Recruitment event for NOSM University medical learners aligns education with local needs
Physician recruiters from communities across Northern Ontario met with NOSM University medical learners on the evening of Thursday, November 13, 2025, at an event designed to support physician recruitment in the North. The Northern Ontario Community Concierge and Connection Event, hosted in Sudbury, featured physician recruiters from more than 30 communities across Northern Ontario—from Hearst to Kenora. The inaugural event responded to community recruiters’ requests for a Northern Ontario–based forum to connect with NOSM University learners, providing space for communities to engage directly with the next generation of phys...
> Read MoreResearchers Mark Two Decades of Tracking NOSM University MD students’ success
When NOSM University opened its doors in 2005, it premiered a new model of distributed, community-engaged medical education in Northern Ontario. Established with an explicit social accountability mandate to improve health equity, NOSM University educates future physicians, dietitians, and health-care professionals for practise in rural, Northern, Francophone, and Indigenous communities. As part of NOSM University’s social accountability mandate, researchers began tracking students and graduates to understand the long-term impacts of the model by conducting a longitudinal research study that is now internationally renowned. The study...
> Read MoreCelebrate 20 Years in the North at NOSM University’s Open House
Northern Ontario, you’re invited to celebrate two decades of impact at NOSM University’s 20th Anniversary Open House. Explore our campuses, connect with the community that built Canada’s first independent medical university, and look ahead to the next 20 years of innovation in the North. Date: Friday, November 21, 2025 Time: 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Locations: NOSM University in Thunder Bay, 955 Oliver Road NOSM University in Sudbury, 935 Ramsey Lake Road RSVP...
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