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KAIROS Blanket Exercise helps learners experience Indigenous history

On November 17, 2022, the Department of Family Medicine held a participatory Indigenous history lesson called a KAIROS Blanket Exercise. The event was organized by Alex McComber, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, as part of the coursework for students enrolled in his course FMED 506 Indigenous Perspectives Decolonizing Health Research.

A new Master’s with a Global Health Concentration

Launched in fall 2022, the MSc in Family Medicine, Global Health Concentration, is a thesis-option graduate program designed to provide research training in the areas of global primary health care delivery and policy, as well as “global is local” primary care that recognizes the diverse needs of multi-cultural, vulnerable and underserved populations in Canada.

Rooted in the principles of social justice, cultural safety and health equity, this course leverages the department’s extensive global health research expertise and partnerships in practice-based, people-centred, and community-engaged research with disadvantaged populations, both internationally and in Canada.