Black nurses

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Nurses must feel safe and empowered: Taking action on racism and discrimination

by: Victoria Alarcon

For Lori Zozzolotto, racism has been an obstacle throughout her nursing career. While in school to earn her RPN designation in 2007, she had the opportunity to apply for a clinical placement in an emergency department. Competition for the position was tough, and when she went to her instructor for advice, she was discouraged. “(...

In the End

What nursing means to me

by: Lori Zozzolotto

I have always been drawn to caring for people. Before I became a nurse, I had performed first aid on so many occasions that when my kids saw an accident, they would ask: “Are we stopping to help, mom?” When I finally became a nurse, I felt like I found my place in the world. Going to work did not feel like a job.

Column

Influence and impact: Mobilizing for action

by: Claudette Holloway

One of the things that makes me so proud to be a member of RNAO is the influence and impact we have when it comes to getting time with our elected representatives. Think about it for a moment. What other organization has the political clout that we have raising nursing and health issues?

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Policy at Work

by: Marion Zych

RNAO provides federal and provincial governments with budget advice RNAO provided the federal government with a set of recommendations to consider as it prepared its spring budget. While the country’s economy continues to be affected by after effects due to the pandemic, including high inflation, RNAO argues those mo...

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Our collective voice is powerful: Show up and speak up

by: Claudette Holloway

This column marks my first official message to you as president. I am extremely proud and feel blessed to represent you. RNAO is an important organization, and my personal pledge to you is to bring my leadership, my energy and my commitment to continue advancing our important work.

RN Profile

There's no limit where nursing can take you

by: Victoria Alarcon

Persistence, growth and connections assist Jocelyn Hezekiah in her 43-year nursing career.

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Forward together: Q&A with RNAO’s 57th president

by: Kimberley Kearsey

Dr. Claudette Holloway became RNAO president at the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on June 10, 2022. She is the 57th member to do so, and the fourth Black nurse to take the helm. She begins her presidency as the province – and the world – starts to emerge from the unprecedented pres...

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Task force report shares solutions to address anti-Black racism

by: Victoria Alarcon

For RNAO nursing graduate members Hilda Oni and Kelly-Ann Reid, receiving the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Award for Indigenous and Black Nursing Students was the opportunity of a lifetime during their fourth-year of study. As part of the award, they were each given a $5,000 bursary an...

RN Profile

Providing care at home and abroad

by: Alicia Saunders

Abiola Akinremi’s passion for humanitarian work started when she was a teenager. Having lived in Canada since the age of six, she returned to her birth country of Nigeria to attend high school and says the experience made her realize how fortunate she was to have grown up in a country with an abundance of resources available to her.

News

BNTF releases report with recommendations for change

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RNAO’s Black Nurses Task Force (BNTF) released a report on Feb. 8 that addresses the systemic anti-Black racism and discrimination that exists in nursing.

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