Empowering Health Equity
As many of you may know, rural and remote medicine holds a special place in my heart. During my eight years as a family physician in Moose Factory and Kashechewan, I saw firsthand how communities along the James Bay Coast interacted with health care, and the profound human impact of economic and social barriers in some of t...
> Read the latest edition of Northern Routes: Empowering Health Equity
NOSM University’s Thunder Bay campus closed Friday, February 28, 2025
Due to the winter storm affecting Thunder Bay, and Lakehead University's closure, NOSM University’s campus in Thunder Bay is closed for the remainder of today. The Sudbury campus remains open. Any changes to academic programming will be communicated directly to learners, faculty, and standardized patients by the program...
> Read more about today's closure.
Join the NOSM University Board of Governors
Make a Difference in Northern Ontario NOSM University is Canada’s first independent medical university, dedicated to transforming health-care education and delivery in Northern Ontario. Guided by innovation, inclusivity, and social accountability, we aim to improve access to quality health care. We are seeking dedicat...
> Read more about joining the Board of Governors.
President’s Lecture Series – Health Equity: Improving Care for Indigenous Children
NOSM University hosted its fifth annual President’s Lecture Series on February 4, 2025. A student-led initiative, this year’s theme, Health Equity: Improving Care for Indigenous Children, emphasized the importance of amplifying Indigenous experiences and perspectives, while highlighting the persistent work of communi...
> Read more about this year's President's Lecture Series
Community recruiters connect with first year medical students
Debbie Inman has been a Human Resources Manager for the NorWest Community Health Centres for the past 34 years. Recruiting for the communities of Longlac, Thunder Bay, Armstrong and Kakabeka, Debbie says it has become harder to recruit physicians to rural towns. Longlac, with a population of 1,316 people, requires on...
> Read more about working in the North
Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament Scores Big
More than $520,000 raised to support NOSM U medical students in Sault Ste. Marie From January 20-25, 2025, the 19th annual Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament brought together 28 teams at the John Rhodes Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Volunteer employees and retirees of Algoma Steel came together with a shared goa...
> Read more about the tournament.
NOSM University respectfully acknowledges that the entirety of the University’s wider campus of Northern Ontario is on the homelands of First Nations and Métis Peoples. The university buildings are located on the territory of Fort William First Nation in Thunder Bay and the Anishinabek Nation, specifically Atikameksheng and Wahnapitae First Nations, in Sudbury.
NOSM University is a proud recipient of the 2019 Charles Boelen International Social Accountability Award, presented by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. In 2013, NOSM University received the prestigious ASPIRE award, which recognizes international excellence in social accountability and medical education.
