Left to Right: David Patrick, Director, School of Population and Public Health; Lindsay Gordon, Donor (Chancellor, UBC); Nadine Caron, Co-Director, Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health; Elder Larry Grant, Musqueam First Nation; Arvind Gupta, President, UBC; Linc Kesler, Director, First Nations House of Learning; Ellie Parton, Medical Student, UBC; Martin Schechter, Co-Director, Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health; Rudy and Patricia North, Donors; Wayne Christian, Chief, Splatsin First Nation. Photo: Martin Dee/UBC
June 2, 2015 – The University of British Columbia celebrated two $1 million gifts — from Lindsay and Elizabeth Gordon, and from Rudy, Patricia, Caroline and Rory North — to the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health, on June 1, 2015.
Inspirational address
Ellie Parton
Photo: Martin Dee/UBC
At the announcement, Ellie Parton, Kwakwaka’wakw, a third-year medical student at UBC, spoke about the challenges she overcame to get into medical school and on the positive impacts the donations will have on students like herself, including their communities. Click here to see her presentation.
Learn more: Two major gifts aim to grow ranks of aboriginal health providers
Related: UBC Aboriginal MD program meets goal five years ahead of schedule
About the Centre: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health website
Video of the announcement
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