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Statement from Dr. Sarita Verma, Dean, President, and CEO, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
"On Thursday, April 15, 2021, the Government of Ontario introduced legislation to establish the Northern Ontario School of Medicine as an independent, standalone degree-granting institution. In light of Laurentian University’s Companies’ Creditor Arrangement Act (CCAA) proceedings, we are not able to comment at this tim...
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NAN and NOSM partnership will support capacity-building initiatives and strengthen health system within NAN territory
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) signed a Relationship Accord on March 23, 2021 during the NAN Chiefs Assembly on Health Transformation and Governance.
The accord will guide NAN and NOSM as they move forward in supporting the NAN Health Transformation process with the goal of...
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Innovative app created by NOSM medical students aims to reduce opioid-related deaths
As the opioid death rate continues to rise in Northern Ontario, medical students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) have created an innovative app that improves access to Naloxone, a drug used to counter the effects of opioid overdose.
Jordan Law, MacKenzie Ludgate and Owen Montpellier have developed the N...
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Donor supports transformation of physician workforce planning in Northern Ontario
Derek Day recently donated $210,000 from his late mother’s estate—the Estate of Ruth Day—to assist in transforming physician workforce planning in Northern Ontario and support the creation of a new Rural Generalist Pathway (RGP) at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).
Since NOSM’s inception in 2002, it...
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