Tears of joy and relief shed at Scarf Ceremony

Seventy-one Indigenous graduates recognized for their accomplishments. On May 25, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students graduating from McGill this spring were celebrated...
May 31, 2023

Time to Care: Health Equity Must be a Research Priority

To break down the barriers to accessing medications and care, we must look at things with an equity lens, says McGill’s Amélie Quesnal-Vallée....
April 5, 2023

Amélie Quesnel-Vallée appointed inaugural Chair of the Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy, School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, PhD, as inaugural Chair of the Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy (DEEP),...
March 9, 2023

Black History Month 2023: Events organized by FMHS students and faculty 

The BHM Organizing committee co-led by Black students and faculty with the EDI-Anti-Racism Committee of the School of Population and Global Health; the...
February 3, 2023

KAIROS Blanket Exercise helps students, faculty and staff experience Indigenous history, past and present

On November 17, the Department of Family Medicine held a participatory Indigenous history lesson called a KAIROS Blanket Exercise. The event was organized...
December 8, 2022

Forging a path towards diversity in medicine

Community of Support program and Black Candidate Pathway celebrate their first year with a 400 percent increase in incoming Black medical students McGill...
September 22, 2022

Finding Harry

An amateur genealogist’s search for family stories leads him to McGill, where his great-uncle Cecil Archippus Harry (MDCM 1908) was one of two...
June 16, 2022

SPGH Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism Committee Appointment – Ananya Banerjee

Dear SPGH Community, As you may remember, in the SPGH Strategic and Operational plan 2021-2026, an Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Standing Committee...
February 25, 2022

Tanzanian nurse Bathseba Liduke receives inaugural ISoN Health Equity Award

Madeleine Buck recalls her first trip to Tanzania in 2006. “I was part of a team from the Faculty of Medicine that was...
January 13, 2022

Overcoming obstacles with adaptive learning

Hard work, adaptive technology, and dedication to patients help med student succeed Medical school is challenging enough, and its students are to be...
January 13, 2022

New pathway for Black health professionals transforms medicine for everyone

A discussion on equity, diversity and inclusion in medical education featuring Nicolas Cadet, MDCM’12, an ophthalmologist and the first Black oculoplastic surgeon in...
December 2, 2021