In the Spotlight
Joy in Community: The Legacy of Dr. Remi Ogundimu
When Nigerian-Canadian pediatrician Dr. A. Oluremi Odulana-Ogundimu (known as Dr. Remi Ogundimu) set out to make Sudbury a home for her family in the 1980s, very few Black people lived there, she says. “When you are in a new place, you look around. You find that you can count people who look like you on your fingers. The other Black people are not from where you are from. You say: How do we connect together? How do we share things? If I need help, who do I go to? Can I go to people who look like me? You have a chance to connect with people and to make things better for your children.” Dr. Ogundimu, along with her husband, neuro...
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Dr. Cole Anderson appointed Family Medicine Self-Directed Program Director
NOSM University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Cole Anderson, Clinical Lecturer, as Family Medicine Self-Directed Program Director, effective January 1, 2026. An alumnus of NOSM University’s MD and Family Medicine residency programs, Dr. Anderson later completed enhanced skills training in Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He currently practises as a staff emergency physician at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and provides locum emergency medicine services across Northwestern Ontario. Dr. Anderson is actively engaged in medical education at NOSM University, with both the MD an...
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Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity at NOSM University brings local and global health equity partners together
“What if we were stronger together, as individuals, organizations, and proud Northern Ontarians.” These words from Dr. Erin Cameron, Professor and Director of Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity, rang true when the Centre brought local and global interest holders together for the bi-annual CREATE project meeting in November 2025. CREATE–short for Community-engaged Research in Education, Advocacy, and system Transformation for advancing health Equity–is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership-funded project led by NOSM University researchers. It explores the ways...
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