Groupe d'intérêt des apprenants en médecine

The CAWM Medical Learner Interest Group aims to foster a national community of medical learners interested in wilderness medicine. We aim to create an inclusive and interdisciplinary group that is passionate about growing access to the outdoors and our ability to manage emergencies in austere environments. We strive to ensure that the next generation of wilderness medicine professionals is well equipped to navigate the challenges of all outdoor activities.

Members must be active members of CAWM. The Medical Learner Interest Group operates under the guidance of the CAWM Board of Directors.

Objectifs

Engage. Create opportunities to engage in wilderness medicine training and research.

Collaborate. Create a national network of medical learners interested in wilderness medicine.

Mentor. Connect learners to leaders and experts in the field of wilderness medicine.

Learn. Facilitate access to educational programming and community-building activities.

Explore. Take medical learning to the outdoors from coast to coast to coast.

Rayna Sharma

Étudiant en médecine, Université de Calgary (promotion 2027)

Rayna Sharma est une étudiante en médecine à l'Université de Calgary qui croit encore que la meilleure façon de résoudre une crise existentielle est de tester la gravité - habituellement en s'accrochant à la paroi d'une falaise ou en skiant sur des pentes pour lesquelles elle n'est probablement pas tout à fait prête. Avant de plonger dans le monde de la médecine, elle a été entraîneur en musculation et en conditionnement physique pour les Forces armées canadiennes et s'est essayée à la recherche en physiologie de l'environnement extrême. Bien qu'elle ait troqué la route ouverte de la vie en fourgonnette pour des quarts de nuit tout aussi aventureux, son équipement d'escalade n'est jamais bien loin. Lorsqu'elle n'est pas ensevelie sous les livres, vous la trouverez quelque part dans les Rocheuses, en train d'essayer de ne pas se casser les os Elle pratique l'escalade, le ski et le vélo de montagne, des activités où, ces derniers temps, elle fait preuve de plus d'enthousiasme que d'habileté.

Emma Windfeld

Medical Student, University of Calgary (Class of 2026)

Emma is a medical student at the University of Calgary with a passion for northern and remote medicine.

She holds a Master’s degree in Agroecology and a BA in the social determinants of health. Before medicine, Emma’s career with Parks Canada took her from Jasper’s Rockies to the remote islands, rivers, and tundra of the western Arctic. Prior to that, her research in climate change and global health found her working in South Africa and Uganda.

In her spare time, you can find Emma running, cross country skiing, bikepacking, or learning (very slowly) how to backcountry ski.

Équipe de direction

Laura Meleady

Medical Student

Memorial University of Newfoundland (Class of 2026)

Hayden John

Medical Student

Queen's University (Class of 2028)

Sean Harrop

Medical Student

University of Alberta (Class of 2028)

Sophie Thomas

FRCPC Emergency Medicine Resident

University of British Columbia (Interior Site, Kelowna)

Benjamin Van Bastelaere

Medical Student

University of Manitoba (Class of 2027)

Institution-Affiliated Interest Groups

Below is a list of University-affiliated Wilderness Medicine Interest Groups across Canada! Use this list to find a WMIG at your school. Contact programdirector@cawm.ca to get in touch with any of these groups that do not have contact information listed.

University of Ottawa Rural Medicine Interest Group (uoruralmed@gmail.com)
University of Ottawa Emergency Medicine Interest Group (uottawaemig@gmail.com)
NOSM University Rural Medicine Interest Group (ig.ruralmedicine@nosm.ca)
Queen's University Wilderness Medicine Interest Group (wildernessmedig@gmail.com)
McGill Wilderness Medicine Interest Group (msswildernessmedicine@gmail.com)
Université Laval Wilderness Medicine Interest Group (medxp.ulaval@gmail.com)
McMaster Rural Medicine Interest Group
University of Toronto Wilderness Medicine Interest Group
Western University Wilderness Medicine Interest Group
MUN Rural Medicine Interest Group
University of Alberta Wilderness Medicine Interest Group
University of British Columbia Wilderness Medicine Interest Group
University of Manitoba Wilderness Medicine Interest Group
University of Calgary Rural Medicine Interest Group