ARNOLD NAIMARK O.C., M.D., B.Sc. (Med.) M.Sc.,
LL.D., F.R.C.P.(C), F.R.S.(C)
Birth date: August 24, 1933
Birthplace Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Citizenship Canadian
Spouse: née
Barbara Jean Alder, R.N., B.N., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor
of Physiological Nursing
Research
Field: Preventive Cardiology
Children: David
(d.o.b. l963) B.Sc.(Med), M.D., FRCP (C)
Mila
(d.o.b. 1966) B.A. (Hon); MBA
Contents:
Education
Occupation
Committees and Boards (Local)
Committees and Boards (National and International)
Societies
Consultanships
Honors
Publications
Selected Lectures and Addresses
1948-1950 St. John's High School
1950-1953 Pre-medical Studies, University of Manitoba
Isbister Scholar (1950-1951)
Isbister Scholar (1952-1953)
1953-1957 Undergraduate Medical Studies, University of Manitoba
Medal in Physiology (1954-1955)
Isbister Scholar (1954-1955)
Isbister Scholar (1955-1956)
Stefansson Memorial Prize (1957)
Degrees: Doctor of Medicine 1957
Bachelor of Science in Medicine 1957 (Thesis: The Parotid
Secretion of Iodide)
1957-1958 Intern, Winnipeg General Hospital
1958-1959 Graduate Studies in Physiology
Medical Research Scholar of the National Research Council of Canada
Degree: Master of Science (Thesis: Compliance of
the Respiratory System and Its Components in Health and Obesity)
Prowse Prize in Clinical Research
1959-1960 Resident in Internal Medicine Winnipeg General
Hospital
1960-1961 Fellow of the American College of Physicians Cardiovascular
Research Institute University of California, San Francisco
1961-1962 Fellow of the Sacramento Heart Association Cardiovascular
Research Institute University of California, San Francisco
1962-1963 R. S. McLaughlin Travelling Fellowship
Registrar in Medicine and Visiting Scientist
Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital, London, England
Specialist Qualifications
1964 Certification as Specialist in Internal Medicine.
Admitted by examination to Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Canada.
Military Service
1950-1953 14 months basic and specialist training in the Canadian Officers' Training Corps. Commissioned as Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Artillery. overseas posting, 1953, with the 25th Brigade attached to the British Army of the Rhine.
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Occupation
1963-1964 Assistant Professor Department of Physiology, Faculty
of Medicine, University of Manitoba
1963-1971 Associate Director Cardio-Respiratory Unit, Winnipeg
General Hospital
1963-1966 Medical Fellow Canadian Life Insurance Association
1964-1985 Staff Physician Winnipeg General Hospital
1964-1971 Consultant Deer Lodge Veterans' Hospital, Winnipeg
1965-1966 Associate Professor Department of Physiology, University
of Manitoba
1966-1971 Head of Department of Physiology University of Manitoba
1966- Professor of Medicine,
Professor of Physiology University of Manitoba
1971-1981 Dean of the Faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba
1971- Consultant Physician
Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface General Hospital
1981-1996 President and Vice-Chancellor University
of Manitoba
1996- Director,
Centre for the Advancement of Medicine
1997- Founding
Chairman, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
1999- Founding
Chairman, Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee
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Service on Committees and
Boards
Local (excludes over 80 university and other
local committees and task forces)
1972-1996 Member of the University Senate
1981-1996 Chair of the University Senate
1972-1996 Board of Governors, University of Manitoba
1971-1996 Board of Directors, St. Boniface General Hospital
1971-1981 Board of Directors, Institute for Cell Biology
1971-2000 Board of Directors, Winnipeg General Hospital then Health Sciences
Centre
1973-1975 Advisory Board of the Age and Opportunity Bureau.
1973-1987 Editor, University of Manitoba Medical Journal
1980-1987 Member, Manitoba Health Research Council
1985- Patron of the Friends
of the Child Protection Centre
1983-1994 Chairman, North Portage Development Corporation
1985-1994 Chairman, North Portage Film Development Corporation
1987-1994 Winnipeg Volunteer Reading Aides, Inc.
