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'A Tribe Called Med': Tight-knit group of Indigenous grads celebrate major milestone


Marcy Maracle.
The four came together in September 2017 thanks to Cheyenne LaForme, an upper-year medical student who met them each separately and created a group chat using the name A Tribe Called Med,  inspired by the former electronic music band A Tribe Called Red, now known as The Halluci Nation. 
We hit it off immediately, said Mandawe, a member of the Cree Nation in Beaver Lake, Alta. 
We all come from very different places, whether that s the East Coast, West Coast or here in Ontario. But what we really identified with was this experience of going through medical education and in a lot of ways of finding the humour in it. ....

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'A Tribe Called Med': Tight-knit group of Indigenous grads celebrate major milestone


Posted: May 08, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 8
Erik Mandawe, MD’21, from the Cree Nation community in Beaver Lake, Alta., heads to Dalhousie University in Halifax on his next adventure where he was matched with his top choice program, plastic and reconstructive surgery.(Submitted by Erik Mandawe)
Four medical school students from different parts of the country marked a major milestone on Friday with a special Indigenous graduation ceremony to wrap up their shared journey.
Western University in London, Ont., celebrated more than 60 Indigenous students from all programs at the virtual ceremony.
The indivisible group of four, Shanté Blackmore, Justine Fletcher, Erik Mandawe and Marcy Maracle, graduated from the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry after four years. ....

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