Media Releases
NOSM Announces First Vice Dean, Academic
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Catherine (Cathy) Cervin as the School’s First Vice Dean, Academic, effective January 1, 2018. The Vice Dean, Academic position will enhance NOSM’s focus on fulfilling the School’s social accountability mandate, while continuing to achieve the academic mission. “It is with great excitement that I congratulate Dr. Cervin on her new role as Vice Dean, Academic,” says Dr. Roger Strasser, NOSM Dean. “In this new role, Dr. Cervin will assume many of my direct responsibilities in overseeing day-to-day academic functions, while I dedic...
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NOSM Francophone Reference Group Celebrates New Chair and Strategic Plan
It is with great excitement that the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) announces the appointment of Monique Rocheleau as Chair of the Francophone Reference Group (FRG). Rocheleau, Assistant Executive Director for the Réseau du mieux-être francophone du Nord de l’Ontario—the Francophone planning entity for health-care services in Northern Ontario—has been a member of NOSM’s Francophone Reference Group since 2014. The Francophone Reference Group serves as a resource for the medical school in the fulfilment of its social accountability mandate as it relates to Francophone health education and research. Reporting to th...
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Sault Ste. Marie Raises $26,000 for Home-Grown NOSM Docs
Last month in Sault Ste. Marie, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) celebrated the volunteers of the Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament at an event called Be Awesome with NOSM. At this event, the tournament volunteers presented NOSM with a cheque for $26,000 to support student bursaries for medical students who consider Sault Ste. Marie home. Each year, volunteer employees, retirees, and friends lace up their skates to participate in the charity Bring a Doctor Home hockey tournament that raises donations for medical students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine who hail from Sault Ste. Marie. In the last twelve ye...
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