1988- Commissioner,
Manitoba Electoral Division Boundaries Commission
1989-1991 Chairman, Health Advisory Network, Department of
Health, Government of Manitoba
1989-1990 Board of Directors, Urban Idea Centre
1990- Advisory Committee,
Earth Day 1990
1990- Winnipeg 2000 Leaders'
Committee
1991-1995 Member, Advisory Board of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and
Evaluation
1993-1995 Member of the Habitat Foundation Advisory Board
1993-1995 Member, Southport Aerospace Centre Inc.
1993- Board of Directors,
Health Sciences Centre
1995-1997 Executive Council, the Manitoba Academic Medical Centres Consortium
1998- Member of the Sanatorium
Board of Manitoba
1998- Member of the Board
of Directors, Manitoba Theatre Centre
2001- Member Cancer Care
Manitoba
National and International
Bodies
1965-1968 Scientific Sub-Committee of the Canadian Heart Foundation
1967-1973 Council of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation
1968-1972 Canadian Council on Animal Welfare
1969-1972 Member of Committee on Associateships, Medical Research Council
of Canada
1972-1976 Chairman of Committee on Associateships, Medical Research Council
of Canada
1969-1975 Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
1969-1976 Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Physiology
1970-1982 Consultant, National Institutes of Health, U.S.A.
1971-1972 President, Canadian Physiological
Society
1971-1973 President, Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation
1972-1974 Member, Biological Council of Canada
1973-1978 Member, Priorities Selection and Review Committee, Medical Research
Council
1973-1976 Member, Executive of Association of Canadian Medical Colleges
1974-1978 Editorial Board, American Review of Respiratory Diseases
1975-1976 President, Association of Canadian Medical Colleges
1977-1985 Advisory Council, National Cancer Institute
1977-1981 Editorial Board, Clinical and Investigative Medicine
1977-1981 Chairman, A.C.M.C. Standing Committee on Research
1978-1986 Advisory Board, National Cancer Institute
1978-1982 Member, Committee on Awards, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
1979-1982 Founding Member, Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical
Schools
1978- Board of Directors,
Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1983-1987 Chairman, Council of Western Canadian University
Presidents
1983-1992 Board of Directors, Association of Universities and Colleges of
Canada
1983-1989 Research Council, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
1984-1989 Member National Honorary Board of Directors of the Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation International
1985-1991 Member of Council, Association of Commonwealth Universities
1986-1993 Board of Directors, Corporate-Higher Education Forum
1987-1996 Advisory Board, Canadian Institute of Industrial Technology
1987- Member of the Board
of Directors of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
1987-1995 Member of the Board of Directors of the North American Life Assurance
Company
1987-1989 President, Association of Universities and Colleges
of Canada
1987-1989 Member, Order of Canada Advisory Council
1988-1989 Chairman, Association of Commonwealth Universities
1990-1993 Member of Council, Association of Commonwealth Universities
1989- Honorary Patron, Canadians
for Health Research
1989- Charter Member,
Canadian Society for Academic Medicine
1989-1991 Member, Royal Society of Canada, Committee on University Research
1990-1994 Member, Board of Directors, National Institute of Nutrition
1990- Member, Board of Directors,
(Inspiraplex) Respiratory Health Network of Centres of Excellence
1990-1992 Chairman, Standing Committee on Research, Association
of Universities and Colleges of Canada
1993 Member, Committee
of Excellence, The Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science
1993 Member,
Steering Committee, Public Policy Forum of Canada
1993- Member, Canadian
Friends of the Hebrew University
1993-1995 Vice-President/Canada, Inter-American Organization
for Higher Education
1994-1997 Member, Board of Trustees, Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
1994- 1998 Board of Trustees, Lewis Perinbam Award for International Development
1995- 1998 Advisory Council, Canadian Ditchley Foundation
1995- 1998 Advisory Panel, Commission on Commonwealth Studies Commonwealth
Secretariat
1996 Chairman
International Review Panel for the Medical Research Council of Canada
1996 - Member, Board of Trustees,
John P. Robarts Research Institute
1997 Visiting
Scholar, University of California, San Francisco
1997 - Founding Chairman
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
1999- Founding
Chairman Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee
1999- Member, Advisory
Board, Centres for Health Evidence Demonstration Project
2001- Member, National
Statistics Advisory Council
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Societies
