Author: Tara Dawn

Tara Dawn Tara Dawn (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer Emeritus

University of British Columbia Vancouver Fraser Medical Program

Tara Dawn is a Class of 2014 medical student at UBC in Vancouver. Originally from the interior of BC, she ventured to the big city on a journey to obtain her medical degree. Along the way she got her BSc. at Trinity Western University, traveled to West Africa, fell in love and married her best friend, and discovered her love of the First Nations communities in BC.




Experiencing Rural Medicine in First Nations Communities in Northern Canada

Published by Tara Dawn

Since that fateful day when I read the words ‘Congratulations, you have been accepted…’, I consider my medical education to be my ticket into the world of international development. With the tools I obtain through my medical degree, I dream of setting up medical clinics in remote jungles and responding to need following natural disasters. Prior to medical school, I served at a rural Salvation Army medical clinic in Ghana, where I was the lone …

Tara Dawn Tara Dawn (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer Emeritus

University of British Columbia Vancouver Fraser Medical Program

Tara Dawn is a Class of 2014 medical student at UBC in Vancouver. Originally from the interior of BC, she ventured to the big city on a journey to obtain her medical degree. Along the way she got her BSc. at Trinity Western University, traveled to West Africa, fell in love and married her best friend, and discovered her love of the First Nations communities in BC.