28-05-2025
‘The Art of Leadership Women' to feature Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa as guest speaker
Next month, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, whose memoir 'Unlike the Rest: A Doctor's Story' is available now, will speak at 'The Art of Leadership Women' in Calgary.
Next month, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, whose memoir 'Unlike the Rest: A Doctor's Story' is available now, will speak at 'The Art of Leadership Women' in Calgary.
Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa to speak at 'The Art of Leadership Women'
As a Black Canadian, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa is accustomed to feeling like a minority.
That status was never more apparent than when she attended the University of Toronto medical school—the only Black student among 259 people.
'I want to dismantle this idea of Black exceptionalism, that I am somehow unlike the rest of the Black community and that's how I was able to make it into medical school. I actually believe that I am a beautiful reflection of the intelligence and capacity and the tenacity within the Black community,' Oriuwa told CTV News.
Next month, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, whose memoir 'Unlike the Rest: A Doctor's Story' is available now, will speak at 'The Art of Leadership Women' in Calgary.
Next month, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, whose memoir 'Unlike the Rest: A Doctor's Story' is available now, will speak at 'The Art of Leadership Women' in Calgary.
Oriuwa became the valedictorian of her medical school class and received another honour, too.
Mattel created a Barbie doll in her likeness, part of a series acknowledging frontline health-care heroes.
'As a little girl, I would spend a lot of my time playing with Barbies, but I never actually had a Barbie that looked like me,' she said.
'To then fast forward 20 years—to have this opportunity where I could have a Barbie made in my likeness, that was incredibly surreal.'
Oriuwa is a guest speaker at The Art of Leadership Women conference at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary on June 9.
Her memoir is Unlike the Rest: A Doctor's Story.
