TheEmeraldTablet Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 From what I've seen medical school composition with regards to race/nationality seems to be: 40% White 35% Asian 20% Brown 5% Other Is this somewhat accurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Not all schools are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Composition depends on demographics of the region. The prairie schools from what I've seen have a higher proportion of whites and aboriginals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumanmacbook Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 From what I've seen medical school composition with regards to race/nationality seems to be: 40% White 35% Asian 20% Brown 5% Other Is this somewhat accurate? Maybe in ONT but as Mith said, the central provinces, eastern provinces and Manitoba have higher demographics of Caucasian and Aboriginal (from my travels at least). However, it's really more of the general population in the region anyway that accounts for the trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD2019_A Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Define "Brown". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Define "Brown". Very good question. Siblings in families can have different shadings or skin tone. http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/dermatology/fr/brownskin.htm there is no one type of skin of color. Among individual women of color, the amount of melanin varies dramatically, so that a woman with an abundance of melanin will have deep chocolate-brown skin tone, while a woman with less melanin will have vanilla skin tone. There are numerous shades -- an estimated thirty-five shades among women of African descent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloh Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Very good question. Not really. It's a pompous response; everyone understood what the OP meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchEnemy Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 From what I've seen medical school composition with regards to race/nationality seems to be: 40% White 35% Asian 20% Brown 5% Other Is this somewhat accurate? This does not seem to be the composition of student I see at UofT Meds. There are probably more asians than whites.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 yeah, but if you're "brown" i can see being offended by being lumped in with arab, non-arab, indian, pakistani people etc... some of those guys really don't like each other (i.e. the indian-pakistani thing (please don't be offended )... Not really. It's a pompous response; everyone understood what the OP meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 yeah, but if you're "brown" i can see being offended by being lumped in with arab, non-arab, indian, pakistani people etc... some of those guys really don't like each other (i.e. the indian-pakistani thing (please don't be offended )... Some people need thicker skin then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD2019_A Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I said define brown because brown is associated with south asians. But that means there's a difference between asians and south asians technically though, there isn't. i'm south asian and don't find it offensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Some East Indian people identify themselves as "asian" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloh Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 yeah, but if you're "brown" i can see being offended by being lumped in with arab, non-arab, indian, pakistani people etc... some of those guys really don't like each other (i.e. the indian-pakistani thing (please don't be offended )... And as a Caucasian male, I don't like being lumped with rednecks, homophobes, random Norwegian murderers... It was an unnecessary derail that took away from what would have probably been an interesting thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEmeraldTablet Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 It was an unnecessary derail that took away from what would have probably been an interesting thread. Yeah, could some people in med school please estimate the racial composition of their school please lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dongzhuo Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 UBC Med 2012 is about: 50% White, 35% Asian (mostly Chinese), and 15% brown (East Indian and Middle Eastern) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 My class is about 90-95% white, 5-10% everything else. Classes below are maybe more like 80-85% white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 UBC Med 2012 is about: 50% White, 35% Asian (mostly Chinese), and 15% brown (East Indian and Middle Eastern) I went through UBC's class profile of 2014 and this is what I tallied based on visible characteristics and names: White - 136 (53%) Asian - 73 (29%) Brown - 37 (14%) Other (Black, Hispanic, Native, etc.) - 10 (4%) So yeah, Dongzhuo was pretty accurate. I should add this is similar to the demographics of Metro Vancouver, but not BC as a whole. BC as a whole has a far higher percentage of whites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Demographics of Alberta as a province back in 2006: 13.9% visible minorities, 5.8% Aboriginal, 80% not visible minorities or Aboriginal Out of the 13.9% visible minorities, 3+% each are South Asian and Chinese, ~1.5% each Black and Filipino, and less than 1% for Southeast Asian or Latino. For Aboriginal populations, it's about half Metis and half North American Indian The stats for City of Edmonton are fairly similar, except for percentage of visible minorities is 20+%, so a bit higher (as per Wikipedia, 2006 census) Approximate demographics in our class: ~30% visible minorities, predominantly South Asian and East Asian, but every ethnic group mentioned in the census is represented ~70% white So our class is more diverse than a cross-section of the Alberta average, and fairly similar to the ethnic make-up of our city. Of course, diversity doesn't just stop at ethnic backgrounds, and while medical students tend to be an ethnically/racially diverse group, the same cannot be said for socioeconomic diversity. You'd have difficulty finding more than a few individuals who are, for example, the first in their family to pursue post-secondary education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEmeraldTablet Posted August 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Interesting. Don't Ontario schools have more Asians and Browns? It seems that way with the people I know who are med students. Oh and just out of curiosity is there any type of quota that exists? Like schools wanting a diverse population (or not wanting it) for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 A racial quota, formal or informal, would be illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladeeda Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Yeah, could some people in med school please estimate the racial composition of their school please lol why does this even matter? is it relevant in any way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumanmacbook Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Interesting. Don't Ontario schools have more Asians and Browns? It seems that way with the people I know who are med students. Oh and just out of curiosity is there any type of quota that exists? Like schools wanting a diverse population (or not wanting it) for whatever reason. Unless you're talking about geographic/aboriginal positive affirmation, no there shouldn't be (or at least they aren't explicit about it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasRolland Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Some East Indian people identify themselves as "asian" People from Asia identifying themselves as Asian? Bizzare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMarauder Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Maybe because OP is JUST CURIOUS. why does this even matter? is it relevant in any way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dongzhuo Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Apparantly in the UK only East Indians (brown asians) are referred to as Asians; us yellow asians are referred to as Orientals. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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