Canadian Medical Association
Manitoba Medical Association
Canadian Physiological Society
American Physiological Society
Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation
Medical Research Society of Great Britain
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Canadian Lung Association
Council on Respiratory Disease
American Heart Association
Canadian Diabetes Association
The Royal Society of Canada
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Canadian Institute for Academic Medicine
Friends and Alumni of the MRC
Friends of the CIHR
University of British Columbia re: Coordinator, Health Sciences
University of Calgary re: Graduate Programs in Medicine
University of Western Ontario re: Department of Physiology
University of British Columbia re: Deanship of Medicine
Dalhousie University re: Department of Internal Medicine
Ontario Ministry of Health re: Extramural Grant Programs
National Institutes of Health USA
University of Western Ontario re: Faculty of Medicine
Canadian Arthritis Society re: Extramural Grants Program
Council of Ontario Universities re: organizational structure and function
Council of Ontario universities re: Government Relations
Council of Ontario Universities re: Funding Strategy
Council of Ontario Universities re: Strategic Planning
McMaster University re: Health Sciences
University of Western Ontario re: Central Administration
Nat Christie Foundation re: grants program
Medical Research Council re: strategic plan
University of California, SF re: medical centre merger
Medical Research Council re: research development
Minister of Finance re: Millennium Scholarship Fund
The Hospital for Sick Children re: L1 Clinical Trial Review
The Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre
St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton re: Regulation of Clinical Research
Chair, International Review - National Research Council Biotechnology Program
University of British Columbia re: Review of the Administration of the Faculty
of Medicine
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1976 Sir Arthur Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professor, elected by the Royal
College of Surgeons of England
1977 Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal
1978 Honorary Member, Canadian Society for Orthopedic Research
1980 M.S. McLeod Professor, South Australia Postgraduate Medical Education
Association
1981 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Distinguished Service Award
1982 Designation of the Arnold Naimark Wing, Health Sciences Library,
Ben Gurion University
1986 Honorary LL.D., Mount Allison University
1987 Elected Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada
1987 The G. Malcolm Brown Memorial Award of the Medical Research Council and
the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
1991 Officer of the Order of Canada
1992 125th Anniversary of Confederation Medal
1993 Citizen of the Year - Chinese Cultural Centre
1994 The Osler Award and Lecture of the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine
1995 The G. Harvey Agnew Lecturer, Canadian Hospital Association
1996 Dedication of "Naimark Court", Faculty of Medicine
1996 Elected to the Register of Honour of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Manitoba
1996 The Joseph Doupe Memorial Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Manitoba
1997 Honorary LL.D., University of Toronto
1998 The Symons Medal of the Association of Commonwealth Universities
1999 The Dr. J. Wendell McLeod Lectureship, The Association of Canadian Medical
Colleges
2001 Gold Medal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada
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Publications (excludes
published abstracts, letters to editors and articles in the lay press)
1 Ferguson, M.H., Naimark, A., and Hildes, J.A.: Parotid Secretion of Iodide.
Can. J. Biochem. and Physiol. 34:683-688, 1956.
2. Ferguson, M.H., Naimark, A., and Hildes, J.A.: The Interrelationship Between
the Parotid Secretion of Thiocyanate, Iodide and Chloride. Can. J. Biochem.
and Physiol. 35:333-337, 1957.
3. Ferguson, M.H., Naimark, A., and Hildes, J.A.: The Salivary Secretion of
Iodide in Hypothyroidism. Can. M.A.J. 77:578-581, 1957.
4. Naimark, A., and Cherniak, R.M.: Compliance of the Respiratory System and
Its Components in Health and Obesity. J. Appl. Physiol. 15:377-382, 1960.
5. Naimark, A., Cherniack, R.M., and Brodovsky, D.N.: The Effect of a New
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor (Dichlorphenamide) in Respiratory Insufficiency.
Am. J. Med. 28:366-375, 1960.
6. Naimark, A., and Fyles, T.W.: Gout as a Complication of Chlorothiazide
Therapy. Can. M.A.J. 83:819-820, 1960.
7. Naimark, A., and Wasserman, K.: The Effect of Posture on Pulmonary Blood
Flow in Man. J. Clin. Invest. 41:949-954, 1962.
8. Wasserman, K., and Naimark, A.: The Effect of a Closed Glottis on the Pressure
Oscillations in the Body Plethysmograph. J. Appl. Physiol. 17:574-575,
1962.
