Article ID: CBB181155364

The Proving Ground: Colombo Plan Fellowships and the Changing Landscape of Health Education in Canada, 1951–69 (2021)

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This article examines the history of the Colombo Plan fellowship program in Canada during the 1950s and 1960s. It will argue that this program had a visible impact on Canadian institutions of learning and health care for three reasons. First, it brought an unprecedented number of students and health care professionals from South and Southeast Asia to Canada; second, it fostered a sense of mission within Canadian institutions about the role education should play in contributing to health and international development overseas; and third, it revealed the challenges and tensions inherent in fulfilling this mission in the context of differences between the objectives of Canadian officials and those of the fellows themselves. With its focus on South and Southeast Asia, the Colombo Plan fellowship program anticipated broader trends regarding the international migration of health workers from that region in later years.

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Authors & Contributors
Marchildon, Gregory P.
Hsuan-Ying Huang
Bethany Philpott
Cameron, Derek
Wilmshurst, Sara
Wright, David
Concepts
Medicine and government
Public health
Health care
Medicine and society
Medicare
Public understanding of medicine
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Canada
United States
Great Britain
China
Philadelphia, PA
Saskatchewan (Canada)
Institutions
American Red Cross
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