Patrick Foucault

Class of 2020

Patrick is a physician in Iqaluit, the capital of the Territory of Nunavut in Canada’s eastern Arctic and has served as Medical Education Lead for the Government of Nunavut. He received his MD, following a Masters degree in sociology and an undergraduate degree in anthropology from the University of Ottawa. Patrick aims to create links between the rest of Canada and the Canadian Arctic, and to testify to the relationships that exist today between the world and the Canadian North. He has a strong interest in the cultural issues faced by Inuit and their relationship with today’s globalized world – including the way such issues arise in the context of health and in the presence of stressors like Climate Change and cultural assimilation.