Diversity & Inclusion

In the summer of 2017, I was the treating emergency physician involved in the care of two Inuit children from Nunavik who were transferred to the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) by Évacuations aéromédicales du Québec (ÉVAQ), the provincially run medical evacuation airlift service. The first child was a preschooler who fell off a moving all-terrain vehicle earlier that morning and was transferred to us with a suspicion of injuries to the abdomen and head.

Adopting the app is one step in a six-point plan the organization is suggesting as alternate options for the province's leaders to consider.

Dr. Hiebert stressed the need to normalize women working in surgery, which is why she gifted her nieces with two surgical dolls to play with.

The Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Colour is seeking funding to develop the app, similar to Yelp. They want to collect information around experiences with medical practitioners, and help people find culturally-sensitive providers.

Under oath, he said that the South African government's restrictions on outside media caused him to be ignorant of the significance of a noose as symbol in North America to evoke lynching and thereby terrorize and intimidate Black people.

While many pointed out the disrespectful tone of the ad towards women doctors in general, others noted it also seemed like a jab at doctors of osteopathic medicine as the model in the ad is also wearing a badge identifying her as one.

In her new role, Crosschild is set to work with Indigenous patients to liaise and build trust and accessibility within issues like health education, medical translation and helping patients understand diagnoses.