Media Releases
Registration for NOSM’s CampMed Now Open
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) maintains a commitment to providing information to rural, remote, Indigenous, and Francophone youth about health careers. This year, will mark the thirteenth time that NOSM has hosted week-long summer camps for high school students interested in a career in health care. Formerly known as NOSM’s Health Sciences Summer Camp, CampMed features new branding and a renewed focus on four core learning areas: interprofessionalism, leadership, culture, and clinical skills. Held July 9 – 13, 2018 at NOSM at Laurentian University in Sudbury and from July 16 – 20, 2018 at NOSM at Lakehead ...
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NOSM’s Indigenous Reference Group and Ogichidaang Gagiigatiziwin Meet
Using a combination of web- and teleconference connectivity across Northern Ontario, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its quarterly meeting of the Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) and Ogichidaang Gagiigatiziwin—NOSM’s Circle of Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers—on Tuesday, February 20. Members began their one-day meeting with an opening prayer from Elder Phyllis Shagaubay, followed by a welcome from Dr. Roger Strasser, NOSM Dean. Dr. David Marsh, Associate Dean, Community Engagement, who is stepping down from his administrative role at the School as of February 28, 2018, thanked the Indigenous Refe...
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NOSM to Host 6th Francophone Symposium
Research at the Heart of Francophone Vitality The Francophone Affairs Unit of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is hosting the School’s 6th Francophone Symposium from April 5-7, 2018 at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. This symposium, a collaborative effort between NOSM, ACFAS-Sudbury (anciennement l’Association canadienne française pour l’avancement des sciences), and the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) Laurentian University chapter, will focus on research in the Francophone minority context, with an overarching theme being Research in the Minority Francophone Context: Widening Ou...
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