Northern Routes
Welcome to Much More than Another Academic Year
I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful summer. As September begins, I'm delighted to welcome new and returning students, residents and faculty to another academic year. Whether you are joining the NOSM University community for the first time or returning to familiar faces and places, you are an important part of our shared mission. The beginning of an academic year always brings a renewed sense of possibility. It is time for new relationships, new challenges and new opportunities to learn, teach and grow. Across Northern Ontario, we are united by a commitment to social accountability and to improving health outcomes for the pe...
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Full Circle
As summer arrives across Northern Ontario, I find myself looking forward to something many of us look forward to this time of year: a slightly different pace, a little more time outdoors, and an opportunity to reconnect with the people and places that matter most. This photo captures one of those moments for me. The image on the right was taken in 1996 at the water taxi dock in Moose Factory during my first year in practice there. The photo on the left was taken 30 years later, in the same place. A lot has changed over those three decades. Medicine has changed. Northern Ontario has changed. And, as the photos clearly show, I hav...
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Celebrating Our Graduates and Building the Future Together
Over the past few weeks, I have had the privilege of taking part in some of the most meaningful moments in the academic year at NOSM University. From our ceremonies to convocation, in both Thunder Bay and Sudbury, these events offered an opportunity to celebrate achievement and reflect on the growing impact NOSM University continues to have across Northern Ontario. To the graduating class of 2026, congratulations. Your journey to this moment has required dedication, resilience, sacrifice, and an extraordinary commitment to caring for others. It was inspiring to see graduates cross the stage surrounded by proud families, friends,...
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