I received an invitation to attend the 2025 Family Medicine Residents Retreat that took place on September 8-10 at the Dakota Dunes Resort. This annual event brings together over 100 first and second-year family medicine residents from the University of Saskatchewan for a variety of informational sessions related to their career pathway.

As part of the event this year, the Saskatchewan Healthcare Recruitment Agency and Saskatchewan Health Authority hosted a career fair where private clinics, the SHA, Saskatchewan Medical Association and other organizations can engage with the residents attending. The Career Fair was held in the afternoon of Tuesday, September 9 and was designed to support residents in exploring future practice options right here in Saskatchewan. 

For the first time, we got the opportunity as a community to show case our town to these family medicine residents. Sharing local career opportunities, local amenities, relocation and settlement resources for Lanigan that could make a lasting impression on these future family physicians. CAO Ron McCullough and I, together with Rebecca Lamont, Manager – Health Service Lanigan Integrated Hospital and Central Parkland Lodge attended the Career Fair.

It worked well for me to talk about what the Town of Lanigan has to offer and Rebecca was able to talk about the hospital and clinic and what the schedules are as well as what our physicians do in our communities. Both Rebecca and I thought it was a success for us to connect with these 1st and 2nd year resident doctors that are looking to go into family medicine as well as having the chance to work in emergency which we offer in Lanigan.

It was a real win for the communities as well as the doctors because a lot of them did not know where Lanigan is and there were several that were looking to practice rural. The new school and daycare were real selling features for Lanigan as well as the available housing for doctors and Lanigan being a safe place to live.

This Career Fair was a great opportunity to attract future doctors to Lanigan as they finish their residency. I did make multiple invitations for them to come for a tour of Lanigan and hopefully some will take me up with that offer.

I want to say a big thank you to Sherry Schickerowski for pulling everything together for us for the event, she did a great job in a short amount of time! 

Kind Regards,

- Mayor Tony Mycock