Take Your MPP To Work

Welcome to Take Your MPP To Work 2024!

Take Your MPP To Work (TYMTW) is one of RNAO’s signature political action events that begins during Nursing Week each year. For over 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.

TYMTW 2024 kicks off during Nursing Week (May 6 – 12) 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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(From left to right) RNAO Policy & Political Action Executive member Simon Donato-Woodger, MPP Mary-Margaret McMahon and RNAO President NP Lhamo Dolkar at The Works, Toronto.
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Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones (from left to right), RNAO President Dr. Claudette Holloway, Premier Doug Ford and PC MPP Natalia Kusendova-Bashta at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Staff at Villa Colombo Toronto, one of RNAO's LTC BPSOs, hosted a TYMTW visit with RNAO CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun (third from the right) and then Minister of LTC Stan Cho (middle) for #TYMTW during Nursing Week.
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RNAO CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun (middle) and Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles (fourth from left) with nurses and health-care workers at East Toronto Health Partners, one of our BPSOs, at the Thorncliffe Park Youth Hub.
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(From left to right) RNAO President Dr. Claudette Holloway, CAMH's Chief Nursing Executive and VP Clinical Operations Dionne Sinclair, CAMH President and CEO Sarah Downey, Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie, Director of Nursing Practice Sherida Chambers and Advanced Practice Clinical Lead Seharish Jindani at The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
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Pictured at a TYMTW visit: RNAO President-Elect NP Lhamo Dolkar (second from left), Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner (third from left), Erin Sevigny, Guelph Family Health Team (FHT) manager of clinical practice and diabetes care (third from right), and Ross Kirkconnell, of the Guelph FHT executive director (far right).
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Members of RNAO's Middlesex-Elgin chapter with MPP Terence Kernaghan (third from the left), MPP Peggy Sattler (fourth from the left) and Heidi Machel — staff person representing MPP Rob Flack.
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Members of RNAO's Toronto East chapter with MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam (third from the right in the bottom picture) for a TYMTW visit at St. Michael's Hospital Emergency Department.
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Members of RNAO's Sudbury chapter with NDP MPP Jamie West (third from the left) and Ontario NDP Health Critic MPP France Gelinas (third from the right) for a TYMTW visit at Sudbury’s Youth Wellness Hub.
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(From left to right) RNAO Brant Haldimand Norfolk Chapter members RN Lisa Bishop, RN Cheryl Forchuk with MPP Bobbi Ann Brady.

TYMTW toolkit to support your event:
Image	Take Your MPP To Work checklist Use this event checklist to help plan and organize your chapter events. Download
Image	Media advisory template Use this media advisory template to write to inform reporters about your upcoming TYMTW visit and generate interest and media coverage. Download
Image	Who is my MPP? 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. Download
Image	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. Download
Image	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. Download
Image	Thank you letter to MPP Write to your local health system partner to invite them to participate in this year's Take Your MPP To Work event. Download

CONFIRMED VISITS:

Date	Chapter/Region without chapters	Elected officials	Health organization/Location
May 3, 2024 at 11 a.m. ET	Middlesex-Elgin Chapter	MPP Terence Kernaghan MPP Peggy Sattler Heidi Machel - staff person representing MPP Rob Flack	London InterCommunity Health Centre
May 6, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. ET	Region 7, Toronto East	Premier Doug Ford Hon. Sylvia Jones, Minister of Health	TMU (Toronto Metropolitan University)
May 8, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. ET	Region 6, Toronto West	Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario	CAMH
May 8, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. ET	Region 7, Toronto East	MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam	St. Michael's Hospital Emergency Department
May 10, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. ET	York West Chapter	Hon. Stan Cho, Minister of Long-Term Care	Villa Colombo
May 10, 2024 at 4:45 p.m. ET	Region 6, Toronto West	MPP Marit Stiles, leader of the official opposition	Thorncliffe Park Youth Hub at East York Town Centre
May 21, 2024 at 1 p.m. ET	Sudbury Chapter	MPP Jamie West MPP France Gelinas	Sudbury Youth Wellness Hub
June 7, 2024 at 2 p.m. ET	Wellington Chapter	MPP Mike Schreiner	Guelph Family Health Team
June 8, 2024 at 2 p.m. ET	Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk Chapter	MPP Bobbi Ann Brady	Constituency Office
Sept 13, at 11 a.m. ET	Region 7 - Toronto East Chapter	Dr. Adil Shamji, MPP MPP Mary-Margaret McMahon MPP Stephanie Bowman	Toronto Public Health, The Works
Sept 13, at 11 a.m. ET	Kingston Chapter	MPP Ted Tsu	Providence Manor