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DOM MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
In this update:
The SHORT Report

DoM 2021 Review: Survey for Department Members

Member Updates
  • Welcome
  • Sad News
  • Recruitment

Name Change
  • Division of Hematology

Feature - Did You Know?
  • Dr. Amanda Vinson's "Perry at a Parrot Party"

Kudos
  • Dr. Ashley Miller wins CMA Award
  • Dr. Tommy Brothers wins CMA Award
  • Dr. Gina Lacuesta collaborates on National Study
  • Dr. Karthik Tennankore wins RIM Award
  • Dr. Leah Cahill wins RIM Award

Thank You
  • Rapid Testing Site Volunteers and PRAXES Medical Group

Events
  • September 7 ~ Changes for VG Parking Lot
  • September 10 ~ RIM Research Day
  • September 15 ~ Webinar - Mohs program for skin cancer
  • September 30 ~ National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Survey: Research Evening 2021-2022 Survey
Reminder: Clinical Fellowship Award Competition 2021
Reminder: UIMRF Funding Opportunities
Reminder: Resident Research Resource Page

COVID-19
  • Nova Scotia Cases
  • Monthly timeline

Quick Reference / Recurring Content
THE SHORT REPORT
MEMBER UPDATES
DID YOU KNOW?
Division of Hematology

has changed its name to

Division of Hematology and Hematologic Oncology
DID YOU KNOW?
KUDOS
Dr. Ashley Miller wins CMA award
Dr. Thomas Brothers wins CMA award
Dr. Gina Lacuesta collaborates on national study
Dr. Karthik Tennankore wins RIM Award
Dr. Leah Cahill wins RIM Award
THANK YOU
Rapid Testing Site Volunteers and PRAXES Medical Group
EVENTS
Changes for VG Parking Lot
Partners for Care and its parking partner Indigo Park will launch an assisted parking program at the Victoria General campus of the QEII Health Sciences Centre on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

Purpose: To add up to 45 parking spaces

How:
  • Cars will be deliberately double-parked in the two designated areas (see image)
  • Areas will be staffed with specially trained Indigo customer service representatives from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday
  • Indigo staff will:
  • guide drivers into the designated lot
  • complete a short vehicle inspection, and
  • then take custody of the owner’s keys while they are inside the hospital.
  • As required, vehicles will be moved by Indigo Park staff to allow the safe exiting of other vehicles.

RIM Research Day
Dalhousie University's 7th annual Research in Medicine (RIM) Research Day will be held on September 10, 2021 featuring a keynote speaker and RIM student presentations.

Keynote speaker:
Lisa Richardson, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor and Associate Dean of Inclusion and Diversity, University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Link includes:
  • agenda [PDF]
  • meeting links

Date: Friday, Sept. 10, 2021
Time: 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: MS Teams
Information: rim@dal.ca
Webinar - Mohs program for skin cancer
Dalhousie University CPD and Division of Medical Education and DNS present an accredited webinar on the Mohs program for skin cancer, featuring Dr. Michael Stevens, Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical Dermatology and Cutaneous Science.\

Learn about the program and how to access the service. Sept. 15, 8-9 p.m.

More information:
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
The Canadian Federal Government unanimously passed legislation on June 3, 2021 (Bill C-5) to designate September 30 each year as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This new federal statutory holiday will commemorate the tragic legacy of residential schools in Canada. Federal employees will be granted this new holiday. Provinces are individually announcing their participation in this day of recognition.
This date coincides with Orange Shirt Day, which began in 2013 and involved wearing orange shirts to honour Indigenous children forced to leave their families to attend residential schools.
Ministers Vandal, Miller, Bennett and Guilbeault mark Orange Shirt Day 2020
Kwe, bonjour, hello. September 30th, is Orange Shirt Day, a time where Canadians across the country will be wearing orange to raise awareness of the tragic legacy of residential schools, and to honour the thousands of survivors.

Orange Shirt Day was inspired by the story of Phyllis (Jack) Webstad, a residential school survivor. At the age of 6, Phyllis went to the St. Joseph Mission Indian Residential School wearing the bright-orange shirt bought by her grandmother. She said she felt "bright and exciting", just like her shirt. But on the first day of school, her new shirt was forcibly taken from her, along with her dignity.

Video: 3 min 50 sec
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COVID-19
0 currently in ICU;
73 total patient admissions
As of September 3, 2021
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