/newsroom/taxonomy/term/19083/all en /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-sees-400-increase-incoming-black-medical-students-thanks-inclusivity-programs-346106 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html -->A year ago, fewer than 2% of those admitted to ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ąâ€™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 KpadĂ©, who graduated from ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ąâ€™s undergraduate medical program in the spring of 2022.</p> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:57:46 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 291373 at /newsroom