Unlike the Rest
A Doctor's Story

Wow. I loved reading this book on Dr Oriuwa’s life. It made me cognizant and reflect on my privileges and barriers as a young Chinese woman with an invisible disability in Canada, and how I too can keep going even when I feel like giving up. This book served to me as an inspiration and guide as to h......more

A touching a memoir. Chika’s story is one of courage, determination, and justice. A deeply personal account of a racialized University of Toronto experience, in modern times. This volume just shows how far are we still need to go for quality and equal treatment of our BIPOC sisters and brothers as w......more

From childhood, Chika Oriuwa dreamed of being a doctor. Every toy she owned was a make-believe patient for her to practice her role as a junior physician in training. As a little girl in Ottawa she knew that she was destined to wear the white coat one day, no matter what it took, but she didn’t real......more

Chika is the daughter of Nigerian immigrant parents. She went to Mac for Health Sci and applied for med school, but did not get in. A year later, she applied again and got accepted into both U Ottawa and U of T. Her happiness is dimmed when she realises at orientation ceremonies that she is the only......more

From my understanding, Dr. Oriuwa completed some of her medical school in the same clinic where I see my family doc. It was really cool to listen to her story and simultaneously think about where I was, what I was doing at the time because I occupied many of the same spaces as her (not including med......more