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  • Speaking Notes: Response to Bill 132 to the Standing Committee on General Government
    Monday, November 25, 2019 - 13:43

    Good morning, my name is Hilda Swirsky and with me this morning is Susan Munro.  We are registered nurses and are here on behalf of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.  RNAO represents 43,500 thousand registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students across this province.  We speak out for nurses and we speak out for health.  

  • Speaking Notes: Strengthening Heat Resilience in the City of Toronto
    Monday, November 4, 2019 - 13:17

    Good afternoon. My name is Joy Dawkins. I am a registered nurse and Nursing Policy Analyst at the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, or RNAO.

    Thank you for the opportunity to share RNAO's feedback on the City of Toronto’s Heat Relief Strategy. RNAO has a long-standing commitment and history of action on the environmental and social determinants of health. Our goal in this work is to improve and protect the health of all Ontarians, and to decrease health inequities among marginalized people who bear an increased burden of avoidable sickness and premature death.

  • Speaking Notes: Learning from the deaths of Grant Faulkner and Bradley Chapman
    Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 11:39

    Good morning. My name is Lynn Anne Mulrooney. I am a registered nurse and Senior Policy Analyst at the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, or as it often known: RNAO.

  • Speaking Notes: Bill 74: The People's Health Care Act, 2019
    Sunday, March 31, 2019 - 23:00

    Good afternoon. My name is Doris Grinspun, and I am the Chief Executive Officer of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO). With me today is Lynn Anne Mulrooney, RNAO's Senior Policy Analyst.

    Thank you for this opportunity to present the views of RNAO's 42,000 RN, NP and nursing student's members to the Standing Committee on Social Policy on the People's Health Care Act.

  • Speaking Notes: Submission on Bill 34, the Green Energy Repeal Act
    Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 14:45

    My name is Hilda Swirsky, and I am the Region Six Board Representative for the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. With me today is RNAO's Senior Economist, Kim Jarvi. On behalf of RNAO, I wish to thank the Chair and members of the Standing Committee on Social Policy for this opportunity to present the views of Ontario's registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students on Bill 34, the Green Energy Repeal Act. We are here to speak to the health implications of the bill.

  • Speaking Notes: RNAO Submission to the Toronto Board of Health: Saving Lives with a Public Health Approach to Drug Policy
    Monday, July 16, 2018 - 11:02

    Good afternoon. My name is Lynn Anne Mulrooney. I am a registered nurse and Senior Policy Analyst at the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, or as it often known: RNAO.

  • Speaking Notes: RNAO Submission to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on the Application to Renew the License of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
    Friday, June 29, 2018 - 11:07

    Good morning President Binder and members of the commission. My name is Beatriz Jackson, and I am a board member of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO). I represent RNAO's Region eight, an area that includes Durham Northumberland and the nuclear reactors at Pickering and Darlington. I have lived in Pickering for 22 years now, just 10 kilometers from the nuclear plant. With me today are Susan Munro, representing RNAO's Ontario Nurses for the Environment Interest Group, and Kim Jarvi, RNAO's Senior Economist.

  • Speaking Notes: Ontario Need More RNs (Nursing Week RNAO/ONA media conference)
    Monday, May 7, 2018 - 08:08

    Good morning everyone. My name is Angela Cooper Brathwaite and I am the president of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). Joining me is Vicki McKenna, President of the Ontario Nurses’ Association and RNAO’s Chief Executive Officer Doris Grinspun. I would like to thank everyone for coming today - this first day of National Nursing Week.

  • Speaking Notes: RNAO speaking notes on Bill 6: Correctional Services Transformation Act, 2018
    Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 16:05

    Good morning. My name is Lynn Anne Mulrooney. I am a registered nurse and Senior Policy Analyst at the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO). With me today is Shirley Kennedy, the President of the Ontario Correctional Nurses' Interest Group (OCNIG). OCNIG is an interest group of RNAO comprised of registered nurses working in the federal and provincial correctional systems as well as nursing students interested in correctional nursing. We thank you for the opportunity to present on Bill 6 to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy.

  • Speaking Notes: RNAO speaking notes for Ontario Pre-Budget Submission 2018: Improving Ontarians’ health and healthcare
    Friday, January 19, 2018 - 12:40

    For the full speaking notes with attachments, references and appendices please see attached PDF

    Good afternoon. My name is Doris Grinspun, and I am the CEO of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO).