Northern Routes

Residents. The nucleus of health care.

This week is Resident Doctors Appreciation 2022—a perfect time to acknowledge our residents’ hard work and their dedication to providing compassionate patient care across the region. In many cases, especially during the pandemic, residents have made the difference when it comes to keeping hospitals open in Northern Ontario. Residents are an integral part of the health-care system. As new physicians working towards their independent practice, they continue to learn a variety of specialized knowledge and skills, and they often serve as teachers for medical students during their clinical clerkship. Since COVID-19 changed the wo...

One, two, three: We’re all in.

The Avengers may be the world’s favourite superhero team. Or, is it the Justice League or the X-Men? What they have in common is the collection of a diverse group of heroes working toward a common purpose. If you don’t know, The Avengers use their various skills and superpowers to address a villain threatening the future. They know to trust in the people around them and they become the ultimate superhero team. Superhero teams can teach us how to look splendid in capes and spandex and about the value of teams themselves and being part of a movement that makes a difference. Being part of a team, participating in a plan, being ...

Welcome to the New Year! 2022, here we come!

I would like to say welcome back to school, but the latest on Omicron and COVID-19 restrictions feel more like welcome back to 2021! Effective Wednesday, January 5, for at least 21 days—until January 26, 2022—subject to trends in public health and health system indicators, Ontario is reducing social gathering limits to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors, and limiting capacity at organized public events to five people indoors. We are back to working from home, which requires businesses and organizations to ensure employees work remotely unless the nature of their work requires them to be on-site. Capacity restrictions,...