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New deal in place for NOSM University faculty/staff

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Staff and faculty at NOSM University have a new contract.

The three-year deal between the northern Ontario medical school and employees represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union was reached after less than two months of talks.

A release states that formal negotiations began in May, with a tentative agreement reached by the middle of July.

It has since been ratified by NOSM University’s Board of Governors and members of OPSEU Local 677 (Unit 1).

The deal includes an increase in wages and improvements to benefits for full-time faculty, librarians and other professional staff.

It is retroactive to July 1st of this year.

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NOSM receives $5 million for Indigenous Health

A group of anonymous donors has gifted $5 million to the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) University to create a Circle for Indigenous Health Research and Innovation.

The Circle is meant to support Indigenous-led work in medicine to respond to “longstanding calls for indigenous leadership in health research, policy, and medical education,” according to a release published by NOSM.

NOSM frames the Circle as a way to foment collaboration in research to improve Indigenous health equity.

The Circle plans to host an Indigenous Health Gathering this year to bring together Indigenous leaders, Elders, health-care providers, researchers, and students for knowledge-sharing and establishing priorities.