{"id":56570,"date":"2022-10-27T08:17:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=56570"},"modified":"2022-10-27T08:17:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:17:26","slug":"metis-nation-of-ontario-supports-nosm-university-students-with-515k-bursary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/27\/metis-nation-of-ontario-supports-nosm-university-students-with-515k-bursary\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9tis Nation of Ontario supports NOSM University students with $515k bursary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured (left to right): Jennifer McGillivray, Advancement Officer, NOSM University; Hank Rowlinson, Chair, M\u00e9tis Nation of Ontario; and, Simon Sutherland, Manager, Post-Secondary Education, M\u00e9tis Nation of Ontario<\/p><\/div>\n

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The M\u00e9tis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is providing an endowment of $515,000 to NOSM University, Canada\u2019s first independent medical university.<\/p>\n

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The endowment will fund a bursary program for M\u00e9tis students pursuing their MD at NOSM University and is being matched by the FDC Foundation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs the government representing M\u00e9tis in Ontario, we are proud to do what we can to encourage academic and skills development, helping citizens of the M\u00e9tis Nation of Ontario achieve their goals,\u201d said MNO President Margaret Froh. \u201cThis bursary will enable M\u00e9tis citizens to play a role in the future of medicine in Ontario\u2014a profession M\u00e9tis people have been under-represented in for far too long.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This MNO funding will support up to six M\u00e9tis students annually beginning this year at a minimum of $5,000 per year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNOSM University aims to represent the diversity of students in Northern Ontario by recruiting applicants directly from our local communities,\u201d says Dr. Sarita Verma, President, Vice Chancellor, Dean and CEO of NOSM University. \u201cWe are grateful to the M\u00e9tis Nation of Ontario for its support and encouragement of Indigenous students and the confidence they have shown in NOSM University as we continue our work to improve health outcomes for Northern Ontarians.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs M\u00e9tis students, we bring cultural understandings of health from our own lived experiences,\u201d said Provisional Council of the M\u00e9tis Nation of Ontario (PCMNO) Post-Secondary Representative Hannah Bazinet. \u201cEncouraging students to share that insight will make way for a more equitable future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NOSM University was established to address critical physician shortages in Northern Ontario. In 2011, the MNO and NOSM University signed an agreement to collaborate closely on several initiatives including improving the provision of medical programming that is culturally and linguistically appropriate to M\u00e9tis people.<\/p>\n

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Applications to NOSM University’s MD program are completed through Ontario Medical School Application Service, which will open mid-July annually. The deadline for application is the first week of October, for admission in September of the following year. MNO citizens who are enrolled at NOSM University are eligible to apply for this bursary.<\/p>\n

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