Percy Elmer Moore (1899-1987)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Nixon, P.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
• Subjects: Biographies; Canada. Health and Welfare Canada; Health; Health care; History; Moore; Percy Elmer; 1899-1987; Native peoples; Social policy; Tuberculosis; Canada; Canadian Arctic; Arctic; Mackenzie River; Indian; Grim; Percy; Aklavik; inuit; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64707

Over a 35-year career as a public servant, Dr. Percy Elmer Moore affected the course of native health care policy in the Canadian North more than any other single individual. As director of the Indian and Northern Health service programs of the federal Department of Health and Welfare from their inc...