10 Facts About Peter Bryce

Peter Henderson Bryce was a public health physician for the Ontario provincial and Canadian federal governments.

Peter Bryce worked on the health of immigrant populations in Canada.

Peter Bryce was born in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, on August 17,1853.

Peter Bryce obtained his medical degree from the University of Toronto, where he studied natural science geology, and went on to study neurology in Paris.

Peter Bryce was a member of the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, and in 1900 became the first Canadian president of the American Public Health Association.

In 1904 Peter Bryce was appointed the Chief Medical Officer of the federal Departments of the Interior and Indian Affairs.

Peter Bryce wrote that Indigenous children enrolled in residential schools were deprived of adequate medical attention and sanitary living conditions.

Peter Bryce suggested improvements to national policies regarding the care and education of Indigenous peoples.

Peter Bryce appealed his forced retirement from the Civil Service in 1921 and was denied, subsequently publishing his suppressed report condemning the treatment of the Indigenous at the hands of the Department of Indian Affairs that had been given the responsibility under the British North America Act.

Peter Bryce died on January 15,1932, while travelling in the West Indies.