Our Organizational Mandate

The primary focus of the IPAC is to serve the interests of Indigenous physicians, medical students and the health related interests of Indigenous people in Canada by:

• Developing a data system to accurately monitor the number of Aboriginal medical students/residents and physicians;
• Contributing to Aboriginal knowledge (cultural competence, medical education, curriculum, sharing of Aboriginal knowledge, research and appropriate knowledge translation systems);
• Mentoring and support systems for Aboriginal medical students by Aboriginal physicians and the wider systems involved in training and supporting medical students;
• Providing support to each other as members;
• Address issues of Indigeneity and medical practice;
• Developing and supporting the implementation of Aboriginal medical student and physician recruitment and retention strategies; and
• Making contributions to national strategies around Aboriginal health as well as local and regional initiatives in addition to exploring individual levels of advocacy that support health improvements at the patient and community levels.