Unfortunately, I believe racism will continue to be a factor for the next generation. It is getting better, especially now that the residential school system is being added to school curriculums. There are still people that don’t understand we can’t “just get over it”. The intergenerational trauma is still present. We will break the cycle but it will take time. I was accepted to medical school through the Aboriginal Admissions Program at the University of British Columbia. It was not uncommon to hear non-Indigenous peoples’ objections to this process. Because medical school is so competitive, some people think it takes spots away from other applicants. In fact, if the spots don’t get filled, they go back to the general population. I support this process because Indigenous physicians are more likely to go back to their communities and service our underserved populations. Some people in medicine like to go abroad for global health initiatives. I think we should put the focus on our people here in Canada, whether it is on Indigenous or immigrant/migrant populations. Some of our communities have housing crises. Other communities have addiction crises. Furthermore, we not uncommonly see a call for state of emergency in communities that are seeing an increase in suicides. We have been told since the Indian Act of 1867 that we are inferior. As a peoples, we are resilient and we will come out on top. One of the election promises was to ensure our Indigenous communities have access to clean drinking water. Unfortunately, we still see boil water advisories in these communities. It is not front page news so the general population is not aware of these advisories. As Indigenous people, we get used to these empty promises. I truly believe that everybody should have access to health care. It is a basic human right. I am hopeful that now we are seeing the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation calls to action, our general health and wellbeing will improve.