Dr. Catherine Cook and the new Centre for Aboriginal Health Education

Wednesday September 20 saw the official opening of the Centre for Aboriginal Health Education to be run by Dr. Catherine Cook (top photo in red). This centre, at the Bannatyne Campus of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Manitoba, will help support aboriginal students during their training in medicine and other health fields. With Dr. Cook, in the top photo is Courtney Love a second year medical student who will be one of the beneficiaries of the new centre. It is expected the new centre will help make the Bannatyne Campus a more appealing place for aboriginal students and help with student recruitment as well as student success during their studies.

In the bottom photo, Dr. Cook receives a gift in honour of the opening of the centre from Dr. Bruce Martin director of the Northern Medical Unit, a framed art piece by an Inuit artist.