TMU community invited to attend School of Medicine town halls
Community members are welcome to attend any of the three virtual town halls.
TMU’s School of Medicine has reached many significant milestones over the last year, from welcoming its inaugural dean to announcing its future location in Brampton. TMU remains committed to leading an open and consultative process in planning for the School of Medicine. Members of the school’s leadership team will host a series of town hall consultations to update the university community on its progress and to give students, faculty and staff the opportunity to discuss its development.
All town halls will be held virtually and (google form) registration is required (external link) to attend. These town halls are for TMU community members only and as such require a @torontomu.ca email address to register.
When will the town halls be held?
Recognizing that schedules vary, the School of Medicine will offer the same presentation at three different dates and times:
- Monday, November 20, 1-2 p.m.
- Friday, November 24, 9-10 a.m.
- Tuesday, November 28, 7-8 p.m.
Community members are welcome to attend any of the three virtual town halls.
What can you expect at a town hall?
At its last series of town halls in November 2022, the School of Medicine heard from the TMU community that equity, diversity and inclusion and postgraduate medical education were topics of particular interest. The school is pleased to have significant progress to share in these areas and has shaped the program for this year’s town halls accordingly.
All town halls will be moderated by Lisa Barnoff, interim associate dean, equity and social accountability at the School of Medicine. Each town hall will include the following presentations from School of Medicine leaders:
- An overall progress update on the School of Medicine from Teresa Chan, dean, School of Medicine and vice-president, medical affairs
- An equity and social accountability update from Jamaica Cass, Indigenous health lead and special advisor to the dean on Indigenous resurgence and from Trudy McFarlane, Black health lead and special advisor to the dean on Black flourishing
- An update on the development of the postgraduate medical education (residency) program from Brent Thoma, interim associate dean, postgraduate medical education
Town halls will also include an open question period for attendees. Questions can be submitted in advance or during the session.
We look forward to sharing our significant progress in all of the above areas with the TMU community. Thank you in advance for your insight and support of this process – your engagement is key to TMU’s efforts to transform medical education.
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