Northern Routes
Making a List
Phew: what a year! The latest President’s Report is all about momentum, of which we certainly had plenty this year. In some traditions around the holidays, people keep a running list of “naughty and nice.” In reflecting on the year that was, I have made a list of all the excellent things we achieved together in 2023. Established our first Board of Governors and our first Senate. Appointed our first Provost and inaugurated our first Chancellor at our first convocation. Achieved full eight-year accreditation from the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) for our MD program. Learned ...
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Is summer over already?
We’re back to class. Whether you are a new MD, dietetic, Master of Medical Studies student or continuing your studies with NOSM University, we welcome you. You are starting on a great adventure of learning and exploring; you are now part of a community that values inclusion and health equity. I hope you have a wonderful journey here at Canada’s first and only independent medical university. As we head into fall, it is nice to reenter the work world with a renewed sense of energy and purpose. Summer was swift. Taking advantage of these last few weeks of sun and avoiding the end of summer blues, I asked myself: Did I make it thro...
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A Tour de Force!
This has been an awesome summer! I spent all of it in Northern Ontario, reveling in the sunshine, water and community activities as people emerged from the pandemic and from the heaviness of winter. Like a butterfly from its cocoon, we have all come through some of the most difficult times of our generation yet, we have emerged with a new purpose and new sense of being. At NOSM University, we have revisited the important work of strengthening partnerships and relationships. In early July, I had the pleasure of meeting the new President and Vice Chancellor of Lakehead University, Dr. Gillian Siddall. Dr. Siddall is returning to Lakehe...
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