Francophone Features
New Francophone Project supports high school students in acquiring new skills
Starting September 2024, NOSM University will offer medical discovery programs to students in French-language high schools enrolled in the Specialist High Skills Major in Health and Well-being and Grade 10 students in the Career Choices course. The project, “Trace ton parcours vers la médecine,” will offer workshops to engage students in health-care practices, stimulate their interest in health professions, and increase their potential of becoming doctors. The project will take place in 10 schools across Northern Ontario, reaching at least 50 students. Led by NOSM University’s Francophone Affairs Unit and Francophone medical...
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Dr. Melanie Langille Named NOSM University’s New Global Health Coordinator
NOSM University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Melanie Langille as Global Health Coordinator, effective July 1, 2024. A NOSM University alumna, Dr. Langille is a bilingual hospitalist physician at Health Sciences North and a palliative care physician at Maison McCulloch Hospice. Dr. Langille is also an Assistant Professor at NOSM University and the Health Sciences North Hospitalist Clinical Educator Lead. Her global health experience includes a diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and providing inpatient care and education in northern Ghana. On behalf of the NOSM University community, we extend an immense thank y...
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National Award Recognizes NOSM University’s Contributions to Northern Ontario’s Francophone Community
(L-R) Danielle Barbeau-Rodrigue, Director of the Francophone Affairs Unit, Dr. Nicole Ranger, Faculty Lead for the Francophone Curricular Initiative, and Dr. Sarita Verma, President, Vice-Chancellor, Dean, and CEO of NOSM University, stand with an award from the Societé Santé en français. NOSM University is the proud co-recipient of a national prize for excellence in Francophone community engagement. The Prix de l’engagement de la communauté, awarded annually by the Société Santé en français, recognizes success in ensuring quality services for the Francophone community in a minority-language context. The award goes to org...
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