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Delegates from Around the World Explore Thunder Bay on the Portage Express, a Community Journey
On Friday, October 12, to Saturday, October 13, 2012, delegates from the Rendez-Vous 2012 world conference will visit various community organizations and cultural sites across Thunder Bay and area, through a program called Portage Express. Ranging from Aboriginal and Francophone culture, interactive historical displays and treks in the wilderness to health education, research and technology, Northern search and rescue, and on through hospital-centred care, each of these journeys will introduce delegates from around the world to life in our North. More than 30 locations will receive Rendez-Vous 2012 delegates, with some locations such ...
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NOSM Holds Francophone Symposium at Rendez-Vous 2012
Community Stakeholders and Conference Delegates from Around the World Consider Francophone Health On Wednesday, October 10, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) welcomed community stakeholders and Rendez-Vous 2012 conference delegates with an interest in Francophone health to the School's fourth Francophone Symposium, held in Thunder Bay. This one-day event encouraged participants to examine current best practices and the resulting impact of service, education, and research on the health status of Francophones in Northern Ontario and around the world. Introduced by Jacqueline Gauthier, Chair of NOSM's Francoph...
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First Response Addressing Health Emergencies in Remote Aboriginal Community
Counter to a tide of reports on health crises in remote First Nations communities, one isolated Ontario community is partnering with Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) researchers to develop the skills and resilience to manage health emergencies locally. "Members of the Sachigo Lake First Nation are gaining skills that are usually only made available only to paramedic professionals. Call 911 in Sachigo Lake and you get a busy signal, no sirens and no paramedics," says Dr. Aaron Orkin, a NOSM researcher who led the project with Dr. David VanderBurgh. "In an emergency, survival in Sachigo Lake depends on laypeoples' skills...
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