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Series 7 requires permission of University Archivist. All other records are open.

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Digital files in Series 7 must be accessed on a computer in the Archives Reading Room. Please contact the Digital Records Archivist to schedule an appointment or for more details.

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B2009-0015

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-Original finding aid by Garron Wells, November 2009
-Added to Atom by Karen Suurtamm, Summer 2015
Edits made to archivist-supplied description to include preferred terms for Indigenous individuals and additional detail on the Sioux Lookout Programme, Daniela Ansovini, July 2022.

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