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James Collip

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File No. 754236  ·  Adjudicated

James Collip

Other — Biochemist; part of group that isolated insulin

Born
Not on record
Birthplace
JAMES BERTRAM COLLIP NOVEMBER 20, ONTARIO
Citizenships
CA

Canadianness Score

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria

Designation

Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁

Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.

Scorecard

Path A — born on Canadian soil
I. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
JAMES BERTRAM COLLIP NOVEMBER 20, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Ontario
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Won the 1936 Flavelle Medal and became a Fellow of the Royal Society for his groundbreaking work isolating insulin.

The verdict

Helped save millions of lives by purifying insulin in a University of Toronto lab, then spent his career advancing medical research across Canada. A humble prairie-born scientist who changed the world, eh.

Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org