Med student eager to advance Aboriginal initiatives – Queen’s Gazette
March 17, 2017
On March 21, the Queen’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Task Force will present its final report with recommendations to the university community. The historical milestone will be marked with an event that day at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 5:30-7 pm. Leading up to and following the event, the Gazette is featuring profiles of Indigenous members of the TRC Task Force. Today, the focus is on Steve Tresierra, a second-year medical student and one of the task force’s three student representatives.
Steve Tresierra is working to promote Aboriginal awareness and support for Aboriginal students at Queen’s. Being one of three student representatives on the university’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Task Force has provided him with another opportunity to assist in the ongoing reconciliation process.
Currently in his second year at the School of Medicine, Mr. Tresierra first arrived at Queen’s for his undergraduate studies and played on the men’s varsity hockey team. However, after his second year of undergrad he transferred to UBC-Okanagan to be closer to the Whispering Pines Band and to re-establish his connection to his Indigenous heritage and the land. Mr. Tresierra returned to Queen’s after earning his Bachelor of Science.
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