By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A survey undertaken by the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine shows just how difficult it is to gauge the anti-Indigenous bias of medical student applicants. Results of the survey were published in the most recent BMC Medical Education journal. It found that “medical school applicants did not have strong interpersonal explicit or implicit anti-Indigenous bias.” Results of the survey were published in the most recent BMC Medical Education journal. It found that “medical school applicants did not have strong interpersonal explicit or implicit anti-Indigenous bias.” However, said Dr. Pamela Roach, one of six authors of the study titled Anti-Indigenous bias of medical school applicants: a cross-sectional study, “we know that Indigenous students, Indigenous staff and faculty all experience racism.” Racism within

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