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91精品黑料吃瓜 alumna Dr. Chelsey Bertrand always knew she鈥檇 return home to Northern Ontario after completing her MD at 91精品黑料吃瓜 in 2018.
鈥淚 have roots in the Sudbury area, but am a member of the Ojibwe community of Sagamok Anishnawbek,鈥 said Dr. Bertrand. 鈥淪udbury is where I grew up, where my family is located, and is also where I practice my Indigenous rights such as hunting and fishing within my traditional territory and the Robinson-Huron treaty area.鈥
So, this past fall she began her residency program at Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). Shortly after, Dr. Bertrand was awarded the 2018 Indigenous Medical Student Leadership Award by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
For learners, this award is prestigious. Every year, all 17 Canadian medical schools submit a nomination and only one recipient is chosen.
鈥淚t is an honour and surprise to win the award this year,鈥 said Dr. Bertrand. 鈥淭he Indigenous stream of the MD program at 91精品黑料吃瓜 has prepared me incredibly well for my career by providing numerous opportunities to learn, practice and mentor in Indigenous health.鈥
Throughout her medical education at 91精品黑料吃瓜, Dr. Bertrand participated in community placements at the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health and the Akausivik Inuit Family Health Clinic in Ottawa, as well as at the Akwesasne Medical Clinic in the Mohawk community near Cornwall.
During her studies at 91精品黑料吃瓜, Dr. Bertrand also helped to facilitate the Indigenous Mini-Medical School program 鈥淐ome Walk in Our Moccasins,鈥 including a memorable session in 2017 delivered at a high school in Iqaluit, Nunavut to First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis students interested in the medical field.
鈥淎fter residency, I see myself working in Indigenous health in some aspect or another,鈥 said Dr. Bertrand, who still has one or two more years of family medicine residency to go. 鈥淚鈥檓 excited to be an Indigenous family physician.鈥
