The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) is a small,research-intensive public university in British Columbia,Canada. The main campus is located in Prince George,British Columbia. UNBC also has regional campuses in northern British Columbia in Prince Rupert,Terrace,Quesnel,and Fort St. John. The enabling legislation is the University of Northern British Columbia Act 1996. In the 2019–20 academic year,3,570 students were enrolled at UNBC.
Carolyn Ann Bennett is a Canadian physician and politician who has served as minister of mental health and addictions,and associate minister of health since October 26,2021. A member of the Liberal Party,she has represented Toronto—St. Paul's in the House of Commons since 1997. She previously served as the minister of state for public health from 2003 to 2006,and the Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations from 2015 to 2021. Bennett worked as a physician for 20 years before entering politics.
Gulzar Singh Cheema is an Indian-born Canadian physician and politician. Cheema was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993,and a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2004,making him one of only a few Canadian politicians to sit in two provincial legislatures since Confederation. He is the first Indian-born person to be elected MLA in Canada. He was also a cabinet minister in the government of Premier of British Columbia Gordon Campbell from 2001 to 2004,and was a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal election of 2004.
Judith Goslin Hall is a pediatrician,clinical geneticist and dysmorphologist who is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada.
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (VHHSC) is an acute care hospital affiliated with the University of British Columbia and located in Vancouver,British Columbia. The VHHSC is the second largest hospital in Canada,with 1,900 beds and nearly 116,000 patients each year. VHHSC employs 9500 staff and utilizes 1000 volunteers. As of 2005,the hospital's annual budget is $463 million. It is managed by Vancouver Coastal Health.
The Canadian Resident Matching Service,abbreviated and most often referred to as CaRMS,is a national organization that provides the mandatory matching service for medical residency training throughout Canada. CaRMS also provides an online application portal for admission to the undergraduate medical program at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Lise Annique Leveille is a French Canadian gymnast who represented Canada at the 2000 Olympic Games.
An international medical graduate (IMG),earlier known as a foreign medical graduate (FMG),is a physician who has graduated from a medical school outside of the country where he or she intends to practice. The term non-local medical graduate may be similarly used in countries with distinct licensing regions within them. Generally,the medical school of graduation is one listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOM) as accredited by the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research or the World Health Organization.
Michelle Stilwell is a Canadian wheelchair racer and politician. She is the only female Paralympic athlete to win gold medals in two separate summer sport events. Stilwell was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a BC Liberal candidate for Parksville-Qualicum in the 2013 provincial election. She represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Paralympics,2008 Summer Paralympics,and 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Khristinn Kellie Leitch FRCSC is a Canadian surgeon and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Simcoe—Grey from 2011 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party. She was first elected in the 2011 federal election,succeeding Member of Parliament Helena Guergis who was dismissed from the Conservative Party caucus. Following her election,Leitch was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. On July 15,2013,Prime Minister Stephen Harper named Leitch Minister of Labour and Minister for the Status of Women. She served in Cabinet until the defeat of the Conservative government in the 2015 federal election. Leitch ran in the 2017 contest for the leadership of the Conservative Party. On January 23,2018,Leitch announced that she would not be seeking re-election for the 43rd Canadian federal election and would return to being a full-time surgeon.
The British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election of 2011 was prompted by Gordon Campbell's announcement on November 3,2010 that he would be resigning as Premier of British Columbia and had asked the BC Liberal Party to hold a leadership convention "at the earliest possible date." The convention elected Christy Clark as the new leader of the party on February 26,2011.
David F. Hardwick's MD,FRCPC,FCAP career focused on the field of paediatric pathology. Hardwick was involved with The University of British Columbia (UBC) for more than sixty years as both a student and professor,and is a Professor Emeritus. His research included the first description of histopathologic implications of differential survival of Wilms' Tumors to pathogenesis of L-methionine toxicity and administrative/management research.
Michael R. Hayden,is a Killam Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia,the highest honour UBC can confer on any faculty member. Only 4 such awards have ever been conferred in the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Hayden is also Canada Research Chair in Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine. Hayden is best known for his research in Huntington disease (HD).
The UBC Faculty of Medicine is the medical school of the University of British Columbia. It is one of 17 medical schools in Canada and the only one in the province of British Columbia. It has Canada's largest undergraduate medical education program and the fifth-largest in the U.S. and Canada. It is ranked as the 2nd best medical program in Canada by Maclean's,and 27th in the world by the 2017 QS World University Rankings.
The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine,known as the McMaster University School of Medicine prior to 2004,is the medical school of McMaster University in Hamilton,Ontario,Canada. It is operated by the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences. It is one of two medical programs in Canada,along with the University of Calgary,that operates on an accelerated 3-year MD program,instead of the traditional 4-year MD program.
James C. Hogg is a Canadian physician.
Jane Philpott is a physician,academic administrator,and former Canadian politician who represented the riding of Markham—Stouffville in the House of Commons. Philpott was first elected in the 2015 federal election as a member of the Liberal Party and was appointed to the Cabinet of the 29th Canadian Ministry,headed by Justin Trudeau,on November 4,2015. On March 4,2019,Philpott resigned from her cabinet position as President of the Treasury Board over the SNC-Lavalin affair. On April 2,2019,she and Jody Wilson-Raybould were both expelled from the Liberal caucus in the aftermath of the controversy.
Catherine Anderson is a Canadian scientist. She researched pre-eclampsia,a potentially fatal disease that can impact pregnant women,at BC Children's and Women's Hospital and the University of Nottingham. She currently serves as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at University of British Columbia and runs the Future Science Leaders program at Science World. Maclean's described her as a "nationally renowned science educator."
Physicians and surgeons play an important role in the provision of health care in Canada. They are responsible for the promotion,maintenance,and restoration of health through the study,diagnosis,prognosis,and treatment of disease,injury,and other physical and mental impairments. As Canadian medical schools solely offer the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery degrees,these represent the degrees held by the vast majority of physicians and surgeons in Canada,though some have a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) from the United States or Bachelor of Medicine,Bachelor of Surgery from Europe.
Gina Suzanne Ogilvie is a Canadian global and public health physician. She is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV related diseases and prevention,and Professor at the University of British Columbia in their School of Population and Public Health.
