We have now finalized many engaging and user-friendly changes to the RNAO website – live and available for all to explore. One fundamental update is the addition of a new In Focus feature. This is much more than just a change to existing content.
Social and environmental determinants of health
Feature
by: Alicia Saunders
Sept. 30, 2021 marked Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory holiday. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada published 94 calls to action in 2015, and among them (#80) was the call to establish a day to honour residential school survivors, their families and communities. Also kno...
Feature
by: Madison Scaini
When leZlie lee kam went to visit Alf Roberts at his long-term care (LTC) home a couple of days after his 91st birthday, lee kam was devastated to learn Roberts had died the day before and no one from the home shared the news.
“There was this wall between anyone who cared for Alf and (the LTC home where he lived),” lee kam re...
Column
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun
Ontario is now in the throes of a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by an aggressive Delta variant with unvaccinated or partially vaccinated persons, often younger, being hospitalized and admitted to ICUs.
Feature
by: Madison Scaini
Nurses have been called heroes throughout COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean they have superpowers to mitigate the harsh realities of stress and burnout that come with working on the frontlines of a pandemic. The impact of that strain reverberated through the profession earlier this year, when nurses across the province grieved the...
Feature
by: Staff
RNAO stands with the Indigenous peoples of this land who are mourning lives lost. We recognize and share the enormous and enduring pain caused by the residential school system. In our ongoing commitment to reconciliation, the association is building on its partnerships with Indigenous communities to address the impacts of coloni...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey, Marion Zych
On Sept. 20, Canadians voted for a minority liberal government in the federal election. Two RNAO members – Aisha Jahangir and Bert Laranjo – were among the candidates vying for a seat in the House of Commons. Jahangir ran for the NDP and took third in her Guelph riding. Laranjo, a Conservative candidate, came in second in his ri...
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Keisha Jefferies, a PhD candidate in the school of nursing at Dalhousie University, says racism is embedded in nursing education.
Feature
by: Victoria Alarcon
In downtown Toronto, street nurse Roxie Danielson is meeting with new clients at a shelter. Sitting at a small table and equipped with a surgical mask and face shield, Danielson is separated from them by plexiglass. She is conducting her assessment and goes through some standard questions. Do you have a primary care provide...
Feature
by: Alicia Saunders, Madison Scaini
As one of RNAO’s annual signature political action events, this year’s iteration looked a bit different due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Participants joined President Morgan Hoffarth and CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun for a four-hour afternoon event that included remarks from the premier, min...