Thunder Bay's Lakehead University, one of the two key partners with NOSM University, has announced it has a new partnership with Trinity School of Medicine, a fully accredited medical school located in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean.
"This partnership will provide Lakehead students a clear, defined path to becoming a practicing MD and allow students the unique opportunity for global education," said a news release from Lakehead.
“Lakehead is delighted to launch this new partnership with Trinity Medical Sciences University, which represents a wonderful opportunity to further internationalize the Lakehead student body and provide our students with unconventional academic experiences,” said Dr. David Barnett, Lakehead University’s Provost and Vice-President (Academic).
The agreement is a two-way venture that will provide Trinity students the possibility of transitioning into undergraduate degree programs at Lakehead.
“Trinity and Lakehead University have the common goal of eliminating artificial barriers that prevent students from reaching their potential,” said TSOM President and CEO Steven Wilson.
He said that since graduates from Trinity School of Medicine face no barriers to residency and licensure in either the U.S. or Canada, the new partnership “gives students the opportunity to gain global healthcare experience abroad and return to their hometown communities, where they can improve local healthcare access and contribute to the regional economy.”
Lakehead and Sudbury's Laurentian University are the two Northern Ontario universities that contributed to the creation of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM University) in 2006.
Laurentian University has been working through a restructuring since February 2021 because of financial insolvency. The situation prompted the Ontario government to allow NOSM University to be granted its own university charter.