9. Campbell, E.J.M., Jones, N.L., Lal, S., McNardy, G.J.R., and Naimark, A.:
The Investigation of Exercise Tolerance. J. Physiol. 167:3-5P, 1963.
10. Jones, N.L., Lal, S., and Naimark, A.: The Effects of Acute Hypoxia on
Ventilation and Arterial Lactate and Pyruvate Levels During Moderate Exercise
in Man. J. Physiol. 167:20P, 1963.
11. Havel, R.I., Naimark, A., and Borchgrevink, C.F.: Turnover Rate and Oxidation
of Free Fatty Acids of Blood Plasma in Man During Exercise; Studies During Continuous
Infusion of Palmitate-1-C14. J. Clin. Invest. 42:1054-1063, 1963.
12. Naimark, A., Wasserman, K. and McIlroy, M.B.: Continuous Measurement of
Ventilatory Exchange Ratio During Exercise. J. Appl. Physiol. 19:644-652,
1964.
13. West, J.B., Dollery, C.T. an Naimark, A.: Disatribution of Blood Flow
in Isolated Lung: Relation to Vascular and Alveolar Pressures. J. Appl. Physiol.
19: 713-724, 1964.
14. Naimark, A., Jones, N.L., and Lal, S.: The Effect of Hypoxia on Gas Exchange
and Arterial Lactate and Pyruvate Concentration During Moderate Exercise in
Man. Clinical Sc. 28:1-13, 1965.
15. Naimark, A., and Cherniack, R.M.: Effect of Dichlorphenamide on Gas Exchange
and CSF Acid-Base State in Chronic Respiratory Failure. C.M.A.J. 94:164-170,
1966.
16. McIlroy, M.B., Crawford, D.M., Jennings, D.B. and Naimark, A.: Assessment
of Cardiac Function Using Resaturation Curves. J. Appl. Physiol. 21:1561-1567,
1966.
17. Cherniack, R.M., and Naimark, A.: The Management of Chronic Respiratory
Insufficiency. Chapter II in Clinical Anesthesia Respiratory Therapy,
Vol. 1/1965. 283-309, Peter Safar, Editor, F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia,
1965.
18. Naimark, A.: Pulmonary Blood Flow and the Incorporation of Palmitate-1-C14
by Dog Lung in vivo. J. Appl. Physiol. 21:1292-1298, 1966.
19. Jones, N.L., Campbell, E.J.M., and Naimark, A.: Physiological Dead Space
and Alveolar-Arterial Gas Pressure Differences During Exercise. Clin. Sci.
31:19, 1966.
20. Naimark, A., and Klass, D.: The Incorporation of Palmitate-1-C14 by Rat
Lung in vitro. Can. J. Physiol. and Pharmacol. 45:597-607, 1967.
21. Dugard, A., and Naimark, A.: Effect of Hypoxia on Distribution of Pulmonary
Blood Flow. J. Appl. Physiol. 23:663-671, 1967.
22. Naimark, A., Dugard, A., and Rangno, R.: Regional Blood Flow and Gas Exchange
in Hemorrhagic Shock. J. Appl. Physiol. 25:301-309, 1968.
23. Newman, D. and Naimark, A.: Palmitate-14C Uptake by Rat Lung: Effect of
Altered Gas Tensions. Am. J. Physiol. 214:305-312, 1968.
24. Naimark, A.: Metabolism and Function of Terminal Lung Units. Proc.
I.U.P.S. 6:129-130, 1968.
25. Naimark, A., D. Newman, and D. H. Bowden: Effect of Radiation on Lecithin
Metabolism, Surface Activity and Compliance of Rat Lung. Can. J. Physiol.
and Pharmacol. 48:685-694, 1970.
26. Saksena, J.S., J.A. Mehta, and A. Naimark: Effect of Vitamin A Deficiency
in Rabbits on the Elastic Properties of the Lung and Thoracic Aorta. Can.
J. Physiol. and Pharmacol. 49:127-133, 1971.
27. Naimark, A., Cherniack, R.M. and Protti, D.: Comprehensive Respiratory
Information System (CRIS) for Clinical Investigation of Respiratory Disease.
AM. Rev. Resp. Dis. 103:229-339, 1971.
28. Faridy, E.E., and Naimark, A.: Effect of Distension on Metabolism of Excised
Dog Lung. J.Appl.Physiol. 31:31-37, 1971.
