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Interview with Dr. Kerry Ann Murray Artwork by Hana Brath
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I’m a final year psychiatry resident at Dalhousie University. I’m originally from rural Southwestern Ontario; my parents were tobacco farmers in Norfolk County. I have a younger sister who lives in Delhi (Del-HIGH, Ontario, not India). I’m a Pisces. I’m married to an American. I completed my undergraduate degree at McMaster University in THE MUSE
SPRING 2019
"I learned so much from my supervisors and patients."
the Arts and Science Program with a Major in Psychology, before going on to do a Diploma in Counselling Psychology at UBC, and then medical school back at McMaster. I did an elective in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, before deciding to do my family medicine residency in Cape Breton. I knew I wanted a
non-urban program and the island was an amazing training environment; I learned so much from my supervisors and patients. In 2008, I did something completely different and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. I went to Afghanistan in 2011-12. In 2015, I was fortunate enough to be sponsored by the military to return to residency training in psychiatry and chose Dalhousie to get back to Nova Scotia. I spend as much time as possible in Bad-