New Partnership Between TBRHSC and Cancer Care Ontario = More Jobs!
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A new partnership between Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and Cancer Care Ontario will result in more jobs for the Thunder Bay area. The jobs will be in the area of Quality Assurance.
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s (TBRHSC) Cancer Program has been selected by Cancer Care Ontario, an agency of the Ontario Government and the Government’s cancer advisor, to host parts of its Quality Assurance Services Team in Information Technology Development Services.
The new partnership will mean new development and software testing opportunities in information systems to ensure the quality of CCO solutions used within the cancer system. It will also mean 6 new permanent jobs in Thunder Bay. Partners include: Cancer Care Ontario, TBRHSC, Regional Cancer Care Northwest, and the Business Development Team at Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute (TBRRI), Province of Ontario, City of Thunder Bay’s Community Economic Development Commission, Lakehead University, and Confederation College.
“This new partnership between TBRHSC and CCO will enhance our development and software testing of information management solutions in cancer care,” says Rick Skinner, Vice-President and Chief Information Officer at Cancer Care Ontario. “This is also an opportunity to collaborate with our regional partners. We also know we can recruit and retain very good Quality Assurance staff in Thunder Bay.”
The CCO Northwest office will house part of CCO’s Quality Assurance Services Team (a team comprised of Information Technology professionals). CCO is considering a further strengthening of their new IT office in Thunder Bay over the next few years.
Read the full article here.
From Forests and Mines to Research and Minds
An article in the Globe and Mail entitled “Rocks, trees… medical research?” highlights the exciting trends of Thunder Bay’s shifting economy to becoming knowledge-based. The story follows Rory Carrillo, a 28 year old bio-medical engineer, who recently moved to Thunder Bay from California in order to work with the start-up medical research company Tornado Medical Systems Inc. As the story suggests, Carrillo’s move is indicative of a trend that the North Superior Workforce Planning Board has been on the cusp of over the last few years. You can find out more about this shift to the Knowledge Economy through a report published in December 2010 by NSWPB entitled, “Transitioning Thunder Bay to a Knowledge-Based Economy“
Local Tissue Bank Potential for Job Prospects
Having recently received provincial designation, Lake Superior Centre for Regenerative Medicine (aka ReGen Med) could be expanding its employment from 7 to 25 within the year. Although it has only been around since 2007, the not-for-profit company was started with the intention of providing Canadian surgeons with a reliable supply of processed tissue. However, without the provincial designation only 2 donors were being processed annually despite a potential of up to 200. Read the full article from the Northern Ontario Business website here: Thunder Bay tissue bank finally open to Ontario donors
Check out ReGen Med’s website here: www.regenmed.ca
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