RNAO members continue to raise the profile of the nursing profession by speaking with reporters about prominent nursing and health-related issues. Nurses’ voices matter and help to mobilize change where it’s needed. 

In July, members were featured in many news stories, including the following:

• Maha Hassan, Globe and Mail: Burnt out Canadian nurses are shipping out for better working conditions and pay
• Debra Lefebvre, Toronto Star: The fourth-dose fight: As Ontario enters a new COVID wave, fierce calls to expand vaccine access
• Ally Hulley, CBC News: This rural southwestern Ontario camp is shaping the next generation of healthcare workers
• Hillary Stezenko, Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal: Clinic keeps founder’s dream alive
• Lynn Heath, CityNews: Community support funds new fetal monitors at Almonte General Hospital
• Jill Schitka, CTV News: Grand River Hospital postpones some elective surgeries due to staffing shortages
• Rosa Spataro, Toronto Star: ‘We’re the Titanic and we are sinking, fast’: Health-care leaders call for help as Ontario ERs overwhelmed
• Ameek Singh, The Pointer: Ontario’s healthcare system is at a breaking point; Brampton Civic is at a ‘standstill’; health ministry spokesperson says things are ‘running smoothly’
• Karla Ducusin, CTV News: Tens of thousands of nurses on the sidelines as ERs on the brink of closure in Ontario

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