29. Naimark, A., Kirk, B.W., and Chernecki, W.: Regional Water Volume, Blood
Volume, and Perfusion in the Lung. From: Central Henodynamics and Gas Exchange,
edited by C. Giuntini, 1971.
30. Cherniack, R.M., Cherniack, L., and Naimark, A.: Respiration in Health
and Disease. Publisher W.B. Saunders, 1972.
31. Dhalla, B.S., Sulakhe, P.V., Clinch, N.L., Wade, J.G. and Naimark, A.:
Influence of Fluothane on Calcium Accumulation by the Heavy Microsomal Fraction
of Human Skeletal Muscle: Comparison with a Patient with Malignant Hyperpyrexia.
Biochemical Medicine 6:333-343, 1972.
32. Dhalla, N.S., Chernecki, W., Gandhi, S.S., McNamara, D.B., and Naimark,
A.: Cardiac and Metabolic Effects of Dibutyryl Cyclic AMP in the Intact Dog
Heart and the Isolated Perfused Rat Heart. From: Myocardial Metabolism: Recent
Advances in Studies in Cardiac Structure and Metabolism 3:233-250, 1973.
33. Protti, D.J., Craven, N., Naimark, A., and R.M. Cherniack: Computer Assistance
in the Clinical Investigation of Pulmonary Function Studies. Methodik der
Informazion in der Medizin 12: 102-107, 1973.
34. Naimark, A.: Cellular Dynamics and Lipid Metabolism in the Lung. Federation
Proceedings 32: 1967-1971, 1973.
35. Goldenberg, G.J. and Naimark, A.: Incorporation of Radioactivity into
Phospholipid Fractions of L5178Y Lymphoblasts After Treatment with Hydrolyzed
Nitrogen -14C Mustard. Can. J. Physiol. and Pharmacol. 51 L 567-571,
1973.
36. Naimark, A.: The Role of the Epidemiologist in Education, Research and
Service. University of Manitoba Med. Journal: 44(1): 36-39, 1974.
37. Naimark, A.: The Innovative Continuum in Research. U.M.M.J. 44(2):
24-27, 1974.
38. Naimark, A.: A Critical and Provocative Look at the Evidence for a Relationship
Between Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education and Quality of Care.
Annals of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons: 333-338, October,
1974.
39. Muir, A.L., Hogg, J.C., Naimark, A., Hall, D.L., and Chernecki, W.: Regional
Distribution of Blood Flow in Pulmonary Edema. J. Appl. Physiol. 33:885-890,
1975.
40. Klass, D., Lesperance, E., and Naimark, A.: Phospholipid Metabolism in
Lung Adenomas: A Model of Surface Active Material Synthesis, Chest, 67
Suppl.: 375, 1975.
41. Naimark, A.: Clinical Implications of Research on Lung Cells, in
Lung Cells in Disease, ed. A. Bouhuys, 1976, North Holland Publishing Company,
Amsterdam.
42. Naimark, A.: Non-Ventilatory Functions of the Lung: Am. Rev. Resp.Dis.
115:93-98, 1977.
43. Naimark, A.: Ethical Questions Posed by Community and Government Pressures
on Medical Education in Canada: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine,
54:687-696, 1978.
44. Naimark, A.: Medical Research in Canada: The Triumph of Hope Over Experience.
U.M.M.J. 49:87-93, 1979.
45. Naimark, A.: Post Secondary Commissions; Monographs in Higher Education
I, University of Manitoba, Ed. A. Gregor and K. Wilson, 1979.
46. Naimark, A.: Canadian Medicine: The End of Innocence or Paradigm Lost?
Annals of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Vol. 21, No. 2, March,
1988.
47. Naimark, A.: The Role of Universities in Understanding the Ethical Issues
Involved in Technological Change in: What Can Do For Our Countries? The Contribution
of Universities to National Development Report of the Proceedings of
the Fourteenth Congress of Universities of the Commonwealth, Perth, Australia
London: Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1988.
48. Naimark, A.: The Crisis in University Research Funding in: Baha Abu- Laban,
ed. University Research and the Future of Canada Ottawa:1989
49. Naimark, A.: The Capacity of Canada's Universities to Educate Highly Qualified
Scientists and Engineers in: Canada's Future Requirements for Highly Qualified
Scientists and Engineers: Proceedings of a Seminar Sponsored by the Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Ottawa: NSERC, 1989.
