RNAO Updates

Putting my COVID-19 report to rest – mission accomplished!

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Dear colleagues, the time has come to put to rest my COVID-19 blog. My profound gratitude to the millions of nurses and other health workers at home, abroad and everywhere who have dedicated themselves selflessly to the service of others. I extend huge gratitude and admiration to our tremendous RNAO staff and our board of directors. We have worked non-stop to support those in need – whether members, the media, the public, health organizations or patients and their loved ones.

April 19 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Tuesday, April 19 blog. This week we share: 1) Environmental priorities on agenda during RNAO and CAPE-ON provincial party debate; 2) RNAO urges Premier Doug Ford not to lift mask mandates in high-risk settings scheduled to end April 27; 3) RNAO responds to the federal budget; and 4) how social media hacks our brains. Scroll down for Action Alerts and upcoming RNAO webinars.

April 4 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Monday, April 4 blog. This week we share: 1) Save the date for RNAO’s 97th Annual General Meeting: June 9 – 11, 2022; 2) RNAO’s ongoing media profile – the February and March 2022 report; and 3) an article on social media as a public health crisis, calling to treat it like one. Scroll down for Action Alerts and upcoming RNAO webinars.

March 28 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Monday, March 28 blog. This week we share: 1) Media release: RNAO applauds federal Liberal/NDP partnership to improve health and wellbeing of Canadians; 2) Omicron BA.2 subvariant becoming dominant, representing potential risk; and 3) RNAO sends letter to Ontario political parties on systemic racism against Black nurses. Scroll down for Action Alerts and upcoming RNAO webinars.

March 11 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Friday, March 11 blog. This week we share: 1) RNAO commemorates the #NationalDayOfObservance marking two years of pandemic; 2) calling registered nurses and nurse practitioners to volunteer for mission to help Ukraine; 3) CMAT and RNAO members depart to Poland – how you can help their urgent appeal; 4) RNAO says Ontario’s decision to drop mask mandate puts politics ahead of science, risking gains made; and 5) persisting with masks after vaccination has major economic, health benefits, Lancet study says. Scroll down for Action Alerts and upcoming RNAO webinars.

February 25 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Friday, February 25 blog. This week we share: 1) RNAO held its Queen’s Park Day on Feb 24; 2) RNAO released its 2022 provincial election platform; 3) Black and Indigenous protesters are treated differently than the ‘convoy’ because of Canada’s ongoing racism and 4) finding solutions for Canada’s alt-right radicalization. Scroll down for upcoming RNAO webinars.

February 16 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Wednesday, February 16 blog. This week we share: 1) Register now: Queen’s Park Day is coming up on Feb 24; 2) Ontario government must maintain key public health measures to address catastrophic surgical backlog, says RNAO; 3) restoring community dialogue and resilience for the next COVID-19 emergency; and 4) a better post-pandemic future means not giving in to COVID-19 now. Scroll down for upcoming RNAO webinars.

February 10 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Thursday, February 10 blog. This week we share: 1) RNAO’s In Focus page on Black Nurses; 2) report calling for an end to anti-Black systemic racism and discrimination within the nursing profession; 3) the shocking siege of Ottawa by anti-mandate truckers and why the whole world should be terribly worried; and 4) whose freedom is the ‘freedom convoy’ fighting for anyway? Scroll down for upcoming RNAO webinars.

February 2 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Wednesday, February 2 blog. This week we share: 1) honouring Black History Month 2022; 2) RNAO calls out extremist and hateful actions driven by far-right on display in Ottawa; and 3) let's not play Russian roulette with Omicron and embrace it as inevitable. Scroll down for upcoming RNAO webinars.

January 26 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Wednesday, January 26 blog. This week we share: 1) Listening to internationally educated nurses (IENs) living in Ontario and eager to work in our health system; 2) RNAO’s letter to the College of Nurses of Ontario regarding IENs; and 3) RNAO’s response to the government’s plan to start lifting public health measures soon. Scroll down for upcoming RNAO webinars.