Montreal, May 2, 2014
TO ALL MEDICAL RESIDENTS
AND CLINICAL FELLOWS BELONGING TO AN FMRQ-AFFILIATED ASSOCIATION
TO ALL CLINICAL CLERK 2S
Subject: Election of the members of the FMRQ Board of Directors for 2014-2015
Dear Colleagues,
The positions of directors on the board of the Fédération des médecins résidents du
Québec (FMRQ) are filled by means of annual elections, and this democratic process
concerns you all. These elections take place between May 15 and June 15 each year at
a meeting of the Delegates’ Assembly. These delegates from each of the FMRQ’s four
affiliated associations are medical residents’ representatives, and one of their roles is
to elect the members of the FMRQ board. These positions are open to all medical
residents, and to clinical fellows belonging to an FMRQ-affiliated association and
Clinical Clerk 2s who will be starting their residency in July 2014. The Federation’s
renewal and vitality depend on you, and we invite you to get involved so as to
contribute to the FMRQ’s growth.
To that end, attached hereto is a list of positions for which you may stand under the
FMRQ’s General By-law, along with a nomination form. Please feel free to get in
touch with the FMRQ to learn about the roles and responsibilities associated with
these different positions.
You will observe that the composition of the board of directors was recently modified
through the FMRQ governance review process. Exceptionally, nomination deadlines
were shortened this year. The positions of president, secretary and treasurer were
maintained, while standing committee chairpersons will no longer have a seat on the
board. Instead, three board members with sectoral responsibility will be elected to
provide follow-up in the Academic Affairs – Specialties, Academic Affairs – Family
Medicine, and Union Affairs sectors.
Also, the four medical resident associations (AMRM, ARM, AMReQ and AMReS) will
each nominate candidates to hold a seat reserved for them on the FMRQ board. These
nominations will be presented like all nominations for the other director positions at the
Delegates’ Assembly meeting devoted to the elections, on June 13, 2014. If an association
representative were not to be elected on that date, the election for that position would be
held at the subsequent Delegates’ Assembly meeting. Note that those responsible for the
Physician Resource Committee and the Resident Wellness Committee will be appointed
by the directors in office as of July 1 each year.
So you have only to be a medical resident or clinical fellow belonging to an FMRQaffiliated association as of July 1, 2014 and to wish to be involved in the cause of medical
residents’ living, work and study conditions to submit your nomination, subject to the
specific conditions of provenance (associations, specialties, family medicine) for certain
positions.
The directors holding these positions for 2013-2014 are also available to answer your
questions. They are:
President of the FMRQ
Secretary of the FMRQ
Treasurer of the FMRQ
Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee
– Specialties
Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee
– Family Medicine
Chair of the Union Affairs Committee
Dr Joseph Dahine
Dr Grégoire Bernèche
Dr Maxime Dussault-Laurendeau
Dr François Caron
Dr David Bacon
Dr Caroline Lacroix
We do hope we have been able to stimulate your interest in playing an active role in
FMRQ affairs.
Yours truly,
Joseph Dahine, MDCM
President
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