Alumni Stories
“I feel a gravitation to small towns because of what you can do…”
Source: Northern Ontario Medical Journal | 2017/07/26 Written by: Norm Tollinsky “I feel a gravitation to small towns because of what you can do with family medicine in a rural environment,” said Francois, who grew up in Terrace Bay and Marathon. “You can work in the Emergency Department, find a niche and gear your practice to that. Plus, when you are working with a team of physicians in a small town, you really work together as a team to support each other.” Working as a registered nurse with physicians at the Marathon Family Health Team turned out to be a life-changing experience for Francois Doiron. “It wa...
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Giving back to her community.
Source: Northern Ontario Medical Journal | 2016/06/10 Written by: Norm Tollinsky A member of the Pic River First Nation, Zoe is proud of her Aboriginal heritage and looks forward to giving back to her community. Becoming a doctor was most likely the furthest thing from her mind as Zoe Michano-Furlotte daydreamed during the two or more hours she spent commuting from Caramat to high school in Geraldton every day. Doubting she was cut out for university, Zoe enrolled in a fitness and health promotion program at Fanshawe College in London, but moved back to Northern Ontario “because (she) missed (her) family so much....
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“If you have a dream, you can achieve it with dedication and perseverance no matter what the challenges are.”
Source: Northern Ontario Medical Journal | 2014/07/01 Written by: Norm Tollinsky “If you have a dream, you can achieve it with dedication and perseverance no matter what the challenges are.” That, according to Northern Ontario School of Medicine grad Dr. Catherine McGuire of Thunder Bay, is the advice she would share with anyone contemplating a career in medicine. An aptitude test in high school to determine what career she would be suited for pointed to medicine. “Unfortunately, I was discouraged from going that route because, according to my guidance counsellor, my family didn’t have the necessary resources...
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