Arlington Franklin Dungy

Arlington Franklin Dungy (born c. 1932-3) was a Canadian dentist and advocate inclusivity in the medical community. Specializing in paediatric dentistry, he began his practice in Toronto before becoming chief of dentistry at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa. In academia, he held key leadership roles at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, serving as the dean of alumni and student affairs, and later as associate dean of professional affairs. During his tenure, he co-founded the university’s Indigenous admissions program and established two scholarships aimed at increasing indigenous representation in Canada’s medical profession. He was affectionately known as "Arlie" by those close to him. Graduating in 1956, he became one of the first known Black graduates from the school's Faculty of Dentistry. He later obtained a specialist diploma in paediatric dentistry in 1970, also from the University of Toronto.

Career After graduating with his DDS, Dungy had a long professional career in dentistry. He became the chief of paedodontics at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children in 1969. Dungy was then recruited as Chief of Dentistry for Ottawa’s Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in 1981.

Dungy's academic career spanned 25 years. First as an adjunct professor of surgery at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, he then went on to help found a student affairs office. In 2006, he became the first director of the Indigenous Admissions program at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine. Dungy was the first director of this program.