A year ago, fewer than 2% of those admitted to McGill鈥檚 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. 鈥淲hen I was younger and thought about working in medicine, I didn鈥檛 think it was possible. You just didn鈥檛 see doctors who looked like me,鈥� recalled Victoire Kpad茅, who graduated from McGill鈥檚 undergraduate medical program in the spring of 2022.
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Published on: 15 Feb 2023
