About George Burden
George Burden is a family physician in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, a graduate of Dalhousie University Medical School, class of '78. He is a freelance journalist who writes extensively for the national medical newspaper, The Medical Post, and also serves on the publication's medical advisory board. Dr. Burden has served in the past as a Regional Director of the Canadian chapter of the Explorers Club and was recently designated a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
Publications to date have included topics such as studying aviation medicine from the perspective of a CF-18 pilot during an aerial combat exercise, descending in both a Canadian naval SDL deep sea submersible as well as time aboard the Victoria class submarine, HMCS Windsor. Dr. Burden has also traveled to and written on many areas of the world including the Antarctic, West Africa and Southeast Asia.
He has published articles on diseases depicted in ancient Egyptian art at the Cairo Museum and has done an analysis of the Edwin Smith Papyrus from a modern medical perspective. Medical history is also an interest of Dr Burden and he has co-authored a book on this subject entitled Amazing Medical Stories, published by Goose Lane Editions/University of Toronto Press.
Dr. Burden presently resides in Lantz, Nova Scotia. He recently won 3 awards at the 2010 North American Travel Journalism Awards.
Gold - Category 143: Resorts - “Chilling Out at Quebec City's Le Chateau Entente”
(Published at Life As A Human on July 30th, 2010)
Silver - Category 128: Intergenerational and Family Travel - "Princess for a Day"
(Published at The Medical Post, April 6, 2010 Issue)
Bronze - Category 150: Cultural, Educational, Self-Improvement Travel - “Having a Ball, Vienna Style”
(Published at Life As A Human on June 12th, 2010)
Wild Blue Yonder
Co-written by Life As A Human regular authors George Burden and Joseph Frey, Wild Blue Yonder captures what was for them “the experience of a lifetime” describing their experience during actual training flights in CF-18 supersonic fighter jets.
Postcard From The Deep South
Postcard From The Deep South was e-mailed from the Antarctic and published in the Halifax Herald while I was still down there. That was quite a feat in 2001. I wrote the article in about an hour, which was all the time I had on the captain’s computer and access via satellite to the internet!
Ten Cool Things To Do (Or Not Do) In Peru
This is hardly an exhaustive list but here are a few things you might want to try (or give a miss) during a stay in Peru.
A Honeymoon In Heaven
A couple of hour train trip to Machu Picchu, one of the new Seven Wonders of the Modern World, this hotel is tucked on the slope of an Andean peak, surrounded by immaculate gardens and served by a gourmet restaurant with fine exemplars of both traditional dishes and new Peruvian delights such as world renowned seafood dish, ceviche.
A Grenadian Love Affair
Having passed through well over forty different countries I’ve have found something to awe, impress, excite, fascinate or calm me in every single one. But I’d never found a place to which I thought I’d be content to return every single year…at least until I met Grenada.
The Halifax Farmer’s Market
Founded in 1750, the Halifax Farmers’ Market is the oldest continuously operating farmers’ market in North America.
de Morsier’s Syndrome
A young boy suffering from de Morsier’s Syndrome shows that beauty can come from many places.
A Winter Weekend In Quebec
Montreal is a well known spring, summer and fall destination…but you may be missing some of the best activities if you don’t venture to the ‘grand dame’ of Canadian cities during the winter season.
The Future Of Medical Apps
Several decades ago who would have thought the telephone would completely revolutionize medical care?
Affordable Luxury At An Airport Hostelry?
At the price of an ordinary airport hotel, travellers through Halifax Stanfield International Airport can be pampered minutes away at the Briarwood B&B!