50. Naimark, A.: Higher Education in Canada in: Christian Citizenship in
the Global Community Washington: Papers and Proceedings Lutheran Educational
Conference of North America, 1989.
51. Naimark, A.: Transfer and Transformation of Medical Ideas and Institutions
in the Commonwealth: A Canadian Perspective in: Transfer and Transformation:
Professional Institutions in the Commonwealth London: Collected Seminar
Papers No. 41, University of London, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 1990
52. Naimark, A.: The training pathway of clinician-scientists and teachers:
the view from the University Clinical and Investigative Medicine 54:233-235,
1992
53. Naimark, A: The Academic Health Sciences Centre and the University. ACMC
Forum 26:4-8, 1993
54. Naimark, A.: Universities and medical schools: reflections on a half century of Canadian Medical Education. Can Med Assoc J. 148(9): 1538-1542, 1993.
55. Naimark, B.J., Naimark, A.,Tate, R.B., Sigurdsson, S.B., &
Axelsson J. Cardiac structure and exercise blood pressure in urban and rural
Canadians of Icelandic descent American Journal Hypertension 9: 1104-1109,
1996
56. Naimark, A. Client Expectations of Quality and Standards ACU Bulletin
of Current Documentation June, 1996
57. Naimark, A., The Politics of Medical Research Prairie Medical Journal
67: 29-34, 1997
58. Naimark, A et al. Report of the International Panel to Review the Medical Research Council of Canada (Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services) 1996
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Selected Invited Lectures
and Addresses (since 1973, by
topic, excludes scientific and technical lectures)
Public Lectures
General Topics
1977 The Art and Science of Creativity
Scholars' Forum, Winnipeg Art Gallery
1983 The Future of Futures
Model United Nations Assembly, Winnipeg
1986 David Ben-Gurion
Centennial Dinner Honoring Chief Justice Samuel Freedman, Winnipeg
1988 Science and Canadian Society
Conference on Science and the Media, Calgary
1988 Science and the Canadian Body Politic
Lawson Research Institute, 5th Anniversary Conference, London, Ont.
1989 Transfer and Transformation of Medical Ideas and Institutions in the Commonwealth: A Canadian Perspective
Institute of Commonwealth Studies Fortieth Anniversary Symposium,
University of London
1990 Medicine, Medical Science and the Public's Interest
A lecture in the series on Science and Ethics, University
of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown
1990 Kanadistik - Our Futures
Third Annual Symposium on Western Canada and Europe: Trier-Manitoba
University Partnership
1991 Creating a Common Future: University Action for Sustainable Development
Conference, Dalhousie University, Chateau Halifax, Nova Scotia
1994 A Letter to the New Principal of McGill University
The Leacock Lecture to the Graduates' Society of McGill University
Higher Education
University Research
1977 Post-Secondary Commissions
Conference on Higher Education, Winnipeg
1981 Higher Education and Research
Canadian College of Teachers, Winnipeg
1981 The University's Role in Social Issues
Conference on Energy and Social Issues, Winnipeg
1983 Universities and the Upgrading of Professional Qualifications
Joint Conference, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the
American Council on Education, Toronto
1983 Engineering Education in Canada
Science Council of Canada Conference, Ottawa
1984 The Social and Political Environment of Universities in the 1980s: Implications for University Personnel Administrators
Canadian Association of Personnel Administrators
1985 University Research in Canada
Charlottetown
1985 The Politics of University Research
Canadian Association of University Teachers, Toronto
1986 Higher Education at Risk
Coalition on Health and Higher Education, Winnipeg 1986
1986 The Role of Universities in Medical Research and Technology
Financial Post Conference, Ottawa
1986 Higher Education - Enduring Values in a Changing Society
Convocation Address at Mount Allison University, Sackville
1987 The International Development Research Centre and Canadian Universities
International Development Conference, Toronto
1987 Financing University Research - New Patterns of Sponsorship
Canadian Association of University Research Administrators
1987 The Politics of Higher Education in Canada
Rotary Club, Ottawa
1988 The Role of Universities in Understanding the Ethical Issues Involved in Technological Change
Association of Commonwealth Universities, Perth, Australia
1989 The Capacity of Canadian Universities to Train Highly Qualified Scientists and Engineers
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Conference, Ottawa
1989 Canadian Universities: the Developmental Imperative
Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education, Guelph
1990 The First Year Experience
2nd Canadian-American International Conference, St. Mary's
University, Halifax, N.S.
