McGill has a reputation as one of the top medical schools in Canada. It is no surprise that admission is extremely competitive, with an acceptance rate of approximately five percent every year.
One of the most underrepresented groups in medicine is the Black community. Systematic racism and discrimination have stacked the odds against prospective Black students, who have historically made up less than two percent of students admitted into McGill’s medical school.
“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 medical program in the spring.
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Science’s Social Accountability and Community Engagement (SACE) Office is working on increasing that number through the creation of the Community of Support program and the McGill Black Candidate Pathway.
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