Rheumatology outreach in Abitibi

McGill rheumatologist Alexander Tsoukas and resident Michèle Stanciu describe how McGill program brings vital specialized care to Quebecers in underserved regions, as well...
May 1, 2025

From Evidence to Action: McGill Family Medicine Experts Lead First Quebec Policy on Alzheimer’s Disease

Dr. Howard Bergman and Dr. Isabelle Vedel spearhead transformative work reshaping Alzheimer’s disease management across Quebec  The World Health Organization recognizes Alzheimer's disease...
April 30, 2025

Nunavimmiut public health officers offer TB outreach in Nunavik, Quebec

March 24 is World TB Day  - we checked in on a recent training session in Inukjuak by Indigenous researchers and health professionals...
March 24, 2025

Minnie’s Hope: Caring for Indigenous kids in Quebec’s North

Thanks to generous donations, Minnie's Hope Social Pediatrics Centre moves into a new building and launches additional health and social programs for the...
February 27, 2025

Romina Pace: Bringing healthcare closer to home in Kahnawá:ke

Access to specialized healthcare can be challenging for Indigenous communities, but a new clinic in Kahnawá:ke  is helping bridge the gap. We spoke...
February 12, 2025

Eagle Spirit Science Futures Camp in Akwesasne

Kanien:keha'ka youth experienced hands on traditional teaching and science as the long-running camp took a community roadtrip this summer   McGill’s Indigenous Health Professions...
January 27, 2025

Partnering with the Cree School Board to address unmet speech-language needs

Last summer, Ethan Dziewirz was one of four speech-language pathology (SLP) students from McGill’s School of Communication Sciences and Disorders (SCSD) who completed...
December 4, 2024

The essence of family medicine 

  Justin Ross, MD, has been practising family medicine in Mistissini, Eeyou Istchee, for 10 years. Thanks to the Cree community's hospitality and...
November 14, 2024

Alexis Ricard wins Nadine St-Pierre 2024 Award from the Collège québécois des médecins de famille

  Alexis Ricard, MD, a resident from the Department of Family Medicine who graduated this summer from our Val d'Or University Family Medicine...
October 10, 2024

Remote possibilities – Rural family medicine and the military

  If all goes according to plan, Lieutenant Bradley Martire, MD, a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and a second-year medical resident...
October 7, 2024

All smiles at Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital site visit

On September 13, a delegation from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) donned their hard hats and ventured to the site...
October 7, 2024

When wildfires threatened dialysis patients in Eeyou Istchee, these McGill docs sprang into action

  In the summer of 2023, as forest fires ravaged northern Quebec, a team of McGill nephrologists and healthcare workers faced an unprecedented...
October 7, 2024

Growing to serve: Campus Outaouais welcomes its biggest cohort ever 

With a view to training more physicians to serve the Outaouais region, our Gatineau campus has increased the number of medical students it...
October 7, 2024

Cancer support group Coda goes into overdrive 

Campus Outaouais student initiative wins Forces AVENIR prize for its positive and direct impact on cancer patients  Heading up the highway toward Montreal...
October 7, 2024