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President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD June 2023
... I come, and I appreciate the privilege I hold having these people in my life. In my human doing, I am a family ... as physicians whose profession lies in healing and helping people, it is important that we understand the impact of colonialism and its lasting effects on Indigenous people’s health and well-being. We should, as encouraged by ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD December 2023
Dr Joshua Greggain “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” This ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD September 2023
... and implement the health-care rights of Aboriginal people as identified in international law, constitutional ... address the jurisdictional disputes concerning Aboriginal people who do not reside on reserves, we call upon the ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD September 2022
... sacred assets we have—our health—yet most Indigenous people and those from many other cultures likely find the ... in an environment free of racism and discrimination, where people feel safe when receiving services. Cultural humility ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD March 2022
... We spend our working lives taking care of other people’s health and well-being. But have we ever really ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD October 2022
... immigrants, displaced persons, aging populations, and people with underlying chronic health issues. On top of this, ...
Proust for Physicians November 2022
... the Indigenous family medicine program, nurturing amazing people. Who are your heroes? My older brothers, who always ... your favorite patients share? It’s less about individual people and more about the moments I’ve had with many people, where we meet in our humanness during surreal moments ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD July/August 2022
... a harmonious way. While there will always be conflict and people who disagree, imagine a world with more awareness, ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD December 2022
... does now. It is in times of uncertainty and scarcity that people look to us for guidance and reassurance, and I do ...
President's Comment / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD September 2021
... What you want. We need to consider, ask, and learn how people want to be treated. In the same way that I cannot tell ... to describe as it can mean different things to different people, cultures, and generations. I describe it as a pattern of certain behaviors: honorable people keep their word, maintain confidences, tell the truth, ...