The Community of Support (COS) program is a collaborative initiative supported by several faculties of medicine across Canada, which supports prospective students facing systemic barriers on their journeys to medical education, basic sciences, and rehabilitation sciences programs. This includes individuals who identify as Indigenous, Black, Filipino, Latin American, and students that face financial barriers, and/or self-identify as having a disability, and/or are non-traditional applicants (e.g., mature students).
Focus
- Access & Transition: promote successful academic and social transitions to post-secondary education
Features
- Community engagement
- Demographic-specific application program/process
- Preparatory programs
- Tutoring & mentorship
Participants
Ages
- Mature students
- Undergraduate students
Groups
- Black
- Filipino
- Indigenous students
- Latin American students
- Low-income students
- Racialized students
- Students with disabilities