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DESCRIPTION:Hi Dr. McComber\,\n\nMy name is Kevin Jin\, a first year dentis
 try student at şÚÁĎÉç. I just wanted to personally thank you for your amaz
 ing talk yesterday. Your passion and emotions were so undeniably genuine\,
  and with each word you spoke\, I found myself feeling more moved but also
  anguished at this societal problem that has been so pervasive and obvious
  yet so inconspicuous and ignored at the same time. To be honest\, growing
  up in Alberta (fairly conservative province I would say)\, I was one of t
 he people you spoke of\, who\, embarrassingly\, did blame the Indigenous p
 eople for their current inadequacies. I found myself time and time again v
 enting to my friends about the “alcoholic native guy at the train station”
  or the “hooligan Aboriginal student who always caused trouble in school.”
  In middle school and high school\, the focus in social studies was always
  around the famous European conquerors who fought mighty wars to claim Nor
 th America\, with the last remaining classes of the semester briefly gloss
 ing over residential schools and imperialism legacies. I think I was too y
 oung and too disinterested back then to understand and recognize the probl
 ematic methods of teaching of our education system\, and too naĂŻve to even
  confront my own worldview and contemplate the true reasons behind the las
 ting legacies that still haunt Indigenous people today.\n\nI guess I typed
  all this just to say that it was an honour having you speak to us and edu
 cate us and snap us back into reality. We are so often caught up on grades
  and memorizing drug names that we abandon the fundamental aspect of human
  empathy and basic human decency. The perspective you brought is one that 
 many people may not see or hear about in their entire lives. As the frog i
 n the well who could only see the tiny speck of sky above him\, I am grate
 ful that you were able to broaden the horizon for all of us through your c
 harisma\, passion\, and expertise. It’s because of professors like you tha
 t I was able to recognize my own selfishness\, ignorance\, and overall stu
 pidity that once defined who I was and move beyond that. I hope you know t
 he impact you’re making on future generations\, if not\, this email is pro
 of. This lecture was by far the most powerful one of the block and definit
 ely the one I will remember and carry forward into my future practices.\n
 \nThank you for your time and I hope you continue to give this lecture for
  many years to come.\n\nBest wishes\,\n\nKevin Jin\n
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