SMA Annual Awards: Nominations Now Open
The Saskatchewan Medical Association is accepting nominations for its 2026 Annual Awards. These awards celebrate physicians, residents, and medical students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, excellence in patient care, service to others, and meaningful contributions to the medical profession and their communities.
Communities Come Together for Walk with Your Doc 2026
On May 15, physicians, patients, and community members across Saskatchewan took part in Walk with Your Doc 2026, a joint initiative of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS). Held just ahead of Saskatchewan Family Physician Day on May 19, the walks were part of a broader […]
Family physicians with CFPC certification formally recognized as Specialists in Family Medicine in Saskatchewan
A landmark regulatory change has formally designated family physicians as “specialists in family medicine.” “This recognition affirms the reality of what family physicians do every day,” said Dr. Jess R. Melle, president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association’s Section of Family Medicine. “Family medicine is not ‘general.’ It is a distinct and highly specialized field of […]
SMA Statement on the Closure of Prairie Harm Reduction
The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is deeply concerned about the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon and the risk this decision poses to patient safety, as well as the impact this decision will have on our strained health care system.
Update: SMA EDI conference registration full
The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is dedicated to dismantling biases and discrimination experienced by medical students, residents, and physicians. Please join us for Uncovering Racism in Medicine: A Pathway Forward, a one-day Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Conference, on Sept. 22, 2023, at the Saskatoon Inn.
SMA to recognize outstanding contributions to SMA with new Service Award
The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is unveiling a new award for 2023 – the SMA Service Award. The award will recognize the physician recipient’s contributions to the SMA on committees, the board or in other activities that support the SMA and its mission.
Recordings from 2023 Spring RA and AGM now available
Recordings from the Saskatchewan Medical Association’s (SMA) 2023 Spring Representative Assembly and Annual General Meeting are now available.
Canada’s health care providers urge premiers to ensure health care remains a priority
As Canadians continue to struggle to access health care in a timely fashion, organizations representing physicians, nurses and hospitals across the country are calling on all premiers to ensure health system reform is on the agenda at their meetings next month in Winnipeg, Man.
Dr. Annette Epp becomes president of SMA in ‘time of impending change’ in health care
Dr. Annette Epp, a gynecologist from Saskatoon, was elected president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) on Friday, May 5, during the 2023 Spring Representative Assembly (RA), held at Saskatoon’s Sheraton Cavalier.
Saskatoon physician Dr. Annette Epp elected SMA president
On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, 20 Saskatoon physicians – along with family and friends, and SMA chief executive officer Bonnie Brossart – prepared and served more than 800 bowls of chili as part of the Friendship Inn’s annual Love Your Neighbor Chili Cook-Off, sponsored by the Saskatoon Medical Staff Association (SMSA) along with others.