b'YOUTH | JEUNESSE YOUTH | JEUNESSEMITCHELL MACDOUGALL NUNATUKAVUT, NL / NUNATUKAVUT, T.-N.-L.At only twenty-six years old, Mitchell MacDou- A seulement vingt-six ans, Mitchell MacDougall est gall is an inspirational role model who knowsun modle dinspiration qui connat limportance the importance of building communitybothde btir une communaut, au sens propre comme literally and fi guratively. Growing up in remoteau sens fi gur. Le fait davoir grandi dans des Indigenous communities in northern Albertacommunauts autochtones loignes du nord and Labrador gave him the desire to strengthende lAlberta et du Labrador a suscit le dsir de supports for Inuit youth by serving Inuit popula- renforcer le soutien aux jeunes inuits en servant tions after graduation. While building homes inles populations inuites aprs lobtention de son Having IndigenousNatuashish for a sum- La prsence dediplme. Alors quil professionals inmer during his under- professionnelsconstruisait des maisons healthcare willgraduate degree, heautochtones dans Natuashish, pendant not only providesaw the urgent need forle secteur de laun t, au cours de ses patients withappropriate supportssant permettratudes de premier cycle, a healthcareto deal with underly- non seulementil a constat le besoin provider that ising social issues stem- aux patients deurgent dun soutien more likely tobn cier dun pr-understand andming from the legacy ofestataire de soinsappropri pour traiter appreciate theirresidential schools andplus susceptibleles problmes sociaux cultural andforced relocation. Dur- de comprendresous-jacents dcoulant spiritual beliefsing university, Mitchellet dapprcierde lhritage des pensi-in relation to theirleurs croyances care, but it willchanged his focus fromculturelles etonnats et des rinstalla-hopefully also helpaerospace engineeringspirituelles danstions forces. Pendant to promoteto biology to pursue ale cadre de leursses tudes universita-a tolerant andcareer in medicine. Thissoins, mais con- ires, Mitchell a chang accepting systemtribuera aussi, where upcomingdecision came to beesprons-le, dorientation, passant de Indigenousas a result of living inpromouvoir unlingnierie arospatialestudents canmany remote commu- systme tolrantla biologie pour poursuiv-visualize them- nities and noticing theet acceptant dansre une carrire en m-selves working lequel les futurs limited access to health- tudiants autoch- decine. Cette dcision a care and the negative eff ects. He has receivedtones pourront set prise aprs avoir vcu numerous accolades during his academic careervoir travailler dans de nombreuses and, after graduating from the University of To- communauts loignes et avoir constat laccs rontos Medical School in 2020, is getting readylimit aux soins de sant et ses eff ets ngatifs. Il to employ his newfound knowledge and skillsa reu de nombreuses distinctions au cours de in the pursuit of better health careand bettersa carrire universitaire et, aprs avoir obtenu un health equityfor Indigenous people. diplme de la Facult de mdecine de lUniversit de Toronto en 2020, il sapprtemettre ses nou-velles connaissances et comptences au service de lamlioration des soins de sant - et de lquit en matire de sant - pour les Autochtones.28INDSPIRE AWARDS | PRIX'