Five Aboriginal Medical Students Recipients Of New Scholarship: Ministers
Manitoba News Release
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September 17, 2008
The Manitoba government is providing $35,000 to award five scholarships of $7,000 to Aboriginal students who want to become doctors, Advanced Education and Literacy Minister Diane McGifford and Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced today.The students, who are enrolled in this year’s largest-ever class of first-year medicine students, will also be eligible for scholarships of $7,000 in each of the remaining three years of the undergraduate medical program. Students receiving the Aboriginal Medical Student Scholarship also commit to signing a return-of-service agreement to practise medicine in Manitoba for six months for each $7,000 scholarship they receive.
“This financial incentive will give the University of Manitoba a competitive edge when recruiting Aboriginal students to enter the medical profession,” McGifford said. “Aboriginal students have traditionally been under-represented in the field of medicine and these scholarships will help to make obtaining a medical degree more affordable and accessible.”
“These unique scholarships are designed to increase the number of Aboriginal doctors practising in Manitoba while expanding the incentives the province offers in exchange for a return of service from our new physicians,” Oswald said.
There are 110 first-year students enrolled in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of medicine this fall, the largest class on record. Earlier this month the province expanded the incentives it offers for new physicians to stay and work in Manitoba, in particular, in rural areas.
Scholarship applications are available at the undergraduate office at the University of Manitoba faculty of medicine.
Additional information and applications are also available from Manitoba Advanced Education and Literacy, Student Aid Branch at 204-945-8509.
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