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June 7, 2026BMC Medical EducationOpen Access

Privilege breeds privilege: a descriptive analysis of medical students’ ethno-racial identity and capital to inform diversity, equity and inclusion in Canadian medical education

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MHMoiz HafeezGOGbolahan OlarewajuBABeraki Abraha

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Descriptive analysis assesses ethno-racial identity and capital in Canadian medical students, highlighting disparities.

Key Points

  • The research aims to collect demographic data on medical students in Canada and analyze it using Bourdieu’s framework of capital.
  • Online survey administered to all medical students across 17 Canadian medical schools from April 2021 to December 2022.
  • N = 2805 medical students responded with a 25.0% response rate.
  • 31.4% of respondents self-reported as Black, Indigenous, and Person of Colour (BIPOC).
  • Indigenous students more likely to have a physician parent (OR 3.72), sibling (OR 6.34), or partner (OR 2.87).
  • Black students more likely than White students to have a physician parent (OR 2.49) or sibling (OR 2.48).

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Hafeez et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a250baa7def13d035e1bae1https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09153-3
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