Personal letters - Ontario FM IMG Joint Review Panel

[ONTIMG]

Hi all, I'm an IMG (Canadian abroad) applying for FM in Ontario and I'm wondering if anyone has any insight regarding who actually reads and assesses the personal letters? If there is a "joint review committee" that evaluates everyone's application and passes scores along to the program directors, am I right in interpreting that there is no point in tailoring a letter to a specific site? Especially since the letter instructions are generic and identical for every program in Ontario?

I can't find any guidance on this anywhere on the CARMS site except for the same blurb that is on every program:
Applicants who apply to any of the six Ontario Family Medicine Programs (McMaster University, NOSM, University of Ottawa, Queen's University, University of Toronto, Western University) will be assessed by a joint panel comprised of representatives from each of the six Ontario Family Medicine Programs. This panel will assess all candidates' applications and grant interviews to approximately 300 applicants, regardless of the number of Ontario Family Medicine Programs candidates apply to. The panel will provide the final evaluation results of all candidates who were interviewed to each of the individual Ontario Family Medicine Programs that they applied to.  Each Ontario Family Medicine Program will then generate its own final rank list.

Thanks!

[bearded frog]

Each program/school does its own ranking/review so you should definitely tailor to Toronto vs Ottawa vs Mac at least, but regarding multiple sites at the same program, it will vary by program so I can't help you there.