Other Funds to Support

CampMed is NOSM University’s annual summer camp that inspires high school students to consider a future as a health-care professional. The camp provides Northern Ontario and rural and remote students of Canada with an opportunity to obtain hands-on experience, receive mentorship, and explore Indigenous culture, Francophone culture, health and tradition, and health-care careers.

We hope that you will consider contributing to this important work of inspiring the youth of Northern Ontario to see themselves as the health-care professionals of the future.

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NOSM University’s Dietetic Practicum Program (DPP) trains the next generation of Registered Dietitians, who play an essential role in enhancing the nutritional health and resilience of Northern Ontarians.

Our dietetic learners deserve the same opportunities as students at larger institutions, with access to scholarships, bursaries, and awards that ease their financial burden. Unlike their peers in other health care professions, dietetic learners do not receive financial compensation during their training, have access to government student-financial aid, or have opportunities for Northern-retention initiatives once practicing as a Dietitian. 

The financial strain is significant. The average DPP learner graduates with substantial debt that adds stress to their training experience and future practice. For learners with young families or those relocating from outside Northern Ontario, the barriers are even greater. Yet, these are the learners who often choose to remain and serve our communities after graduation.

It’s time to give our dietetic learners the support they need and deserve. Join us in closing the gap. Your investment will reduce financial stress, foster equity, and ensure the next generation of dietitians can fill the growing need in Northern Ontario. Together, we can create a healthier, more equitable future for our region.

For more information on the DPP program click here: Dietetic Practicum Program | NOSM U

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Established in 2024 with the retirement of Dr. Sarita Verma, NOSM University’s inaugural President, Vice-Chancellor, CEO, and second Dean of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Dr. Verma served as Dean from July 1, 2019, to March 30, 2022, then became President, Vice-Chancellor, Dean, and CEO when NOSM was proclaimed Canada’s first independent medical University on April 1, 2022.

The Dr. Sarita Verma Awards for Distinguished Leadership have been established to recognize and celebrate outstanding leadership qualities among learners, staff, and faculty members at NOSM University. These awards aim to honor individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, contributed significantly to the University community, and served as inspiring role models for others.

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This fund supports research at the Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity.

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The Library Resource Fund helps the library purchase resources to train the next generation of health-care professionals. Support ensures that faculty and learners can access relevant and up-to-date health resources and research.  

By investing in the growth of our digital library collection, you help provide access to the evidence needed to investigate a question, learn and teach health-related concepts, or diagnosis and treat an illness. The virtual collection directly supports the education, research, and clinical activities of library users by providing access to online books and journals, from anywhere across Northern Ontario, when it is needed most. 

To learn about the services provided by NOSM University’s Health Sciences Library, please visit the library website. 

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The Master of Medical Studies (MMS) program provides foundational research skills for those with health sciences backgrounds who want to develop a robust approach to answering health care questions. The program focuses on developing the necessary skills to acquire grant funding, obtain ethics approval, develop a research question and appropriate methodology, complete the research study, and finally write and present the results at conferences and in publication.

The focus of the research component of the MMS program is to conduct socially accountable, community engaged, and clinically relevant research. The courses for the MMS have been designed to specifically provide students with the knowledge and skills to conduct independent clinical research. For more information click here: Master of Medical Studies | NOSM U

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Primarily working in hospital cancer care centres, medical physicists have specialized education in the application of physics to health care. NOSM University works in collaboration with Health Sciences North and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre to provide the Medical Physics Residency Education Program (MPREP), which offers education in the clinical application of medical physics with a particular focus on radiation oncology. Learners in this program learn how to apply physics to the processes that constitute a radiation treatment program, including development of individualized patient radiation treatment plans, computation of radiation doses, verification of the accuracy of radiation treatments, maintenance of a comprehensive quality assurance program, and ensuring appropriate radiation safety in facility design and equipment operation, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements

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The Physician Workforce Strategy was created to solve the issue of physician shortages in Northern Ontario, and particularly in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities. The Strategy helps support the creation of regional clinical networks of care. It aims to find sustainable solutions to physician recruitment and retention and create new forms of health-care education and service delivery, including a Rural Generalist Pathway program, the University’s First Nations residency program, and funding models to support physicians in a maturing medical school, including physicians in rural and remote communities. Overall, the University is looking to build a robust health-care workforce in the region with physicians who, in addition to their regular clinical services, teach the next generation of physicians and research the questions that matter to our communities.

The Physician Workforce strategy is aligned with NOSM University’s mission to improve the health of Northern Ontarians by being socially accountable in our education and research programs and advocating for health equity. The fund is utilized to drive this work.

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Research is at the heart of NOSM University. As Canada’s first and only independent medical university, our research aims to improve health care and health equity across Northern Ontario and Canada. We are doing this by connecting communities, researchers, and hospitals.  

At NOSM University, research is recognized as a critical component of the distributed community-engaged model for which we’re internationally recognized. Researchers are working on critical projects across multiple themes, including: clinical and translational health; biomedical and basic sciences; population and public health; and humanities and social sciences. Your donation directly supports NOSM University researchers in developing better health-care solutions for peoples in Northern, rural, and Indigenous communities.  

The innovative Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity is NOSM University’s central hub for socially accountable and health equity research. It is the first of its kind in Canada—a model for multidisciplinary, community-led, and community-prioritized health and public health multidisciplinary research. The Centre is advancing social accountability research globally and locally by working and collaborating with diverse stakeholders in the broad areas of health professional education, health system transformation, health human resources, social and population health, and social determinants of health. Home to a growing number of research networks, everyone at the Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity is focused on building capacity and providing tools for change. 

Your support of research at NOSM University will go a long way to increasing our ability to do this important work. Together, we will fund researchers to go into remote communities and will train learners to be exceptional researchers and primary care physicians. Join us in creating a better future for Northern Ontarians. 

Contact research@nosm.ca for more information on research projects. 

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The Postgraduate Medical Education Office (PGME Office) of NOSM University is here to support you throughout your residency journey. We also provide core operational support for all of NOSM University’s postgraduate residency training programs.

Along with Program Coordinators and Program Directors, the PGME Office staff and management are here to be helpful, to answer questions and to assist with problem solving.

If you have questions about how the PGME Office can support you, or you need assistance, please contact postgrad@nosm.ca.

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