York University. With that in hand, she was commissioned by Cunard Cruise Lines to implement and develop the first 24 hour Help Center in the cruise industry, while managing her career in the fashion industry.

In 2003, Veronica Shine and her family relocated to Miami, whereas she took a position with a corporation which customizes products and components for the cosmetics, bath and body product industries.

From Miami, she semi-retired in Spain, in 2005 where she still resides. However, her former active lifestyle prompted Veronica to write articles for local English speaking periodicals within the European Community.

Her published works can be found in books, magazines, ezines and blogs throughout the world.Sherbrooke - Montevideo: a socially responsible international collaboration to foster family medicine.
The World Health Organization advocates for faculties of medicine to orient health professional education toward the needs of the populations graduates are to serve and to include a greater emphasis on primary health care. It was in this framework that in 2007, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke (FMHS-UdeS) in Canada and the Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de la Republica (FMUdelaR) in Montevideo, Uruguay developed a comprehensive collaboration to sustain the development of family medicine in both universities through education, practice and research. ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES: In addition to information sharing through email and teleconferencing, this five year collaboration has included 28 bilateral visits by the two institutions' teachers