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NOSM University and OPSEU/SEFPO Ratify New Four-Year Collective Agreement
NOSM University and OPSEU/SEFPO Local 677, Unit 2, are pleased to announce the ratification of a four-year collective agreement. Local 677 represents 161 staff including office, clerical, administrative, technical, and service employees at NOSM University. This is their fifth collective agreement. Both OPSEU/SEFPO members and NOSM University's Board of Governors (Executive Committee) voted in favour of ratifying the new collective agreement on May 14, 2024.The agreement is in effect from May 1, 2024, until April 30, 2028, and includes increases in compensation to recognize the rising cost of living as well as enhancements to the work...
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Sudbury Researchers Awarded NSERC Grants Totaling $1.1M to Advance Mining-Related Projects
Two researchers at NOSM University and Laurentian University are celebrating major investments in their research today as their projects were successfully awarded funding from grants administered through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance Missions program. One project studies how Gallium, a critical mineral, can be mined more efficiently while the second project focuses on the extraction of critical minerals from tailings ponds. “Investing in research is directly supporting the advancement of technology, innovation, and economic prosperity. The work of both Dr.Tharmalingam and Dr. Scott ...
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NOSM University Achievement Celebration Honours Excellence in Health Education and Research
NOSM University is proud to announce the accomplishments of faculty, preceptors, learners, alumni, and staff at the second-annual NOSM University Achievement Celebration, held on Friday, May 3, 2024. The awards ceremony, part of the annual Northern Constellations and Connections faculty development conference, drew health-care professionals from across Northern Ontario. The ceremony recognized 19 preceptors, 11 faculty, five learners, two staff, two alumni, and one honorary alumnus who have each demonstrated exemplary service and commitment to health care, medical education, and research in Northern Ontario. Nominations were made by...
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NOSM University hosts virtual Earth Day celebration “Investing for People and Planet”
Join us for a virtual Earth Day event and learn how your financial investments can make a positive impact on the planet. NOSM University Planetary Health Lead Dr. Elaine Blacklock and special guests from the financial sector will discuss “Investing for People and the Planet: The Impact of Investments on an Individual’s Carbon Footprint.” The event is open to the public. Watch it live on YouTube @NOSMtv on Monday, April 22 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Learn more at nosm.ca. – 30 – NOSM University is Canada’s first independent medical university and one of the greatest education and physician workforce strategy success stor...
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NOSM University seeks applicants for Summer Studentship Program
Applications to NOSM University’s 2024 Summer Studentship Program are open February 1–15, 2024. Established by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, NOSM University’s Summer Studentship Program provides university students studying in a regulated health-care profession program with an opportunity to gain work experience. Students from the following eligible health-care professions are invited to apply: medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, pharmacy, dietetics, medical laboratory and radiation technologists, midwifery, kinesiology, pharmacists, speech-language pathology, audiology, respiratory therapy, occupati...
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Young families can help train future doctors at NOSM University
NOSM University is seeking families with healthy infants, babies, and toddlers to participate in educating future doctors. Families will receive payment for their child’s participation in a check-up with a medical student, under the supervision of a physician teacher. January 9, 2024 – Infants (born after November 10, 2023) Sudbury | 9:00-10:30 a.m. and 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Thunder Bay | 9:00-10:30 a.m. January 9, 2024 – Babies (born April 1- July 15, 2023) Sudbury | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Thunder Bay | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. January 16, 2024 – Toddlers (born March-October 2022) Sudbury | 10:3...
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NOSM University Closure
NOSM University is closed from Monday, December 25, 2023, to Wednesday, January 3, 2024, inclusive, with the University resuming normal business on Thursday, January 4, 2024....
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Dr. Owen Prowse named new Vice-President, Clinical Partnerships and Hospital Relations at NOSM University
New role, based in Thunder Bay, anticipates university expansion, enhanced medical research NOSM University is pleased to announce that Dr. Owen Prowse has accepted the position of inaugural Vice-President, Clinical Partnerships and Hospital Relations, effective March 1, 2024. Dr. Prowse is an experienced and respected urologist at TBRHSC and a leader with more than a decade in leadership roles within NOSM University. “In his 40-plus years of experience, Dr. Prowse has demonstrated not only his medical expertise but an incredible capacity for collaboration,” says Dr. Sarita Verma, President, Vice-Chancellor, Dean, and CEO of N...
Dr. Owen Prowse named new Vice-President, Clinical Partnerships and Hospital Relations.