A portrait photograph of Arthur S. Lamb. Arthur S. Lamb was born on September 26, 1886 in Ballarat, Austrailia. Upon immigrating to Canada as a young man, Arthur S. Lamb worked for two years as director of physical education at the Vancouver Y.M.C.A. Following this, he enrolled at Springfield College, Massachusetts where he earned a B.A. in physical education in 1912. Then, he studied medicine at McGill University in Montréal. In 1916, during the First World War, he was a captain in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in France and in Belgium. Lamb, known as the "father of modern physical education in Canada," began his teaching career in 1919 at McGill, where he organized the first university department of physical education in Canada. He remained at McGill for more than 30 years, combining his work with multiple activities in national sports organizations. In 1933, he was a founder of the Canadian Physical Education Association and presided over the organization that advocated for physical activity for three successive mandates, from 1933 to 1939.
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