I write this column filled with pride and gratitude following the incredible energy and inspiration of our recent Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO®) and BPSO Ontario Health Team (OHT) Summits in September (read more in this issue’s feature about the even
Fall 2025
Year
2025
Volume
37
No.
3
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by: NP Lhamo Dolkar
I have spent a lot of time lately thinking about equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). About how important these concepts are, and how we, as nurses, cannot be bystanders when it comes to EDI and the pursuit of fairness and justice.
In the End
by: Arlene Dias
For more than 20 years, I have been a public health nurse with the City of Toronto. I work in schools, homes, shelters and clinics. When I first started in the role, I didn’t quite understand the scope of practice for public health nurses. I do now. And my hope is to raise awareness of the value we bring to our health system.
RN Profile
by: Madison Hietkamp
RN Keren Elumir provides care at Toronto’s Moss Park Consumption and Treatment Service. On a typical day, she responds to overdoses, oversees injections of substances, offers primary care and connects clients with other community services.
Feature
by: Marion Zych
RNAO members made their voices heard loud and clear at rallies held in several cities across Ontario on Sept. 20, 2025. The international collective day of action was called Draw the Line and garnered attention from governments everywhere on issues related to health, people and the planet. The message was to reject the politics ...
Feature
by: Victoria Alarcon
In their brightest attire and carrying colourful banners and home-made signs, members of RNAO and its Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG) marched this summer in six Pride parades. The events stretched from Windsor in the west to Ottawa in the east. RNs, NPs and nursing students joined thousands of other allies to advocate...
Feature
by: Alicia Saunders
As RNAO’s current president, NP Lhamo Dolkar was the master of ceremonies at the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May 2025. Many presidents before her have played this critical role at the annual gathering, and several of them were on hand this spring to celebrate the milestone 100th anniversary of the association t...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
Attendees at the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) (May 29-30) were intrigued as they descended the escalators into the Toronto Hilton conference area and saw the celebratory balloon archway leading into a dedicated history room marking the association’s 100th anniversary. The room was a first-ev...
Feature
by: Andrea Gómez Palacio Schjetnan
Each fall, tens of thousands of RNs, NPs and nursing students join or renew their membership with RNAO. For many, this is the continuation of a relationship that has spanned decades. For others, it is the start of a professional journey.To explore how membership strengthens nursing across generations, RNJ spoke with nurses at di...
Feature
by: Victoria Alarcon
When Fairmount Home, a 128-bed long-term care (LTC) home near Kingston, Ontario, joined RNAO’s Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO®) program in 2023, RN Erika Van Schelven and recreationist Katie Johnson had two goals: to excel at resident care and to more fully engage residents and their families in decisions about that...