Subseries 1 - Committee on the Professional Education of Native Students

0.06 m of textual records (0.5 boxes)

Subseries consists of records pertaining to Dr. Baine’s involvement with the Faculty of Medicine Task Force on Native Canadian Students and the Professional Education of Native Students Committee (PENSC). The Task Force was established in late 1982 to determine why little-to-no Indigenous students were enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine and how to rectify the situation. As a member of the Task Force, Dr. Baines sought out and provided information about Indigenous participation in health-related programs in the United States. In 1983, Dr. Baines became the Chair of the newly created PENSC which aimed to advise the University of Toronto on how to improve Indigenous participation in professional programs. During this time, he organized a workshop to discuss barriers and improvements to Indigenous professional education at the University of Toronto. The workshop involved various representatives from post-secondary institutions, Indigenous communities and organizations, and the Federal and Provisional Governments; it served to inform the final position paper released by PENSC in December 1983. The recommendations outlined by this report were critical to the development and establishment of the AHPP.

Records in this subseries document the activities of the two committees leading up to the establishment of the AHPP in 1986. Materials consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, agendas, participant lists, workshop notes, and reference materials. The correspondence documents communications with various committee and task force members, physicians, professors, external faculty, government officials, U of T Presidents, and representatives of the Union of Ontario Indians, the Ontario Indian Education Council, the Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with the Native Peoples, the Seattle Indian Health Board, and the APA Committee of American Indian and Alaskan Native Psychiatrists, including: Tom Alcoze, John W. Andersen, David B. Anderson, Harvey Armstrong, Bill J. Bastien, G. B. Campbell, Marlene Castellano, Roland D, Chrisjohn, Bill Daisy, Malcom Davidson, Kenneth Dawson, Paul Dirben, N. Fraser, James M. Ham, Marie Huxter , Phyllis E. Jones, Frederick H. Lowy, Joseph Manitowabi, John T. Mayhall, Larry McCafferty, Gordon R. Miller, Elizabeth J. Roberts, Arthur I. Rothman, Alan W. Roy, C. Ralph Scharf, E. M. Sellers, David W. Strangway, Vince Tookenay, Glenn E. Treftlin, R. M. Vanderburgh, R. Dale Walker, Mel Watkins, Delores Wawia, and Ted Wilson.

Also included is a copy of a discussion paper circulated by the Federal Government in April 1983 outlining a proposal for its Indian and Inuit Professional Health Career Development Program which helped to fund the AHPP.

Files are arranged chronologically.

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B2022-0035/002(02) contains a letter written in shorthand.