/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Black%20Candidate%20Pathway/rss en /channels/channels/news/mcgill-sees-400-increase-incoming-black-medical-students-thanks-inclusivity-programs-346106 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><!-- x-tinymce/html -->A year ago, fewer than 2% of those admitted to McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (one of the top medical schools in the country) were Black. A typical incoming class had fewer than 5 Black students, a situation that has existed for many years. “When I was younger and thought about working in medicine, I didn’t think it was possible. You just didn’t see doctors who looked like me,” recalled Victoire Kpadé, who graduated from McGill’s undergraduate medical program in the spring of 2022.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/blackcandidatepathway.jpg?itok=gELc6pKR" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:00:01 +0000 webfull 187265 at /channels