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Take action
#DecriminalizeNow
The criminalization of simple drug possession in cities across Ontario is costing lives. Toronto is no exception. On May 15, RNAO wrote to candidates in Toronto’s 2023 by-election for mayor asking them to sign a pledge to support decriminalizing simple drug possession in Toronto. Find out which candidates signed the pledge.
Action Alert
Keep health-care coverage for the uninsured, premier!
Call on the premier to ensure continued access to health services for all people living in Ontario.
Action Alert
Stop the move to for-profit health care, premier!
Call on the premier to stop for-profit surgeries in Ontario!
Current issues
Long-term care and rehab
Long-term care
An aging long-term care resident population with increasing medical complexity calls for increased care from staff with the right skill mix, yet Ontario continues to underfund and understaff homes. Residents and staff deserve better.
Nursing
Nursing policy
Chronic underfunding and understaffing across all health sectors in Ontario, and the relentless replacement of RNs and NPs with less qualified health-care workers, is challenging the effectiveness of RNs and NPs and the system as a whole.
SDOH
Opioid overdose crisis
For over a decade, Canadians have been dying at an increasing rate from opioid overdoses. Between January 2016 and December 2021, nearly 30,000 Canadians died from an opioid overdose. Ontario is not immune to this tragedy.
Our vision
Our vision is of an Ontario that creates the conditions for health and wellness for everyone by addressing the many determinants of health.
That means a system that is
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Accessible
with interprofessional care teams anchored in the communities where people live, work and play.
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Person-centred
where a person and their support system are viewed as a whole and empowered to be genuine partners for their own health.
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Equitable
where deliberate efforts are made to decrease gaps in health outcomes, services and experiences.
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Integrated
where care is coordinated so that transitions from sector to sector, service to service, are seamless.
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Publicly funded and not-for-profit
so that it is efficient and sustainable and everyone, no matter their means, receives the care they require.
Upcoming events
Take Your MPP To Work
Each year, commencing at the beginning of Nursing Week, we encourage RNs, NPs and nursing students to take part in our annual Take Your MPP To Work™ political action event.
#DecriminalizeNow
The criminalization of simple drug possession in cities across Ontario is costing lives. Toronto is no exception. On May 15, RNAO wrote to candidates in Toronto’s 2023 by-election for mayor asking them to sign a pledge to support decriminalizing simple drug possession in Toronto. Find out which candidates signed the pledge.
AGM 2023 - Register Now
RNAO's 98th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in-person at the Hilton Toronto. Join us on June 22 - 24, 2023 as we recognize the incredible efforts of RNs, NPs and nursing students through this year's theme "Change through unity and action."
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