Season’s Greetings, NOSM University!
As we approach the holidays and a well-deserved break across NOSM University, I am reflecting on my first month as President, Vice-Chancellor, Dean, and CEO. It has been a whirlwind of activity, but it has also been an incredibly rewarding and invigorating experience. Staff, faculty, learners, alumni, community partners, an...
> Read this special holiday edition of Northern Routes.
NOSM University Celebrates Giving Tuesday with Focus on Charter Class Bursary and the Future of Northern Medicine
On December 3, 2024, NOSM University invites you to participate in Giving Tuesday, a global celebration about giving back in support of the causes closest to our hearts. In Northern Ontario, supporting better access to health care closer to home is a cause we can all champion. In anticipation of our 20th anniversary in 2...
> This Giving Tuesday, support Northern Ontario’s future doctors.
NOSM University Dietetic Practicum Program Receives Full National Accreditation
NOSM University is pleased to announce that its Dietetic Practicum Program (DPP) has received full, national accreditation from EQual Accreditation Canada. The decision was made effective November 5, 2024, and is in effect for six years. “This is outstanding news, and testament to the exceptional caliber of health prof...
> Read more about NOSM University Dietetic Practicum Program Full National Accreditation.
Fifty Family Physicians across Northern Ontario Celebrated by Patients
Fifty physicians across Northern Ontario have been honored by the Ontario College of Family Physicians. Of those recognized, 36 are NOSM University faculty members. As part of the Life with a Doctor campaign by the Ontario College of Family Physicians, Ontarians were asked to share how their family doctor has gone above and...
> Read more about the family physicians
Season’s greetings!
NOSM University is closed from Monday, December 23, 2024, up to, and including, Friday, January 3, 2025. The University will resume regular business on Monday, January 6, 2025. Have a safe and happy holiday season and best wishes for 2025!...
> read NOSM University's holiday closure details.
Huntsville, Parry Sound, and Bracebridge Local Education Groups make research possible for clinicians
It is a truth universally acknowledged that good research needs a lot of time and resources. For clinicians working full time in small communities, doing everything required for research is almost impossible. This is where Dr. Lisa Allen comes in. Dr. Allen, who holds a BSc and PhD in Biomolecular Science, is the re...
> Read more about how LEGs make research possible for clinicians.
NOSM University respectfully acknowledges that the entirety of the University’s wider campus of Northern Ontario is on the homelands of First Nations and Métis Peoples. The university buildings are located on the territory of Fort William First Nation in Thunder Bay and the Anishinabek Nation, specifically Atikameksheng and Wahnapitae First Nations, in Sudbury.
NOSM University is a proud recipient of the 2019 Charles Boelen International Social Accountability Award, presented by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. In 2013, NOSM University received the prestigious ASPIRE award, which recognizes international excellence in social accountability and medical education.