Here are 5 medical questions from the Canadian citizenship test for foreigners. Do you know the answers?
1. Who was the first Canadian woman to practise medicine in Canada and what else is she famous for?
2. Which medical doctor (nicknamed the “Man of Bronze”) used to be Canada’s most-decorated Olympian for several years?
3. Which surgeon was known as “the greatest living Canadian.”
4. Which Canadian invented the pacemaker?
5. Who discovered insulin?
The pass mark is 75%. You need to get 4 out of 5 correct answers.
I am a dual citizen of Canada and South Africa but, metaphorically, of illness and wellness.
“Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.”
― Illness as Metaphor
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