Northern Routes

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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Residency and Road Trips

Northern Ontario is full of the warm, bright splendor of the summer season: hot, sometimes humid days and cool summer nights with brilliant hues of pink, purple, yellow, and blue in the skies over our backyards. It’s the perfect time for road trips, both for new residents and myself. Summer is the end of the MD program academic year and the beginning of the postgraduate training year. NOSM University welcomes 81 new and returning residents to communities across Northern Ontario this year. The transition into residency can be both exciting and terrifying. As students, we work under close supervision, and that changes in residency. As...

Simply the Best

I hope you have been enjoying the lovely month of June! May was a remarkably busy month for NOSM University. We had many firsts, from the NOSM University Achievement Celebration at Northern Constellations, to a graduation celebration in Thunder Bay, to our inaugural convocation in Sudbury, at which we installed our inaugural Chancellor, Dr. Cindy Blackstock. What a whirlwind of celebrations! Again: my heartfelt congratulations to all our new doctors! As many of you know, NOSM University had a cyber-security incident a few weeks ago. Rest assured that our IT team—the best in my books—is still working around the clock. Th...