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File No. 061773 · Adjudicated
Charles Best
medical scientist — Co-discovery of insulin, Banting and Best Department of Medical Research
Born
1899
Birthplace
PEMBROKE, U.S.
Citizenships
US / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
3.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Ya No Ya 🤔Knows that bud → buddy → pal is not an escalation in friendliness.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
PEMBROKE, U.S.
Canadian parentage — yes
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — no
Raised elsewhere
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Co-discovered insulin at age 22 while still a medical student, revolutionizing diabetes treatment and earning Canada a Nobel Prize.
The verdict
Born in Maine but moved to Canada after high school to attend the University of Toronto. Died in Toronto at 79, having become a Canadian citizen and received the Order of Canada — about as Canadian as you can get without being born there, eh?
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org