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Pilot project invites Toronto Community Housing's high school tenants to explore medical field | CBC News

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High school students from marginalized communities don't often get a lot of encouragement to enter the medical profession but a pilot project in Toronto is aimed at changing that. Launched by Toronto Community Housing (TCH) and the Unity Health Toronto hospital network, the program called The Next Surgeon invites students who live in TCH buildings to study cardiac surgery for a semester. Ebla Sulaiman, a Grade 10 student, says she was introduced to the program through a co-worker while working with TCH this summer. She already had an interest in medicine and thought first-hand experience would be beneficial as she decides on what to do when she graduates from high school. "It was just very uplifting to be able to work with mentors who know how I feel and have gone through similar experiences as me," she said. The surgeon heading the program says it's crucial to get students like Sulaiman to consider medical careers. "In a country of 36 million people, there are no Black heart surgeons.

Pilot project invites Toronto Community Housing's high school tenants to explore medical field | CBC News Pilot project invites Toronto Community Housing's high school tenants to explore medical field | CBC News Loaded Toronto Pilot project invites Toronto Community Housing's high school tenants to explore medical field A pilot project launched by Toronto Community Housing and Unity Health Toronto is trying to persuade more marginalized students to pursue a career in medicine. 25 high school students from marginalized communities were selected for the program CBC News · Posted: Mar 03, 2023 5:

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