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NOSM University’s CampMed Marks 20 Years of Encouraging Youth to Dream Big

For 20 years, NOSM University’s CampMed has inspired high-school students to choose careers in health care. Designed for youth from Northern, rural, and remote parts of Ontario, the annual summer camp gives grades 10 and 11 students a hands-on preview of careers in a variety of health-care fields and medical specialties. This year, CampMed takes place July 6-10 in Sudbury and July 13-17 in Thunder Bay. “My time at CampMed reinforced my passion for medicine and set me up for a lifelong career in health care,” says Dr. Alyssa Labelle, who is from Sudbury. A previous camper and volunteer at CampMed, Dr. Labelle went on to graduat...

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Expanding access to health care in the North

$123K invested in Physician Assistant training in Northern Ontario The Consortium of Physician Assistant Education—a collaboration between the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (U of T) and NOSM University—has received $123,000 from the Ontario Ministry of Health to establish a dedicated Northern Stream for Physician Assistant (PA) training in Northern Ontario. Having welcomed its first class in 2010, the Bachelor of Science Physician Assistant (BScPA) program is a full-time undergraduate degree program at the University of Toronto. The program, delivered through this unique partnership, combines acad...

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Niigaanegabow Indigenous Leadership Award helps fund medical education for future Indigenous physicians at NOSM University

A major financial award from the CMA Foundation, the Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA) Foundation, recognizes medical students at NOSM University who demonstrate exceptional leadership within Indigenous communities. Named the Niigaanegabow Indigenous Leadership Award, the $250,000 grant will support two Indigenous medical students annually for five years and demonstrates CMA Foundation’s ongoing commitment to advancing reconciliation in Indigenous health and wellness. Nii-gaa-ne-ga-bow means “one that stands in front” in Anishinaabemowin, and reflects leadership, courage, and the responsibility of those who lead within an...