The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is set become the first stand-alone medical university in Canada. The provincial government has passed legisla.
Dr. Sarita Verma is the Dean, President and CEO of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (file photo)
THUNDER BAY The dean of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine is speaking out for the first time about concerns about the school s future, saying NOSM has no plan to leave either Thunder Bay or Sudbury.
In statements issued Tuesday, Dr. Sarita Verma reacted to criticism – most notably coming from Thunder Bay – about the potential impact of making the school fully independent, as the provincial government proposes to do.
Verma said inaccuracy about the next steps regarding this legislation should be weighed carefully.
THUNDER BAY – The City of Thunder Bay is formally backing Lakehead University in its fight to be heard in decisions over the future of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
Mayor Bill Mauro said at a Monday night city council meeting that he had spoken several times with Lakehead University President Moira McPherson, and was particularly concerned over suggestions that NOSM could potentially depart its campus on Lakehead grounds, or even abandon the Northwest entirely.
Council unanimously passed a resolution put forward by Mauro, endorsing an April 15 letter from McPherson expressing concerns to the province over plans to make NOSM an independent institution.