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August 16, 2024


Open-Access, No-cost Anti-Colonial Learning Resource Offers Art to Transform Healthcare Systems Across Canada

NationTalk: Lheidli T’enneh Territory, Prince George, BC – The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning in Healthcare (H.E.A.L. Healthcare) Project unlocks the potential of arts and humanities to disrupt longstanding and well-established health disparities. Starting from the premise that healthcare is both an art and a science, H.E.A.L. Healthcare uses poetry, storytelling, visual arts, and other...

July 17, 2024


A future mindset: Queen’s hosts Indigenous youth interested in health sciences

NationTalk: They say home is where the heart is, but a unique partnership between the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) and Queen’s University hopes to also make home a place of education for Indigenous students pursuing careers in the health sciences.  For many people, the first move away from home is in young adulthood. For Jewel Chum,...

April 2, 2024


New admissions process improves equitable access to the Queen’s MD Program

     NationTalk: Queen’s Gazette – Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS) is adapting its MD Program admissions process to create a more inclusive entry point for all applicants, minimize systemic barriers to becoming a doctor, and increase student diversity. Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS) is adapting its MD Program admissions process to create a more inclusive entry point...

June 17, 2023


Med school tackles rural doctor shortage with crash course in community culture

Learning about community life, Indigenous culture at core of Northern Ontario School of Medicine program Click on the following link to view the video: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/northern-ontario-medical-school-doctor-training-shortage-1.6766805?cmp=newsletter_Morning%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1613_1134454 CBC News: Canada is often lauded for its universal health care system, but universal doesn’t mean equal access. The reality is that seven million Canadians, particularly those in smaller communities,...

June 2, 2023


Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine’s Indigenous Health Lead at the table from the beginning

It’s important for Indigenous learners to ‘see themselves represented in leadership,’ says Dr. Jamaica Cass CBC News: Toronto Metropolitan University’s first cohort of medical students will have an Indigenous Health Lead when its School of Medicine opens in September 2025 in Brampton, Ont. Dr. Jamaica Cass, a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of...

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