The Rural Coordinating Centre for British Columbia (RCCbc) has made a huge difference in the attraction, retention, and support of physicians in rural and northern BC. Would this approach work in Northern Ontario? 

In our latest commentary, Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) Associate Dean Sarah Newbery and a team of researchers explore the views of local physicians about the need for a RCCno. 

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Due to circumstances beyond our control the SOTN 2025 event has been RESCHEDULED to Friday, June 20, 2025.

On 20 June 2025 in Toronto, Northern Policy Institute will host its annual State of the North fundraiser. Over 200 senior private and public sector leaders will join the Institute to hear this year's featured speaker, Al McDonald. Have some colleagues, customers, suppliers in the Greater Toronto Area who would benefit from learning more about Northern Ontario? Bring them to this informative dinner and discussion!

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At present, only nine rural hospital sites supported by fewer than 35 rural generalist family physicians are available to provide labour and delivery services to approximately 50,000 rural Northern Ontarians of childbearing age. Twenty years ago, there were twenty rural hospital sites  providing labour and delivery services. Twenty years before that, every hospital in Northern Ontario had these services. To align with Ontario's health care vision, strategic investments and concerted efforts are necessary to maintain and enhance rural labour and delivery services in Northern Ontario.

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Thunder Bay could become home to a lithium processing facility. For such a facility to locate in Thunder Bay, however, qualified workers are needed in a number of professions. Fortunately, Northwestern Ontario can provide the required workforce by 2026. While rising labour demand and high rates of retirement creates a risk of labour shortages in certain professions, new graduates from local education and training programs can fill these potential shortages.

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