inaugural noms board meeting slated for december 2

(monday, december 1, 2003) the board of directors of the northern ontario medical school (noms) convenes in sudbury tuesday, december 2 for the inaugural meeting. with this meeting in northern ontario, the next phase in the development of canada's newest medical school begins.

"i think what makes me proudest is the number of board members who are alumni/ae of the school's two parent universities, lakehead and laurentian," remarked dr. fred gilbert, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 president and chair of the noms board. "a number of board members were among the two universities' earliest graduating classes, which demonstrates that many of the current generation of northern ontario leaders have been educated in northern ontario. now, these talented business and community leaders will be helping to provide a new educational opportunity, to provide physicians for northern ontario."

"all people in northern ontario can be proud of those who have agreed to serve on the first board of directors," said dr. judith woodsworth, president of laurentian university and vice-chair of the noms board. "these members, drawn from diverse academic, professional, municipal, first nations, and franco-ontarian communities, will bring a range of perspectives to the table to advance the common goals and aspirations of noms."

"i believe we have an incredibly distinguished group of northern ontario people at our governance table," notes noms founding dean dr. roger strasser. "their knowledge, skills, and understanding of regional issues will serve us well as we plan for growth in the years ahead."

the 35 women and men of the noms board are drawn from across northern ontario and bring a range of professional, geographic, cultural, and linguistic diversity.

collectively the noms board boasts at least 56 post-secondary degrees and fluency in at least eight languages. the board includes biochemists, several businesspeople, teachers, municipal leaders, and a number of health professionals including nurses, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and physicians.

the northern ontario cities of sudbury and thunder bay are well represented in the board's membership as well as a number of smaller communities including sturgeon falls, cochrane, moosonee, haileybury and sioux lookout.

board members serve without remuneration.

a new medical school for the whole of northern ontario, the northern ontario medical school is a joint venture of lakehead and laurentian universities. with main campuses in thunder bay and sudbury, noms will have multiple teaching and research sites distributed across northern ontario, in large and small communities. noms will contribute to improving the health of people in northern ontario.

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media: board chair, dr. fred gilbert, will be available for interview tuesday, december 2 at 9:45 a.m. at laurentian university. to arrange an interview, please contact: linda c. ashby abc, director of communications, northern ontario medical school, 807-624-7863.