Sarah Konwahahawi Rourke succeeds Kent Saylor, MD, who was the inaugural director of the IHPP when it launched in 2017. Ms. Rourke, a member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, will lead the IHPP in the ongoing implementation and evolution of its long-term action plan to increase the number of Indigenous students in all health-related professional programs. Her work will be based on needs and priorities identified by Indigenous communities, in particular within the McGill Réseau Universitaire Intégré de Santé et Services Sociaux. She is also appointed as a part-time Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine.
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Indigenous Health Professions Program
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences | McGill University
Hugessen House
3666 McTavish Street
Rm 107 and 109
Montreal, QC H3A 1Y2
indigenous.health@mcgill.ca
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