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.