Queenʼs Park on the Road (QPOR) is one of RNAOʼs signature political advocacy events.

It allows RNAO members to meet their MPPs within their local constituency to discuss key nursing, health, and health-care issues that matter to them and that affect their day-to-day practice. Through these meetings, nurses bring their experience and expertise to the table to influence healthy public policy changes that benefit Ontarians.

This year, members will be pushing hard for change on two issues: the RN understaffing crisis and the opioid overdose crisis. This continued focus on a limited number of issues allows a deeper, more focused and informed discussion between RNAOʼs passionate and knowledgeable nurse advocates and their elected MPPs.

RNAO has developed a toolkit to help members learn how to connect with their MPP and to help plan a QPOR MPP meeting.
 

The pictures below were taken before the pandemic.

Photo gallery

  • MPP Lorne Coe
    RNAO members Sepelene Deonarine (left), Regina Elliott (third from left) and then RNAO president Angela Cooper Brathwaite (second from left) meet with Lorne Coe, PC MPP for Whitby.
  • QPOR France Gelinas
    RNAO members Paul-André Gauthier (first row, right), Maria Casas (second row, right), Debra Anderson (third row, right) and Sarah Slack (third row, left) sit with France Gélinas (second row, left), NDP Health Critic and Jamie West, NDP MPP for Sudbury.
  • QPOR Kathleen Wynne
    Kathleen Wynne (centre), then Liberal MPP for Don Valley meets with RNAO members.
  • QPOR Mike Schreiner
    Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner (right) meets with RNAO member Amber Gillespie.
  • 2019 QPOR - Amarjot Sandhu, PC MPP
    RNAO member Ameek Singh (left) meets with Amarjot Sandhu, PC MPP for Brampton West.
  • QPOR Deepak Anand - resized
    RNAO member Paula Manuel (left) shakes hands with PC MPP for Mississauga Malton Deepak Anand.
  • Tom Rakocevic
    RNAO member Melissa Capozzolo meets with Tom Rakocevic, NDP MPP for Humber River - Black Creek.
  • QPOR Logan Kanapathi
    RNAO members May Tao (left) and Felcia Kontopodis (right) meet with PC MPP for Markham Thornhill Logan Kanapathi.
  • Wayne Gates
    RNAO members speak with Wayne Gates (second from left), NDP MPP for Niagara Falls.
  • QPOR John Fraser
    Liberal MPP for Ottawa South John Fraser (centre) spoke with RNAO members Laura Crich (left) and Daniela Acosta.
  • 2019 QPOR - David Piccini, PC MPP
    RNAO members Sepelene Deonarine (left), Yvonne Gaudaur (second from left), Julie Parcells (third from left) and Kathleen Pikaart meet with David Piccini, PC MPP for Northumberland Peterborough.
  • 2019 QPOR, Andrea Khanjin, PC MPP
    PC MPP Andrea Khanjin (second from right) meets with RNAO members Mia Brown (left), Cherie Durksen (third from right) and Amanda Fountain.
QPOR toolkit to support your event:
QPOR Checklist

QPOR - checklists and template letters to help you connect with your MPP

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Fact Sheet - RNAO

Fact Sheet - RNAO

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Ontario RN understaffing

Fact Sheet - Ontario's RN Understaffing Crisis: Impact and Solution

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Political Action Bulletin

Political Action Bulletin - Ontario's RN Understaffing Crisis: Impact and Solution

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Overdose Crisis

Fact Sheet - Overdoses from toxic drug supply: A public health crisis

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PAB- Escalating overdose crisis

Political Action Bulletin - Ontario's escalating overdose crisis

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