Contributing to the health of Aboriginal communities
Luke Hughson and his supervisor Dr. Robert Olson undertook a comprehensive retrospective chart review of all cancer cases diagnosed in Haida Gwaii.
A road less travelled
To build a more diverse medical workforce, UBC has been encouraging youths in Aboriginal, rural and remote communities to consider careers in health.
UBC creates Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
Among other goals, the centre will work to increase Aboriginal representation in the health professions.
Voyages of discovery, close to home
The School of Audiology and Speech Science seeks to foster Aboriginal understanding among its students — in part by introducing students to Moe the Mouse.
Faculty of Medicine celebrates 10 years of recruiting and supporting Aboriginal Students
The growing contingent of Aboriginal MD students includes Todd Alec, Nathan Teegee and Lara DesRoches.
UBC Aboriginals Into Medicine Pre-Admissions Workshop comes to the Okanagan campus
This year’s UBC Aboriginals Into Medicine Pre-Admissions Workshop was hosted by UBC’s Okanagan campus from July 11 – 13.
UBC graduates its largest class of Aboriginal MD students
Twelve Aboriginal students will graduate with a UBC medical undergraduate degree (MD) this spring.