NOSM Board of Directors Celebrates Successful Year

Every Piece is Essential

Using a combination of web- and teleconference connectivity across Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its Annual Members and Board of Directors meetings on Wednesday, September 20, 2017.

In accordance with Board policy, Ken Boshcoff, Pierre Dumais, Gary Boissoneau, and Derek Handley were reappointed as Directors. Dr. Moira McPherson and Dr. Pierre Zundel, Board Chair and Vice Chair respectively, will extend their roles until January 2018 as Zundel settles into his new role as Interim President and Vice-Chancellor at Laurentian University.

The audited financial statements for the year ending April 30, 2017 were approved as presented, and the Board approved the auditors for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2018. Bruce Sutton, Chair of the Board’s Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee, recognized the excellent work being done by NOSM’s Finance Unit, led by Ray Hunt, Chief Operating Officer, and Joe Lipinski, Director of Finance.

Board members received updates on the many successes celebrated at NOSM over the past year, including the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program’s 10^th graduating class of Registered Dietitians. Board members and invited guests received copies of three new NOSM publications: Northern Passages, Report to Northern Ontario, and Achievement Report 2017.

At the meeting, McPherson congratulated Dr. Roger Strasser, NOSM’s Dean, on behalf of the Board’s Executive Committee, on achieving his performance goals of 2016/2017. “The Executive Committee commends Dean Strasser for his accomplishments over the past year. There are a wide range of activities happening across the School, which speaks to NOSM’s commitment to socially accountable education and research across the North,” she said. “The continued success of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine as a whole is also a result of the dedication of the School’s teams of staff and faculty members.”

Prior to the official Board meeting, all members were invited to attend a NOSM Check Up—a quarterly meeting which provides a broad range of information to NOSM’s staff and full-time faculty. The NOSM Check Up, with the theme Every Piece is Essential, provided an opportunity for Board members to hear updates from the Healthy Workplace Group, Administration, Advancement, Francophone Affairs, and Dr. Alex Anawati, NOSM alumnus and Board member.

The next Board of Directors meeting will be a two-day session held in Thunder Bay on November 30 and December 1, 2017.

For a complete list of Board members, please visit our website at nosm.ca/board.