A century after banning admission of Black students to its medical school, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 has extended a formal letter of apology acknowledging the institution카지노 게임 컬렉션�s past racist actions and repeated failures to hold itself accountable. In an official ceremony, Principal and Vice-Chancellor Daniel Woolf and Dean of Health Sciences Richard Reznick signed the letter and expressed profound regret on behalf of the institution for injustices enacted upon its Black medical students, alumni, and prospective applicants.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We are resolved to confront our past actions, and to more fully understand the meaning of the university카지노 게임 컬렉션�s historical racism, including a commitment to identify its causes and consequences to the best of our ability,카지노 게임 컬렉션� reads the formal apology issued by Principal Woolf and Dean Reznick. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�In reckoning with our institutional history, we are committed to acknowledging our failures and to learning from our mistakes. It is our sincere desire to confront this past, learn from it, and never again repeat it.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

In 1918, the Senate of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 voted to support a motion prohibiting students of African descent from attending its medical school, at the request of the Faculty of Medicine 카지노 게임 컬렉션� a ban that went enforced until 1965. According to recent research by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s PhD candidate, Edward Thomas, the ban was put in place to demonstrate alignment with discriminatory policies favoured at the time by the American Medical Association, the organization that ranked medical schools in North America.

Even after 1965, archival evidence suggests the historical facts of the ban were misrepresented by the university when confronted with the issue in 1978, 1986, and 1988. In 2018, once Mr. Thomas presented his research findings to the current Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Senate and brought to light the motion카지노 게임 컬렉션�s continued existence, the university formally rescinded the resolution that enabled the ban.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�As an institution, we can never undo the harm that we caused to generations of Black students, and we have to accept that our actions contributed to the inequities in the medical profession that still exist today,카지노 게임 컬렉션� wrote Dr. Reznick in a blog post published in advance of the ceremony. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I hope, though, that our actions will continue to move the School of Medicine in the direction of greater inclusivity, diversity, and equity.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The public apology marked the first in a series of necessary steps identified by a commission of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s faculty, students, and staff formed by Dean Reznick to address this historic injustice. Family members of individuals affected by the ban will receive personal letters of apology, and the School of Medicine will soon house an exhibit addressing the ban and its impacts. Course curricula will place greater focus on diversity, equity, and inclusivity, and a symposium examining the past, present, and future of the Black medical student experience is being organized for Winter 2020.

The School of Medicine established a mentorship program in March 2019, through which Black faculty members have volunteered to serve as mentors to Black medical students enrolled at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s as they progress through clerkship, residency, and into the medical profession. The school has also created an admissions award for Black Canadian students entering into the first year of undergraduate medical education. Recipients will be awarded up to $10,000, based on academic achievement and demonstrated financial need.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The Faculty of Health Sciences has shown great leadership in righting this historical wrong, and I look forward to seeing the implementation of its new programs to support Black student success and diversity in the medical profession,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Stephanie Simpson, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Associate Vice-Principal (Human Rights, Equity, and Inclusion). 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We owe much to the staff, faculty, students, and alumni who work tirelessly to ensure that this campus is a place where everyone feels welcomed, valued and respected, and able to participate without discrimination.카지노 게임 컬렉션