New School of Medicine in Brampton announced. Image credit: Twitter page of city of Brampton
CMEDIA: A joint announcement made reportedly last week by the City of Brampton and the Province of Ontario, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) it was confirmed that the Bramalea Civic Centre in Brampton-Peel has been selected as the future site of its school of medicine.
“We are committed to creating a school of medicine that will meet the diverse needs of the Brampton and Peel Region community and today, with a location secured, we are one step closer,” TMU’s president and vice-chancellor, Mohamed Lachemi, was reported saying.
The criteria for selecting the Bramalea Civic Centre was to its proximity to both the Brampton Civic and Peel Memorial Hospitals as well as its accessibility to municipal transportation, GO transit and highway systems.
“TMU’s new school of medicine will help to ensure that we have the doctors in place — in Brampton, in Peel Region and throughout the province — so that Ontarians get the quality care they need, when and where they need it,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford reported saying.
The space requirements to build a school of medicine that will require 250,000 square feet for classrooms, offices, research facilities and an integrated health clinic are also met by the site.
An investment of $20 million would be mande by the City of Brampton will to support building renovations required for programming and operations of the school of medicine.
“This school and the City’s second hospital being built at Peel Memorial will help address the health-care emergency in Brampton and ensures the next generation of health-care practitioners can train locally right here in the city,” Brampton’s mayor, Patrick Brown was reported saying.
The School of medicine at TMU is scheduled to open in September 2025 with 80 undergraduate seats and 95 postgraduate seats. In collaboration with TMU as primary clinical partner, William Osler Health System (Osler) will support the school of medicine in providing the clinical learning environment for undergraduate medical education, other health professionals’ education, residency training and professional development.
Rooted in equity, diversity and inclusion, with an intentional focus on enhancing community-driven primary care through innovation and interprofessional collaborative practice, TMU’s school of medicine’s five pillars have been identified as the school’s foundation: community centric primary care; culturally respectful care; innovation and technology to improve quality of care and patient outcomes; interprofessional healthcare networks; and support for the health and wellbeing of seniors.
Other priorities include health equity, Indigenous health and decolonization, interprofessional collaborative practice, and leadership, advocacy and social justice.
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