Sous-fonds SF1 - Board of Trustees of the Ontario Cancer Institute sousfonds

The Premier of the Province of Ontario appointed the Board of Trustees of the Ontario Cancer Institute in 1951. The Ontario Cancer Institute Act, 1952 which established the Board of Trustees, was repealed by The Cancer Act, 1957 which established The Members of The Ontario Cancer Institute. The Board met for the last time June 3, 1997 prior to the merger with The Toronto Hospital.

The Board was entrusted through the Cancer Institute Act, 1952 with the "...power to plan, construct and establish buildings and other accommodations for (a) research in cancer; (b) the diagnosis and treatment of cancer; and (c) the observation of and consultation with persons suffering from or believed to be suffering from cancer." [An Act to provide for the Establishment of The Ontario Cancer Institute / Mr. Phillips. - Toronto : Baptist Johnston, 1952] The Board was also responsible for submitting annual reports to the Minister of Health. The Members of the Institute as per The Cancer Act, 1957 had the authority to "...maintain, manage and operate a provincial hospital with facilities for cancer research, diagnosis and treatment." [An Act to reconstitute The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation and The Ontario Cancer Institute / Mr. Phillips. - Toronto : Baptist Johnston, 1957] They were still responsible for submitting annual reports to the Minister of Health.

The Board of Trustees of the Ontario Cancer Institute was succeeded by The Members of The Ontario Cancer Institute in 1957 due to the reconstituted Cancer Act.

The Board of Trustees was responsible to the Minister of Health and the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. The Board, and subsequently The Members, had authority to appoint the Director of the Institute and also to oversee the work of the Director and the hospital's Advisory Medical Board.

Both the Board of Trustees and The Members of the Ontario Cancer Institute were to be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. The Board consisted of nine members: 2 from The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation (OCTRF), 3 from the Board of Trustees of the Toronto General Hospital including their chairman, 2 from the Governors of the University of Toronto, and 1 each from St. Michael's Hospital and the Board of Governors of The Toronto Western Hospital. The Cancer Act, 1957 stated that The Members were to be 12 persons: 5 from the OCTRF, 2 from The Governors of the University of Toronto, and 1 each from the Board of Trustees of the Toronto General Hospital, The Board of Trustees of The Hospital for Sick Children, the governing body of St. Michael's Hospital, the Board of Governors of The Toronto Western Hospital, and the Board of Governors of the Women's College Hospital. In 1952 the chairman of the Board had to be the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Toronto General Hospital. In 1957, the chairman had to be appointed from the representatives of the OCTRF. The Cancer Act, 1957 was amended numerous times since then, changing the composition and representation of The Members of the Institute. In 1993 the Institute's Board was composed of 15 members: 5 from the OCTRF, 3 from the University of Toronto, and 1 each from the seven teaching hospitals which now also included Mount Sinai Hospital.

The Board of Trustees, later called The Members of the Ontario Cancer Institute, were also known as the Board of the Ontario Cancer Institute. By the 1970s they were commonly known as the Members of the Board, and by 1990 they were called the Princess Margaret Hospital Board of Directors. As of November 1990 the official name was The Board of the Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital.

Norman C. Urquhart was chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1951 to 1957. Subsequent chairmen of the Board/Members were M. Wallace McCutcheon (1957-1968), W.M. Anderson (1968-1969), P.S. Howsam (1969-1970), R.W. Stevens (1970-1987), Kenneth R. Clarke (1987-1993), G. Edmund King (1993 - 1995), Peter A. Crossgrove (1995-1997), and Anthony Fell (1997).