Mentorship Without Borders: How Global Training at McGill Sparked a Movement in Pediatric Rheumatology Across Africa
Presenter: Dr. Angela Migowa, MBChB, MMed, Paed Rheum-PGME, PhD Pediatric Rheumatologist Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Paediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director Assistant Professor, Aga Khan University East Africa Founder President of the Paediatric Society of the African League Against Rheumatism
Date and Time: June 10, 2026 at 9am PST or 12pm EST (1 hour)
Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/81881761720
The Hillman Global Child Health Memorial Lectureship is hosted by the Global Child Health Program at McGill University and the Institute for Global Health at BC Children’s & Women’s Hospital (IGH-CW). It celebrates longstanding partnerships in global child health between our institutions and partners in Sub-Saharan Africa. It honors the legacy of Drs. Don and Elizabeth Hillman, whose leadership, mentorship, and international collaborations advanced child health and medical education in Canada and across Sub-Saharan Africa. They played a key role in developing medical schools and pediatric training programs across Africa (including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia) and in Canada. Both held distinguished academic positions at several Canadian universities and were recognized nationally and internationally for their contributions, including being awarded the Order of Canada. Beyond their formal work, their most lasting impact was mentoring generations of physicians and health professionals committed to improving child health worldwide. Established by Drs. Robert Armstrong, Stuart MacLeod, Tex Kissoon and Charles Larson, with deep commitments to Global Child Health and all our institutions, the lectureship recognizes the Hillmans’ enduring contributions and commitment to improving child health worldwide.
