From January 18 – 23, 2016, volunteer employees and retirees of Essar Steel Algoma Inc. came together for their annual Bring a Doctor Home Hockey Tournament at the John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. Since its inception in 2006, the Bring a Doctor Home Tournament has resulted in over $300,000 student bursaries that support medical students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) who hail from the Sault. A volunteer appreciation event was held On Thursday, January 21, 2016 a cheque for $30,956 was presented by Tournament Director Chris Lepore to Dr. Janice Willett, NOSM Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Continuing Education and Professional Development on behalf of the School. Dr. Willett is also a gynecologist from Sault Ste. Marie.
NOSM’s Annual Health Sciences Summer Camp
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) maintains a commitment to providing information to rural, remote, Aboriginal, and Francophone youth about health careers.
This year NOSM will host its annual Health Sciences Summer Camp from July 4 – 8, 2016 at Laurentian University in Sudbury and from July 11 – 15, 2016 at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. These weeklong programs provide students with an opportunity to explore health-care careers, obtain hands-on experience, and find a mentor.
Camp activities include: casting and x-rays; CSI; physiology and anatomy; Aboriginal culture, health and tradition; Francophone culture, health and tradition; and, much more!
The camps are targeted to students that are 14-16 years of age and/or attending Grade 10 and 11 in September 2016. Applications will become available in April 2016. Please visit www.nosm.ca/camp for more information.
For information regarding NOSM’s Health Sciences Summer Camp, please contact:
Véronique Poirier
Health Sciences Summer Camp Coordinator
Phone: 1-800-461-8777 ext. 7198
Email: camp@nosm.ca
Have a Heart-to-Heart with your Medical School!
During the month of February, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) invites all community members to have a heart-to-heart with the medical school made in the North, for the North. As part of NOSM’s tenth anniversary, the medical school is opening its doors and inviting the public to come and learn about your medical school. There will be refreshments, and it is free to everyone!
At the “I <3 NOSM” Open House, guests will be able to:
- Try out medical equipment, such as laparoscopic scopes.
- Engage in activities about medical simulation and clinical skills, just like a medical student.
- Learn about how NOSM is accountable to the needs of the people of the North.
- See where ground-breaking health research takes place.
- Engage in guided or self-guided tours of the medical school.
- Learn about the requirements for getting into medical school.
- Hear about how NOSM contributes to the community.
- View an optional screening of a documentary made about NOSM by Dr. Hoi Cheu, Associate Professor at Laurentian University.
“I <3 NOSM” Open House
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Stop in any time between 3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sudbury
NOSM School of Medicine Building
Laurentian University
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, ON
Thunder Bay
NOSM School of Medicine Building
Lakehead University
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, ON
