The Indigenous celebration has been part of the faculty's back-to-school routine since 2005, and is considered an important component of the first-year curriculum. It's also chance to raise awareness among the incoming students about the health and social issues affecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis patients, families and communities. The celebration began with introductory lectures about the Indigenous experience, including the residential school system and traditional healing, followed by a cultural showcase of drumming, singing and dancing. Here's what a few of the 165 first-year medical students thought about it. That's something that I think is really important, something that I want to bring into my practice.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2018 19:52 UTC