An original and daring initiative, thought up by first- and second-year medical students at McGill University, is enjoying such enormous success that it will be officially integrated into the Faculty’s study program in 2010. Community Health Action Partnership (CHAP) plunges medical students into the heart of the most destitute and vulnerable communities through weekly three-hour meetings with community organizations who are in direct contact with them on a daily basis. Supplemented by seminars on the causes of this social and economic disparity and the means for intervening more efficiently, the initiative has led to a better understanding of the situation and the stakes involved and will thus help better prepare the doctors of tomorrow. Dialogue between the Faculty of Medicine and community organizations has never been more concretely focused on finding solutions for meeting the most blatant of needs. The CHAP project has been unanimously applauded by both the teaching staff and community organizations and has paved the way for a medical practice that is better adapted to the population it has chosen to serve… as a vocation.