1990 Access to Higher Education Administrative Development: The Transformation of Canadian Higher Education
Centre for Higher Education Research and Development
1991 The Future and CAGS.
Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Graduate Schools, Ottawa
1993 The Politics of Higher Education
Faculty of Management Associates, Winnipeg
1993 Higher Education in a Cold Climate
National Board Meeting of the Financial Executives Institute of Canada
2001 Government and Education
Conference of The National Association of University Board Chairs and Secretaries
Science Policy
1974 The Innovative Continuum in Research
SCITEC Forum, Ottawa
1974 Research and the Research Support System
Medical Research Council Policy Conference, Montreal
1976 Innovation in a Cold Climate
Sir Arthur Sims Lecture, Australia
1986 Medical Research: A Policy for Canada
Canadian Lung Association, Winnipeg
1986 New Patterns of Research Sponsorship and Their Implications for Universities: A Canadian Perspective
Association of Commonwealth Universities, Malaysia
1988 The Crisis in University Research Funding
National Conference on University Reserch and the Future
of Canada, Edmonton
1989 Science and the Public's Interest
Canadian Federation of Biological Societies, Calgary
Medicine
Health Care
1974 Medical Education and the Quality of Care
Royal College Symposium on Quality of Health, Ottawa
1974 The Family Physician, Past, Present and Future - An Educator's View
College of Family Physicians, Winnipeg
1977 Government Involvement in Graduate Medical Education in Canada
Council of Deans, Association of American Medical Colleges, Scottsdale
1977 Ethical Questions in Medical Education
New York Academy of Medicine, New York
1980 The McLeod Lectures - Flinders University, Adelaide
I Medicine Among the Eskimos
II Research in Medical Schools
III Medical Manpower - The Canadian View
1980 Perspectives on Medicine in the 1980s
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, University of Toronto
1983 Goals for Ontario's Health Care System for the Year 2000
Ontario Council of Health, Policy Conference, Toronto
1985 Expectations, Prospects and Goals for Health Care
Canadian Hospital Association, Toronto
1987 Canadian Medicine: The End of Innocence or Paradigm Lost?
The G. Malcolm Brown Memorial Lecture of the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada and the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation, Winnipeg
1988 Issues in Managing Tomorrow's Health Care Organizations
Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing and the Canadian Nurses
Association, Ottawa
1989 Transfer and Transformation of Medical Ideas and Institutions in the Commonwealth
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 40th Anniversary Symposium,
University of London
1991 The Future of Academic Medicine
The Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation Symposium,
Quebec City
1992 The Academic Health Sciences Centre and Its Changing Relationships
An address to ACMC/ACTJ/CAME, Toronto
1992 Academic Health Sciences Centres and Health Care Delivery in the 21st Century
21st Century Conference: Queen's University Sesquicentennial,
Kingston
1992 Academic Medicine and the New Utilitarianism
An address to the Strategic Plan Retreat of the Toronto Academic
Health Science Council
1993 Universities and Medical Schools: Reflections on a Half Century of Canadian Medical Education
Association of Canadian Medical Schools, Montreal
1993 Positive and Negative Aspects of Contract Research
Research and Graduate Studies Committee of the Association
of Canadian Medical Colleges, Montreal
1994 Academic Medicine: the Anxious Bystander
The Osler Lecture to the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine
1995 Health Care Reform and the University
The Canadian Institute of Academic Medicine
1995 How Sausages and Canadian Health care Policy Are Made
The Canadian College of Health Care Executives ,The Canadian Hospital Association
.The Canadian Long Term Care Association
1996 Manitoba Medicine Becomes a Public Enterprise
Manitoba Society for the History of Medicine
2000 The Role of Universities in Building Partnerships for Health
Trilateral Conference, Montebello
Medical Research
1973 Health Research Priorities in Canada
Royal College Symposium, Ottawa
1978 Medical Research in Canada: The Triumph of Hope Over Experience
Canadian Orthopedic Association and the Canadian Orthopedic Research Society,
Vancouver
1981 Reflections on the International Year of Disabled Persons: Implications for Planning Medical Research
Canadian Red Cross Society, Winnipeg
1986 Health Research in Ontario: Problems and Opportunities - A Conference Overview
