Cindy JORDAN-ORLAW Memorial Award in Health Sciences

Award descriptionAwards totalling $4,300 have been made available through an endowment established by the friends and family of Dr. Cindy Jordan-Orlaw for Indigenous students with young families enrolled in a health sciences program at UBC. Born in Inuvik, NWT, Cindy was one of the first Aboriginal women and the first Inuit to graduate from the UBC MD program. Following her graduation in 2002, she went on to practice as a family physician in the North and continued to mentor Aboriginal students. During her career, Cindy was president of the Northwest Territories Medical Association and Chief Medical Officer of the NWT. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health, and in the case of graduate students, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies