I would like to welcome you to the Indigenous Physician's Association website. The Indigenous Physician's Association is a voluntary organization composed of physicians and medical learners from the diverse cultural and linguistic First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities across Canada. We share a common vision.
We envision healthy Indigenous communities serviced by culturally safe medical providers. Our organization has taken lead in advancing the incorporation of Indigenous medical curriculum across the seventeen medical schools across Canada and in collaboration with the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada; we value collaborative work with our colleague organizations.
Our association provides unique mentorship opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous pre-medical and medical learners across Canada. Many of our membership provide care to members of our communities and are thus placed within a position to share these experiences and insights with others.
We invite feedback from you. Should you have any suggestions about how we can improve our website, please communicate so with our national office.
Thank you for taking the time to visit our website and we are encouraged to see so many in the medical community take an interest in advancing common goals for the health and healing of Canada's diverse First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities.
Dr. Barry Lavallee President MD, CCFP, FCFP, MCISc (UWO)