Ontario Universities Committee on Health Research, Hamilton
1987 An Outlook for Biomedical Research in Canada
The National Institutes of Health of the United StatesCentenary Celebration
sponsored by the Medical Research Council of Canada, Montreal
1993 Positive and Negative Aspects of Contract Research
An Address to The Research and Graduate Studies Committee, The Association
of Universities and Colleges of Canada
1996 The Politics of Medical Research
The Joseph Doupe Memorial Lecture, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
1999 Clinical Trials: A View from the Trenches
Address to the Alumni and Friends of the Medical Research Council
Health Professions
1973 The Role of the Epidemiologist in Education, Research and Service
International Society for Epidemiological Research, Winnipeg
1973 Education of Health Professionals
Manitoba Health Conference, Winnipeg
1978 Accreditation Serves the Public Interest
Association of Canadian Medical Colleges, Ottawa
1982 The Human Aspects of Professional Practice: Public Expectations of Education
National Forum, Canadian Nurses Association, Winnipeg
1987 Educating Health Professionals for the 21st Century
25th Anniversary, Faculty of the Health Professions of Dalhousie University, Halifax
Biotechnology
2000 Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee: Roles, Activities and Impact
EASIAP Winnipeg Convention Centre
2000 Biotechnology: Status and Issues, Canada and Abroad
Ontario Food Protection Association, Toronto
2000 Biotechnology: Engaging the Public
Canada Grains Council
2000 Biotechnology: Advising Policy Makers About Opportunities and Risk
Environment Canada Policy Research Seminar Series
2001 Biotechnology: Opportunities and Risk
Colloquia on Canadian Biotechnology Canadian Centre for Management Development
2001 Biotechnology in Canada: Developing National Policies in an International
Context
Twenty-First Meeting of the G-8 Carnegie Group of Science Ministers and Chief
Scientific Advisers
2001 Food Biotechnology: Public Expectations and Public Policy
Annual General Meeting of the Food Biotechnology Communications Network
2001 Improving the Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods and Other Novel
Foods in Canada
Northern Plains Producers Conference
2001 Biotechnological Intellectual Property: Canadian Biotechnology Advisory
Committee Interim Report on Patenting of Higher Life Forms
Canadian Agri-Food Research Council
October, 2000
(Citation on Plaque in the "Naimark Courtyard"
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
DR. ARNOLD NAIMARK
Arnold Naimark, O.C., M.D., B.Sc.(Med), M.Sc. LL.D, F.R.C.P.(C), F.R.S.C.,
was born in Winnipeg in 1933 and attended St. John's High School before enrolling
in the University of Manitoba in 1950. There he had a brilliant career, earning
the M.D. and B.Sc.(Med) in 1957, and the M.Sc. In 1959. He pursued advanced
study in Manitoba, at the University of California (San Francisco) and the Royal
Postgraduate Medical School (London) before returning to the University of Manitoba
in 1963 as Assistant Professor of Physiology. He was named Head of Physiology
and Professor of Medicine and Physiology (1966) and Dean of Medicine (1971),
before being appointed President and Vice-Chancellor in 1981, a post which he
occupied with distinction until 1996.
A medical, academic and community leader, he was President of the Canadian
Physiological Society (1971-72), the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation
(1971-73), the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges (1975-76) the Council
of Western Canadian University Presidents (1985-89) Association of Universities
and Colleges of Canada (1987-89), Chairman of the North Portage Development
Corporation (1983-1993), the Association of Commonwealth Universities (1988-89),
and an influential figure in numerous other local, national and international
bodies.
Dr. Naimark is currently Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University
of Manitoba, Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Medicine, Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Health Services Foundation, Principal
of the Naimark Consulting Group and a director of several private and public
sector enterprises.
His many honors include the Sir Arthur Sims Traveling Fellowship (1976), several honorary lectureships, the Distinguished Service Award of Ben Gurion University (1981), honorary doctorates from Mt. Allison University (1986) and the University of Toronto (1997), election to the Royal Society of Canada (1987), appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada (1987), the G. Malcolm Brown Award (1987), the Osler Award (1994) and the Symons Award (1998).