Outgoing Laurentian physicist says northern program to train radiation therapists will end
A four-year program to train radiation therapists in Sudbury will end because of cuts to Laurentian University s physics department, says the department s outgoing chair, who s concerned the move could affect the future of cancer care in northern Ontario.
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The provincial government says it wants to make the Northern Ontario School of Medicine a stand-alone university, something that Lakehead University in Thunder Bay opposes.
Debt-laden and insolvent Laurentian University in Sudbury – which shares the medical school with Lakehead – has not commented publicly on the proposal, even when asked to do so by The Sudbury Star.
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On April 15, the province announced that in the wake of Laurentian’s financial troubles, it would act to make the Northern Ontario School of Medicine independent of either university.
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They dubbed themselves “a tribe called med.”
A takeoff on the Indigenous rap group formerly known as A Tribe Called Red, the four close-knit Indigenous medical students at Western University graduated Friday in a virtual ceremony.
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The four are Shanté Blackmore of Millbrook First Nation, a Mi’kmaq community in Truro, N.S.; Justine Fletcher of Hiawatha First Nation near Peterborough; Erik Mandawe from the Cree Nation community in Beaver Lake, Alta.; and Marcy Maracle from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory on the Bay of Quinte.
Laurentian had been ‘punching above its weight’
Through this letter, I wish to add my voice supporting Laurentian University’s important contributions, not only locally but beyond as well. My perspective is a bit different in that I taught as an adjunct professor within LU’s Social Work program from 1989 to 2011. I was also a member of the senior leadership team at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine from 2008-2011 and with that, yet another vantage point.
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Vague assurances from the province that midwifery education in Northern Ontario will be revived are not doing much to comfort those dealing with the immediate impact of the program loss at Laurentian University.
Ross Romano, the minister of Colleges and Universities, said last week the “government’s priority is to maintain a Northern and bilingual midwifery program option,” but did not specify where this would take shape or how soon it might occur.
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He also said the province is “working with the institution to understand their plan to support students and we are prepared to fill any gaps for students that are impacted, if necessary.”