Queen's Park Day 2025

Representatives from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario’s (RNAO) 54,400+ membership are attending the 25th Annual Queen’s Park Day (QPD) on Feb. 27, 2025. Members of RNAO's board of directors, assembly and executive network officers will engage in policy and political action to advance nursing and optimize Ontario’s health system.

Feb. 27 will be an exciting day of advocacy where leaders and nurses work together to discuss key priority issues and RNAO’s provincial and federal election platforms.

If you have any questions, please contact policy department coordinator Ann-Marie Morris at amorris@RNAO.ca.

Agenda

RNAO's 25th annual Queen's Park Day (QPD)

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Hart House, University of Toronto | 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, Ont.

Morning

9 – 10:15 a.m. ET

Breakfast and networking

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. ET

1.0 Opening remarks and land acknowledgment

NP Lhamo Dolkar, RN(EC), MN, CCN
RNAO President

Dr. Doris Grinspun, BScN, MSN, PhD, LLD(hon), Dr(hc), DHC, DHC, FAAN, FCAN, O.ONT
RNAO CEO

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. ET

Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET

2.0 ECCO 4.0: Review and Q&A

Dr. Doris Grinspun
RNAO CEO

Matthew Kellway
RNAO's Director of Nursing and Health Policy

Christina Pullano, BScN, RN, MN
Senior Nursing Policy Analyst

Nashia Rashid
Junior Economist/Health Analyst

Julia Shi, RN, BScN, MPH
Nursing and Health Policy Analyst: Determinants of Health

12:30– 1:30 p.m. ET

Lunch

1:30 – 3:30 p.m. ET

3.0 Federal and provincial election platforms: RNAO’s engagement

NP Lhamo Dolkar
RNAO President

Dr. Doris Grinspun
RNAO CEO

3:30 – 4 p.m. ET

4.0 Closing remarks

NP Lhamo Dolkar
RNAO President

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Queen's Park Day 2024 photo gallery

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RNAO CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun (left), President Dr. Claudette Holloway (seated) and President-Elect Lhamo Dolkar (right) visit Premier Doug Ford in his office.
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RNAO members (clockwise from left) Asmahan Hussein, Jessica Burford and Paul-André Gauthier raise important nursing and health-care issues to PC MPP Michael Tibollo and his team.
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PC MPP Rudy Cuzzetto (left) chats with RNAO members Ryan Chan and Mackenzie Thiessen during QP Day.
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During breakfast meetings at QP Day, PC MPP Natalia Kusendova (flannel blazer) speaks with RNAO members (clockwise from left) Sarah Loseth, Poonam Sharma, Paula Manuel and Kathy Moreland.
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NDP’s long-term care critic, Wayne Gates (far right) sits down with RNAO members Sierra Punchard (far left) and Susan Reinhart about the nursing issues important to them and their community.
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RNAO members (clockwise from left) Stephanie Pialis, Sima Zendegany and Victoria Guido meet with NDP MPP Jessica Bell (far right)
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NDP MPP France Gelinas (left) speaks with RNAO members Neil Stephen (middle) and Courtney Dini.
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Liberal MPP John Fraser (left) sits down with RNAO members Rob Samulack (middle) and Jenna Bennett.
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RNAO members and staff (clockwise from left) Prasha Sivasundaram, Julia Jingxi Shi, Christina Pullano and Julia Mason chat with Liberal's health critic Dr. Adil Shamji (second from right) during QP Day.
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RNAO members (clockwise from left) Margaret Boyle Class, Carol Maxwell and RNAO President-Elect Lhamo Dolkar meet with leader of Ontario’s Green Party, Mike Schreiner (right) during breakfast meetings at QP Day.