Now is the time to tell political leaders to heed public-health evidence that supervised injection services (SIS) save lives. Nurses know the evidence shows SIS reduces overdose deaths decreases unsafe injection practices that can cause infection increases access to detox and addiction services What can YOU do? Sign the RNAO Action...
Are you a public health nurse who uses the Public Health Core Competencies and/or Public Health Nursing Discipline Competencies to support your practice or the work of your public health unit? Nursing researchers from Ryerson University are conducting a pilot study and seeking assistance from...
CHNIG Sponsorship Opportunity for RN and Student Members to Attend 2013 RNAO and CHNIG AGMs Are you enthusiastic about community health nursing? Would you like to meet nurses and nursing students from across Ontario that have an interest in community health nursing? The Community Health Nurses Initiatives’...
Public health is an information-intensive field that encompasses many disciplines. Like other health-related fields, public health knowledge and practices continually evolve. Continuing professional development is needed to help you maintain high levels of skills and knowledge. One high quality resource for professional development is PHAC’s Skills Online Program. This award-winning...
Register before April 19th for Early Bird Rate! Join us in beautiful Kelowna, BC for the 7th National Community Health Nurses Conference, June 17-19, 2013. This conference brings together individuals from practice, research, administration, policy and education, who share a common interest in Community Health Nursing. It...
Community Health Nurses from across Canada – this is a call to action to participate in political and public engagement strategies to support Bill C-400. Join this multi-partner, non-partisan movement to take a stand on the issues of housing and poverty in Canada. Time is...
The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools provides capacity development opportunities to public health professionals across Canada through online learning, webinars and workshops. This position is responsible for working with public health professionals to develop workshop content, online learning module content, webinar development and...
CHNIG would like to invite all of its members to join us at our 2013 Annual General Meeting on Saturday April 13th from 8:30am to 12:00pm at the Hilton Toronto, just after the RNAO AGM. Please register here. Elections are held each year at the AGM...
Supporting double duty caregivers (health care providers who are also family caregivers) must be a top priority to ensure a skilled and healthy workforce and a viable stable economy. It is important that workplace supports are developed and refi ned to assist double duty caregivers...
Increase in funding for 2013 CHNIG Education and Research Awards CHNIG is pleased to be able to announce an increase in the amount of funding we provide to support the educational and research endeavors of our members. This year we are offering: Two Educational Scholarships valued at...
