We bring together national expertise to strengthen and align medical education standards across Canada.
Shaping National Education Standards
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From Collaboration to National Progress
Fostering a Safer Academic Medicine Community
Advancing Anti-Racism from Commitment to Action
Accelerating Action on Planetary Health
Advancing Reconciliation through Collective Action
Earning International Recognition for Social Accountability
Expanding Access to Open Medical Education
AFMC’s four Standing Committees, supported by 34 Committees, bring together representatives from Canada’s 19 medical schools, learners, and partners to address shared challenges and advance national priorities across our three strategic pillars: medical education, research and social accountability.
This year, their collective expertise led to stronger coordination and new opportunities for collaboration within the academic medicine community.
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Creating environments where people feel physically, psychologically and culturally safe is fundamental to the future of health care. The AFMC Culture of Academic Medicine Initiative: Towards Improved Provider Safety (CAMI-TIPS) is helping drive change by bringing together faculties of medicine, learners, patient partners and equity-deserving groups to advance wellbeing in academic medicine.
This year, CAMI-TIPS reached a major milestone with the development of the Okanagan Charter Implementation Toolkit, giving faculties practical resources to embed health promotion and wellbeing in institutional policies and programs. The initiative also engaged more than 200 participants through the accredited Wellbeing Matters series and the CAMI Wellbeing Summit at ICAM 2026, equipping them with actionable strategies to foster healthier, safer and more inclusive learning and working environments.
CAMI-TIPS is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Canadian Medical Association, MD Financial Management Inc. and Scotiabank.
Building on the National Anti-Racism Commitment approved in 2025, AFMC brought together leaders in EDI, anti-racism, Indigenous health, Black health and francophone minority health to develop a National Anti-Racism Action Plan
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The Action Plan provides a shared roadmap for moving from commitment to coordinated action across Canada’s faculties of medicine, with a focus on advancing equity, strengthening accountability and supporting institutional change.
Implementation resources and tools are also being developed to help faculties translate those commitments into measurable progress.
As climate change places growing pressure on health systems, preparing future physicians to respond to its health impacts is increasingly important.
One year after its launch, the AFMC Roadmap for Planetary Health and Sustainable Health Systems is helping faculties integrate planetary health into education, leadership and institutional practice, contributing to the creation of dedicated leadership roles and stronger senior-leader engagement.
The roadmap also gained international visibility through presentations at the Planetary Health Annual Meeting in Rotterdam and the International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare in Oslo, where it was elevated from a poster to a World Café session. In Canada, AFMC advanced collaboration by endorsing the National Planetary Health Day of Action and supporting the Pan-Canadian Climate and Health Conference.
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In February 2026, AFMC joined partners of the National Circle for Indigenous Medical Education (NCIME) in signing a Declaration of Shared Purpose and Commitment, reaffirming a collective responsibility to foster learning and working environments where Indigenous Peoples are welcomed, supported and empowered.
AFMC also advanced this work through the Board-endorsed Land Acknowledgement Toolkit. Developed with guidance from the Indigenous Health Committee, the toolkit encourages committees to connect land acknowledgements with reflection, responsibility and action, moving beyond symbolic recognition toward greater accountability, cultural safety and reconciliation.
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AFMC’s leadership in social accountability received international recognition with the ASPIRE-to-Excellence Award in Social Accountability from the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE).
The award recognizes AFMC’s sustained efforts to embed social accountability across academic medicine and reflects the contributions of our volunteers who advance this work through AFMC committees and initiatives.
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AFMC has partnered with ScholarRx to expand access to high-quality, shareable educational resources across Canada’s 19 faculties of medicine. The bilingual platform enables educators and learners to create, adapt and exchange learning resources, reducing duplication and connecting Canadian expertise with a global community of practice.
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