Northern Routes

NOSM MD Program receives full accreditation: What happens next?

NOSM became the first medical school to complete a two-step virtual accreditation visit for an MD program late last year. This extensive, voluntary peer-evaluation process is critical to ensuring compliance with accepted standards for educational quality. Through accreditation, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) provides assurance to medical students, graduates, the medical profession, health-care institutions, health authorities, regulatory authorities and—importantly, the public—that educational programs culminating in the award of the MD degree meet reasonable, generally-accepted, and appropria...

Facing acts of hatred: Be courageous, compassionate and kind.

This has been a sad month with the discovery of remains of 215 Indigenous children on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia and the senseless tragedy that took place in London, Ontario with the deaths of four members of a Muslim family and one nine-year-old badly injured and orphaned. These events occurring at the same time as pandemic-related conflicts, including anti-Asian racism, the conflict in Gaza, Black Lives Matter, mental health surges, and long-term care challenges have exposed the tragic impacts on both our young, aged and vulnerable populations. I...

Congratulations Class of 2021! Welcome to your new Profession!

In the next few weeks, we celebrate the Class of 2021. We enthusiastically congratulate 66 newly minted physicians, 73 resident doctors completing their programs, and 12 registered dietitians. Each of these soon to be graduates has demonstrated integrity and perseverance throughout this pandemic, and are moving on as captivating, courageous, compassionate changemakers. They have adjusted to the realities of working and learning during COVID-19, an ongoing lockdown, and managing constant uncertainty all in pursuit of a health-care profession that has become one of the riskiest and most dangerous in the world. These amazing graduates...