He taught mathematics at McGill University.
In 1905 he went to British Columbia to study colleges in Victoria and Vancouver which were affiliated with McGill.
He helped to found UBC.
In 1908 he was appointed as President of the University of Alberta. During the First World War he ran the Khaki University overseas.
In 1923 he was appointed to the National Research Council and was appointed as its President 1923-35.
Bercuson, D.J. & J.L. Granatstein (1988)
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