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  • Joint Review Panel Darlington Nuclear Project
    Friday, April 1, 2011 - 19:37

    RNAO Speaking Notes – Doris Grinspun, Executive Director, RNAO

    Joint Review Panel – Darlington Nuclear Project

    April 1, 2011

         
    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional organization representing registered nurses in Ontario. It is the strong, credible voice leading the nursing profession to influence and promote healthy public policy.

  • Bill 140, An Act to enact the Housing Services Act, 2010, repeal the Social Housing Reform Act, 2000 and make complementary and other amendments to other Acts
    Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 00:00

    Wendy Fucile, RN, BScN, MPA, CHE
    Immediate Past President, RNAO Board of Directors

    Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy
    Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario
    March 24, 2011

    Good afternoon. My name is Wendy Fucile and I am the Immediate Past President of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.

    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association for registered nurses who practise in all roles and sectors across this province. We work to improve health and strengthen our health-care system.

  • Bill 141: Health Protection and Promotion Amendment Act, 2011 to The Standing Committee on Social Policy
    Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 00:00

    Good afternoon. My name is Doris Grinspun, and I am the Executive Director of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). RNAO is the professional organization for registered nurses who practise in all roles and sectors across Ontario. We appreciate the opportunity to address the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 141.

  • Greenpeace/RNAO Media Conference on the Safety of Nuclear Technology
    Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 00:00

    Thank you, Shawn-Patrick. The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional organization representing registered nurses in Ontario. It is the strong, credible voice leading the nursing profession to influence and promote healthy public policy.

    Like all Canadians, and people around the world, our hearts go out to the people of Japan who are dealing with unthinkable tragedy. We admire their courage and resilience even as the full extent of the disaster is still unknown.

  • Recession Relief Coalition Hunger Inquiry
    Saturday, October 23, 2010 - 00:00

    Good Morning. My name is Lynn Anne Mulrooney and I am Senior Policy Analyst at the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. RNAO is the professional association for registered nurses who practice in all roles and sectors across the province.

  • Rally to Put Food in the Budget
    Friday, October 15, 2010 - 00:00

    My name is Amarpreet Kaur Ahluwalia and I am delighted to be here this evening on behalf of Ontario’s nurses. I am a diabetes nurse educator and like other registered nurses across the province, I see every day why it is urgent from a health perspective to immediately increase social assistance by $100 per month as a first step toward income adequacy.

  • RNAO Speaking Notes, Rethinking Health Care in Rural and Northern Ontario at the Rural & Northern Health Care Panel
    Friday, November 27, 2009 - 01:00

    Rethinking Health Care in Rural and Northern Communities
     
    Speaking Notes for the Rural & Northern Health Care Panel

  • RNAO Deputation to the Toronto Board of Health Meeting, October 19, 2009
    Monday, October 19, 2009 - 00:00

    RNAO Deputation to the Toronto Board of Health Meeting
    Monday, October 19, 2009  1:00 pm

  • Why trade agreements compromise health and safety: RNAO speaks out
    Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 00:00

    RNAO Executive Director Doris Grinspun took part in a media conference
    on Tuesday March 31st to outline the association's concerns about
    TILMA-like agreements.
    The conference, organized by the Council of Canadians, tried to draw
    attention to the TILMA agreement (between B.C. and Alberta) and similar
    agreements in the works such as the one currently being negotiated by
    Ontario and Quebec. The agreements have implications for health, safety
    and labour standards.

  • Kathy Hardill's Closing Plenary Address January 2008
    Friday, January 25, 2008 - 01:00

    Closing Plenary Address
    RNAO Board of Directors Assembly
    January 25, 2008
    Let me begin by saying just how pleased and honoured I am to be here among such a large gathering of nurses from across the province. I am especially pleased to be speaking this afternoon about a subject very dear to my heart – and that is the link between illness, the social determinants of health and nursing practice.