Named in honour of the late Dr. Ivan H. Smith (an internationally-known radiation oncologist, Professor of Radiation Oncology at The University of Western Ontario and Director of The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation’s London Centre), the Ivan Smith Studentships serve to familiarize medical students in undergraduate education with the work of regional cancer centres, the Princess Margaret Hospital, the Hospital for Sick Children, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, Hotel Dieu Hospital and McMaster University Medical Centre. Ivan Smith studentships may be held in either Adult Oncology or Paediatric Oncology, but not both.
These summer elective Studentships are open to any student in an Ontario Faculty of Medicine, and may be held after the student has completed his or her second medical year and before graduation. The major factor in the awarding of Studentships is academic achievement.
- The Studentship is 4 weeks in duration and is to be taken outside the student's academic year, for which a stipend will be paid. For 2010, the weekly stipend will be $350.
Successful applicants will be placed either in Adult Oncology in one of the regional cancer centres located in Hamilton, Kingston, London, Ottawa, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Windsor, Odette Cancer Centre, or the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto; or in Paediatric Oncology at the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Ottawa), Children's Hospital of Western Ontario (London), McMaster University Medical Centre (Hamilton) or Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston).
Applications are to be submitted to the Program Director at the cancer centre where the student attends university, to the address listed below by Monday, February 8, 2010. The Program Directors are asked to complete the necessary interviews and forward their memorandum ranking of the students and all submitted application documents to the Provincial Lead, Clinical Education Awards at CCO in Toronto by March 1, 2010, so that the recipients of the Studentships can be notified by March 22, 2010.
Application Process:
- Applicants to request from the Dean’s office a letter of recommendation and a transcript of marks for the first, and any subsequent, academic year(s).
- Medical students must call and request an interview with the Program Director at the Cancer Centre in the city where the student attends university (names, addresses and telephone numbers are listed below); then send or take the necessary papers - application, curriculum vitae, letter of recommendation and transcript(s) as requested for interview.
Please be advised a limited number of studentships are available. Completing the application and interview process does not guarantee a studentship. Letters to each applicant of status will be sent out by March 22, 2010.
Due to the limited number of studentships available; Students may not be offered their first choice placement. We have to place students evenly within each Regional Cancer Program whenever possible.
Within 30 days of the completion of the Studentships, each student is required to send a report describing his or her experiences to Esther Green, Provincial Lead, Educational Awards at Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2L7.
Submit applications upon request to:
Program Directors – Adult Oncology
- Dr. Som Mukherjee
Juravinski Cancer Centre
699 Concession Street
Hamilton, Ontario L8V 5C3
(905) 387-9711 ext. 64602
- Dr. Joanne Meng
The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre
501 Smyth Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6
(613) 737-7700
- Dr. Catherine de Metz
Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario
25 King Street West
Kingston, Ontario K7L 5P9
(613) 544-2631 ext. 6647
- Dr. W. Wells
Princess Margaret Hospital
610 University Ave. Rm 5-964
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9
(416) 946-2131
- Dr. J. A. Hammond
London Regional Cancer Program
790 Commissioners Road East
London, Ontario N6A 4L6
(519) 685-8650
- Dr. May Tsao
Odette Cancer Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5
(416) 480-4834
- Dr. Colin Germond
Hôpital Régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital
Regional Cancer Program
41 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario P3E 5J1
(705) 522-6237
- Dr. C. Springer
Windsor Regional Cancer Centre
2220 Kildare Road
Windsor, Ontario N8W 2X3
(519) 253-3191 ext. 58590
- Dr. Dorie-Anna Dueck
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre –Regional Cancer Care
980 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 6V4
(807) 684-7204
Program Directors – Pediatric Oncology
- Dr. Carol Portwine
McMaster Children's Hospital
1200 Main Street West, HSC 3N27
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5
(905) 521-2100 ext. 73464
- Dr. Donna Johnston
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
401 Smyth Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L1
(613) 737-7600 ext. 2210
- Dr. Catherine de Metz
Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario
25 King Street West
Kingston, Ontario K7L 5P9
(613) 544-2631 ext. 6647
- Dr. Sarah Alexander
Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
(416) 813-7742
- Dr. Lawrence Jardine
Section Head
Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario
E6, 302 Westminster Tower
800 Commissioners Road East
London, Ontario N6C 2V5
(519) 685-8494
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