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IAN WILLIAM CRAIG WHITE
Date of Passing: Mar 13, 2008
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryIAN WILLIAM CRAIG WHITE 1950 - 2008 It is with sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Ian White on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at Brampton Civic Hospital, Ontario. He was 58 and had been resolutely confronting a brain tumour for the past year. He leaves his beloved wife, Erica and children, Philippa, Catherine and Alexander. Also mourning his passing are many professional colleagues, friends, and members of his extended family in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Manitoba and Ontario. A global citizen, Ian studied medicine in the UK and South Africa, and moved his family to Canada in 1981. Throughout his professional life as a specialist anaesthetist he worked tirelessly on medical professional standards, hospital policies and practices, general public health and healthcare delivery issues. To his family and friends Big White has always been a pillar of strength, eternally optimistic, passionate, and an exceptional mentor and role model. He has made a difference in so very many lives. Cremation has taken place. Celebrations of Ian's life will be held in Winnipeg, Thursday, March 20 at Inn at the Forks, and in Oakville, Wednesday, March 26 at the Harbour Banquet and Conference Centre, 2340 Ontario St. Both events start at 5:00 p.m. (service to start at 5:30 p.m.) In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society International Education Fund (www.cas.ca/casief) would be appreciated. Fond memories can be shared at ian.white.remembered@gmail.com
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 17, 2008
Condolences & Memories (1 entries)
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How odd to think of Ian almost 20 years past.....We had a friendship at work because we loved talking wine. And perhaps because I was married to a Dutchman who had much in common with him. I had been complaining about my heart rate that would suddenly go out of control and I was always put down by doctors, told it was in my head or that I was having panic attacks. When it happened at work one day Ian grabbed my hand, hauled me down the back stairs into ER and slapped a monitor on me. He was able to prove definitively that I was not losing my mind but was definitely having arrythmias....I got surgery. The arrythmias ended. Thanks to Ian's belief in me. My daughter just recently started the same thing (known to be hereditary) and I suppose that is why he popped into my head...he is missed. A brilliant physician who Listened. - Posted by: Val Bakker (Nursing Colleague at St B.) on: Dec 01, 2025