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QBMA membership registration

Posted on June 1, 2021July 21, 2022 by qbma-admin

You are a physician, a healthcare professional, a medical student or a student in the biomedical field?

Become a QBMA member and see how you can help growing the QBMA community!

You can apply by clicking on the link below.

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Save the date!

Posted on June 1, 2021October 11, 2021 by qbma-admin

This coming thursday, June 3rd at 4:30 pm, McGill University will honour Dr Charles R. Drew with the launch of the Dr. Charles R. Drew Graduate Fellowships.

The event will be recorded for a You Tube airing at 4:30 pm.

Find out more about Dr Charles R. Drew here.

Black-Canadian health and medical organizations’ position statement on COVID-19 vaccination

Posted on March 15, 2021December 6, 2021 by qbma-admin

This joint position statement from Black- Canadian health and Black-Canadian medical organizations highlights the issue of COVID-19 vaccine distrust within Black communities.

This statement, that is supported by QBMA and several other Black health or medical organizations, examines the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities, the roots of vaccine distrust and how to build vaccine confidence. It recommends concrete solutions for improving health outcomes for Black populations and encourages Black Canadians to get the vaccine to protect themselves and their loved ones.

To read the full document, click here.

A statement against racism

Posted on June 9, 2020October 11, 2021 by qbma-admin

QBMA supports the position statement of the Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario (BPAO) that denounces the systemic racism and discrimination against Black Canadians from Coast to Coast on a daily basis.

This statement is in respone to the tragic death of Ms.Regis Korchinski-Paquet that occured in Toronto, during a police intervention, on May 27.

Click here to read the statement.