Medical School in Canada Removes Portraits of ‘Old, White’ Former Deans in Name of Diversity
“no longer representative of the school’s student body”
It’s absurd to suggest this is about diversity. That’s just an excuse to erase the past.
The College Fix reports:
Medical school removes portraits of ‘old, white’ former deans in name of ‘diversity’
Canada’s Dalhousie University Medical School has taken down portraits of its former “old” and “white” deans because they are “no longer representative of the school’s student body.”
According to Do No Harm, Dean of Medicine David Anderson announced the move in a mid-July message regarding the school’s “Valuing People” initiative.
The initiative “focuses on our belief that people and culture can set us apart, and if we start with a ‘people first’ approach, anything is possible,” Anderson wrote. “To do this, we must focus on creating positive, safe, and inclusive environments for people to thrive.”
Anderson (pictured) noted the school had heard from “students, faculty, and staff that they do not always feel welcome” in the foyer of the Tupper Building due to the portraits — they are “dominated by senior male white leaders.”
The dean noted the historical figures do “not represent our current student body and the diversity of communities our Faculty has a responsibility to serve.”
The decision to remove the portraits came about “after much thought and consultation,” but the old, white deans still will be honored — via a “virtual tribute” to be put on the medical school’s website at a later date.
Several years ago, Dalhousie’s Schulich School of Law offered students 50 ways to atone for the past mistreatment of Indigenous peoples. Among the suggestions were “updating” email signatures to “reflect the territory you live and work on,” “gently counter[ing] racist or stereotypical comments with fact-based information whether you are at a party, the office, or the gym,” and including “two-spirited” people when talking about LGBTQ+ issues.
And the Dalhousie Medical School certainly isn’t alone in removing allegedly outdated portraits; Harvard’s medical school did the same a few years back, as did King’s College London.
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The Canadians make our (forced) grovelling to minorities look like nothing.
I mean, there’s another way to make sure the student body looks like the photos, other than removing the photos.
“The dean noted the historical figures do “not represent our current student body and the diversity of communities our Faculty has a responsibility to serve.”
In other news, Dalhousie will be replacing them with portraits of Lucy (Dinkʼinesh) — “history we can live with.”
Next thing ya know, they’re going to remove the white folks from the NHL Hall of Fame.
(Btw did Harvard or Kings ever do any follow-up to determine what impact if any, the new woke porträts-verboten policy may have had?)
I thought it was just the former medical profession of the United States that had gone woke. Apparently, it’s a global problem.
Alan E. Nourse would be apalled.
Star Surgeon, Alan E. Nourse, 1959 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18492)
I believe we’ve invaded Canada twice unsuccessfully. At the rate Canada is currently circling the bowl, the third time ought to be a charm.
They should replace the white male deans with some indigenous Canadian witch doctors.
Serious question for Dalhousie:
Tobacco use was given to the Europeans. So, doesn’t that make the Butchers Bill roughly even?
Idk about anybody else, but I , speaking only for myself, I have never been offered any apologies.
Next level virtue signaling. Just being white male disqualifies art work.
of course the new pictures are that of goebbels and gosnell
When did the college’s deans ever represent the student body? Why would they be expected to? Deans are not elected by the students; if anything students are (sort of) selected by the deans. So even if appearance were a good proxy for “representation”, this would still make no sense.