Communications and External Relations

Use our Content

Our team produces a wide range of stories, articles, videos, and photos through its various channels. We invite you to republish these articles or content for free.

• Media Portal: Find NOSM University logos, images, and B-roll.
• President’s Reports
• The NOSM Challenge: Strategic Plan 2025
• Dean and Executive Group
• Background

When republishing, kindly note the following guidelines:

• We ask that none of our content is edited, with the exception of relative changes to time, location, or editorial style. For example, it’s no problem to change “yesterday” to “last week,” etc.
• If you publish online, we kindly ask that you link to the original source. For example, if the content is from The Scope, we ask that you link to nosm.ca/thescope.
• We ask that none of our materials be sold separately.
• Others?

If you have any questions or concerns about using our content, please don’t be shy to get in touch with us

NOSM’s visual identity—its brand—reflects who we are, what we do, and what value we offer as a socially accountable educational organization committed to the education of high-quality physicians and health professionals.

A well-developed brand is built on the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s vision, mission, and values. NOSM’s visual identity plays an important role in shaping the image of the School. The Visual Identity Guide is the foundation for implementation of NOSM’s brand.

It is vital that Northern Ontario School of Medicine express itself clearly and consistently through a seamless, structured system. This Visual Identity Guide provides context for many forms of external and internal graphic communication from NOSM.

At the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, we’ve got lots of information and news to share, and many people who help get the message out about the School.

In order to help the School’s many internal stakeholders communicate with our partners and collaborators, the Communications Unit has created a NOSM Editorial Style Guide to help internal content creators feel comfortable putting pen to paper (or in modern times, putting fingers to the keyboard).

NOSM’s style is derived primarily from the Canadian Press (CP) Stylebook—which is used by journalists and members of the media across the country—mixed with our own organizational style. However, language is constantly changing and evolving, which means that there will always be exceptions to the rules. 

The Communications Unit leads and implements the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s (NOSM) efforts with regard to all formal (or “official”) internal and external communications, consistent with the School’s strategic goals and priorities.

NOSM Communications works to promote, enhance, and protect the School’s reputation as a leader in distributed, community-engaged education and research. The Communications staff strive to create communications that enhance the cohesiveness of the whole School and develop and support communications strategies and tactics that are necessary to the success of a socially accountable model of medical education.

• Crisis communications support
• Design and Canadian Press style training
• Editing
• Employee engagement strategies
• Graphic design
• Marketing
• Media relations
• Media training/counsel
• Photography services
• Presentation training/assistance:
• Promotional items
• Publications and conference reports
• Signage
• Strategic communications planning
• Social media
• Tours
• Translation
• Videography services
• Website management
• Writing services

To seek Communications support, don’t be shy to submit a request, or get in touch with the Communications staff.

The Communications and External Relations Unit is here to support you in spreading the word about the incredible work that you do here at the School. Our team will deliver high-quality messaging in a variety of formats, from a brochure to a multi-piece campaign.

Our team will work with you to determine your communications or marketing goals, develop a strategy, and deliver a high-quality communications plan.  Please provide all pertinent information regarding your request so that we can help you better.

When providing content, please ensure:

• Copy has been approved and finalized by all stakeholders

Copy is supplied in a Word document
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​​​​​​​Please complete the online form to outline the details of your project/request.