Family Medicine Graduate Student Society of McGill University

FMGSS was featured on McGill's Sustainability website for their successful grant application for reusable dishware! Check it out here.  

The FMGSS is very proud to share that several of our students and student initiatives, including Vaso Rahimzadeh (Ph.D. Candidate), Nadia Souriel (PhD Candidate), and "Pizza and Politics" have been featured on the CIHR Faces of Health Research campaign! Click the link to read about all their exciting health research and progress. Congratulations to our amazing students [...]

Our Family Medicine Graduate Student Society (FMGSS) was recently recognized by the Post Graduate Student Society (PGSS) of McGill University, and was awarded both the “Best Post Graduate Student Association" and "Best Academic Event" for the upcoming 4th Annual Family Medicine Research Symposium. The FMGSS was honoured at the 2018 PGSS Awards Night, an event that aims to recognize students, student [...]

Department of Family Medicine 2017 orientation materials Written by Jamie DeMore, shared with permission Thesis Submission Deadlines Orientation Package 2017   Department of Family Medicine links Department of Family Medicine website Course listing Important Dates Funding options Room Booking Form - once completed send to research.fammed@mcgill.ca   Librarian Genevieve Gore, our Liaison Librarian for our [...]

Next, and last, journal club is April 12 from 2-4PM in Videoconference Room 3. Email jacqueline.safieh@mail.mcgill.ca if you're coming.   Did you know that FMGSS has arranged for a dedicated textbook reserve at the Jewish General Hospital library? Some books are physical, and all others are available online.   Nadia has extended her peer-support writing group to [...]

  PAST EVENTS Family Medicine Research symposium The 4th Annual Family Medicine Research Symposium will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at Thomson House. This is an excellent opportunity to present your thesis work to your peers and our faculty and receive valuable feedback! We are thrilled to share that this year we have [...]

The 3rd Annual Family Medicine Graduate Student Symposium (May 4th, 2017) Registration! The 3rd Annual McGill Family Medicine Research Division & Graduate Student Society Symposium will be held on May 4, 2017 at the Thompson House. The keynote address will be given by Dr. Rick Glazier, program lead at the Institute of Clinical and Evaluative Sciences in Ontario. Through [...]

We are excited to announce our new community partnership with Share the Warmth (STW). This new partnership will provide FMGSS graduate students with opportunities to give back to the community, both in terms of participating as a volunteer for STW fundraising events as well as providing skills-based research volunteering for STW needs assessments and evaluation [...]

 Anna Dion, PhD candidate in the Department of Family Medicine, was awarded the prestigious Trudeau Doctoral Scholarhip. Her research examines how vulnerability and marginalization intersect with the provision and receipt of perinatal care in Canada. By integrating the perspectives of marginalized women, together with those of service providers and policy and program advisors, this research [...]