The Canadian guide to getting into Canadian medical school.
Premed Mentor: The Comprehensive Guide to Canadian Medical School Admissions is 100% Canadian: written by two Canadians who trained here, built for Canadian premeds, and focused on Canadian medical schools. It covers what to do, when to do it, and how to stay yourself along the way. Coming spring 2027.
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Why a Canadian guide matters
Much of the premed advice out there is American, or comes from people who left Canada or never applied here. But getting into a Canadian medical school works differently: provincial and territorial residency rules, school-by-school application systems, Casper, MMIs, French-language programs and a famously competitive applicant pool. Premed Mentor has a singular focus: the Canadian premed.
100% Canadian
Written in Canada by two authors educated and trained at Canadian universities and medical schools, for Canadian applicants.
Built around Canadian schools
Focused on how Canadian faculties of medicine actually select students, from applications and residency rules to interviews.
From first year to acceptance
Plan your degree, build meaningful experiences, and approach the MCAT, Casper, essays and interviews with a clear strategy.
What’s inside
Everything a Canadian premed needs, from first-year courses to interview day. Key topics include:
- How medical education works in Canada
- Applying to medical schools in Quebec
- Building a complete record of your experiences
- GPA, and why it matters so much
- Planning your undergraduate degree
- Graduate school
- Writing the MCAT
- CVs, autobiographical sketches, verifiers and referees
- Admissions essays
- Casper and other situational judgment tests
- Interviews
- Alternate admissions pathways for equity-deserving groups
- Study habits, reapplying, and staying well
- Applying to US and international schools as a Canadian
Where to buy
Coming spring 2027 from Brush Education. Once it’s released, you’ll find it online and in-store: ask for it at your local independent bookstore, or order from one of the retailers below. Join the newsletter to hear the moment it’s out.
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Free resources
A curated, growing list of the best free tools, guides and official sources for Canadian premeds.
Web Extras
Templates, spreadsheets and curated lists that accompany the book. Request the Web Extras password, and we'll email it to you.
Two Canadians who've mentored the journey
Colin Whaley
Physician, researcher and educator, trained in internal medicine at the University of Toronto and respirology at the University of Ottawa. He has mentored more than one hundred students on their way to professional and graduate programs.
Liam Taylor Ralph
Canadian researcher and artist. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto and postdoctoral research at the Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases.