Two early Frobisher Bay residents pass away

Bob Green, the former superintendent of the Rehabilitation Centre in Apex from 1956 to 1961, has died.

Bob was 81. He was affectionately known as “Ujaujaq.” Bob and his wife, Phillipa, spent four years in Apex and raised some of their children there.

The rehab centre provided Inuit returning to the North from sanatoria in the South with on-the-job training programs. They ran the laundry, a bakery and the Aurora Theatre. The centre provided housing and home care for residents of the centre.

Mrs. Green and family reside in British Columbia and wish to be remembered to all their old friends.

Dr. Brian Brett, M.D., who ran the Frobisher Bay Hospital during the years 1962 through 1965, has also passed away, after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife and four daughters.

After his tenure in the North, Dr. Brett went on to serve with the federal government in several branches, including the Canadian Overseas Medical Service. Dr. Bret was 78.

Both of these men made a substantial contribution to this community in its early days of development. Dr. Brett helped bring a lot of current residents into the world working under pretty primitive conditions at that time.

Bryan Pearson
Iqaluit