Table 1.

CSM admissions committee Indigenous recruitment strategy

Strategy	Adjusted Criteria	Equity-Oriented Rationale
No pre-requisite courses required for any applicants Regardless of province of origin, Indigenous applicants may apply with same criteria expected of local provincial residents (early 2000’s) All Indigenous applicants are invited to MMI (early 2000’s)	Suggested coursework provided only Indigenous applicants may apply with minimum GPA of 3.2/4.0, where out-of-province applicants must have a 3.8 35% of general applicant pool invited to MMI	Pre-requisite training may further disadvantage already marginalized potential applicants Basic capacity for medical training is upheld and comparable to general applicant pool Added opportunity to demonstrate qualities and capacity to meaningfully contribute to the profession
Additional review of selected Indigenous applicants beyond scores alone (2016-2017) Z-score calculation for GPA, MCAT, and MMI performance made in relation to historical pool of Indigenous applicants (2011-2012)	Qualitative, social contextual consideration of certain applicants informed by the school’s social accountability goals Population-based comparison of Indigenous applicants against historical pool of applicants instead of a given year’s general applicant pool	Critically-informed assessment of whether certain applicants may be suitable for admissions despite some areas of quantitative shortcoming Population-level differences in average scores between Indigenous and non-Indigenous applicants reflect historical privilege and structural bias, rather than individual ability
Additional Strategy
Pathways to Medicine Scholarship Program (2016-2017)	Provides upstream investment to low-income students to assist transitions from high school through pre-medical undergraduate studies into medical training	Despite Equity-Oriented recruitment strategies, structural barriers remain for a vast majority of potential applicants from under-served communities.