Northern Routes

Our Year of Making History

Bonjour, Aanin, Boozhoo, Tanshi, Kwe Kwe, Hello, To make history is to do something important that has not been done before and will be remembered for a long time. This year—2022—is the year that we, NOSM University, are making history. Imaginative. Inventive. Inquisitive. Inspiring. That’s what I think of the 58 newly-minted MDs who are graduating this week. Please join me as we tip our hats to this 14th graduating class. This marks 838 MD grads since 2009. All of you are about to join your chosen profession, a calling to which you may feel very proud. If you work hard, take good care of yourself and remain humble, y...

We are barreling toward certain climate catastrophe—NOSM University is digging in

And, news on the national residency match “Humanity is waging war on nature. This is senseless and suicidal. The consequences of our recklessness are already apparent in human suffering, towering economic losses and the accelerating erosion of life on Earth.” – UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, February 2021 Bonjour, Aanin, Boozhoo, Tanshi, Kwe Kwe, Hello, The pristine air of Northern Ontario was choked again last summer. Due in part to prolonged drought linked to climate change, forest fires raged through areas of the North, wolfing down hundreds of thousands of hectares of wooded habitat on sacred land. In August 202...

NOSM University’s Momentum— a thrilling series of events!

You might recognize this formula: p=mv, or momentum (p) is equal to mass (m) times velocity (v). So: a moving thing picks up speed (v) when something is added to it (m), and the more that happens, the stronger that thing’s momentum (p). Our medical school was already moving forward. And then… On March 4, 2022 the province made NOSM University Canada’s first independent medical university, effective April 1, 2022. Then, just eleven days later, we were told that NOSM University will expand to add 30 medical degree seats and 41 residency spots over the next five years. That’s a big jump: NOSM currently enrolls 64 MD studen...