Northern Routes
Connecting Across the North
Autumn is well underway, and it’s been a busy few months at NOSM University. Our students and residents are settling into their learning; our faculty and staff are supporting another academic year, and there is plenty happening across Northern Ontario. I’ve also had the opportunity to spend time in several Northern Ontario communities, meet with colleagues and partners, and take part in some great events. It’s always a pleasure to connect with people and hear about the work happening across the North. Time well spent in Northern communities In September, I had the opportunity to spend time in Sioux Lookout, Dryden, Fort France...
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Welcome to Much More than Another Academic Year
I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful summer. As September begins, I'm delighted to welcome new and returning students, residents and faculty to another academic year. Whether you are joining the NOSM University community for the first time or returning to familiar faces and places, you are an important part of our shared mission. The beginning of an academic year always brings a renewed sense of possibility. It is time for new relationships, new challenges and new opportunities to learn, teach and grow. Across Northern Ontario, we are united by a commitment to social accountability and to improving health outcomes for the pe...
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Full Circle
As summer arrives across Northern Ontario, I find myself looking forward to something many of us look forward to this time of year: a slightly different pace, a little more time outdoors, and an opportunity to reconnect with the people and places that matter most. This photo captures one of those moments for me. The image on the right was taken in 1996 at the water taxi dock in Moose Factory during my first year in practice there. The photo on the left was taken 30 years later, in the same place. A lot has changed over those three decades. Medicine has changed. Northern Ontario has changed. And, as the photos clearly show, I hav...
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