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Welcome to Take Your MPP To Work 2023!
Take Your MPP to Work (TYMTW) is one of RNAO’s signature political action events that begins during Nursing Week each year. For 20 years, RNs, NPs and nursing students across Ontario have welcomed elected officials, including leaders of provincial and federal political parties, MPPs and MPs, into their workplaces.
TYMTW is an exciting and empowering opportunity for nurses and our health system partners to engage in the political process and help politicians understand the issues nurses face. For participating health system partners, it is an opportunity to showcase nursing practice and programs, as well as the benefits of funding them. The event has grown to become an important advocacy event for RNAO members, health organizations and elected officials alike.
This year, TYMTW visits will be held in person! TYMTW 2023 kicks off during Nursing Week (May 8 – 14) and will continue into the summer months to ensure each elected official has the opportunity to go to work with an RNAO member.
“Nurses hold the key to addressing our current health-care crisis – but only if our crisis in nursing is first resolved. Because nursing is a caring profession, we sometimes forget that nurses, too, need nurturing. They need access to education, healthy work environments and workplace supports to continue fulfilling their vital roles.”
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Take Your MPP to Work checklist Use this event checklist to help plan and organize your chapter events. |
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Nursing Career Pathways report The report illustrates the many education and career opportunities within the nursing profession, and outlines how nurses play a central role when it comes to the health of Ontarians. It details the barriers that stand in the way of a thriving profession and the opportunities to ensure the retention and recruitment of nurses with a set of wide-ranging recommendations. |
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Use this media advisory template to write to inform reporters about your upcoming TYMTW visit and generate interest and media coverage. |
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It is important to remember you may live in one riding but work in another, which may impact your decision about who to invite to participate. To identify your workplace riding or respective MPP and their contact information, visit ola.org. |
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Template invitation letter to MPP Write to your MPP for meeting with you to celebrate the commitment and dedication of registered nurses (RNs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) toward building strong, healthy and vibrant communities. |
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Template invitation to a participating health system partner Write to your local health system partner to invite them to participate in this year's Take Your MPP to Work event. |
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Write to your local health system partner to invite them to participate in this year's Take Your MPP to Work event.
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CONFIRMED VISITS:
| Date | Chapter/Region without chapters | Elected officials | Health organization/Location |
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| May 10 at 8:30 a.m. ET | Region 6 (Toronto West) |
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Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre |
| May 12 at 10 a.m. ET | Region 8 |
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Mariann Home |
| May 12 at 11 a.m. ET | Kingston Chapter |
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Providence Traditional Care Centre |
| May 12 at 11:45 a.m. ET | Region 5 |
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| May 12 at 4 p.m. ET | Durham Chapter |
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Patrice Barnes Constituency office |
| May 26 at 2 p.m. ET | Lanark Leeds Grenville Chapter |
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Country Roads Community Health Centre |
| June 14 at 1 p.m. ET | Waterloo Chapter |
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Catherine Fife Constituency Office |
| July 5 at 9:30 a.m. ET | Middlesex-Elgin Chapter |
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London InterCommunity Health Centre |
