Community News


19 Aug Nursing Students: Opportunity to join the CHNIG BOD

Would you like to strengthen your leadership and communication skills? Enhance your knowledge about issues impacting community health nursing? Network with RNs and other student nursing associations? Apply to become an affiliate member of the Community Health Nurses' Initiatives Group (CHNIG) Board of Directors today! Send your...

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18 Aug Public Health Agency of Canada Skills Online Fall 2014

Do you want to build your skills and competence in policy and program planning, communications, surveillance, epidemiology, biostatistics, analytical skills, evaluation or evidence decision-making? Skills Online can help. This award-winning program is recognized by public health organizations across Canada. All of the online modules contain practical,...

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21 Jun Compassionate Care NOT Cuts for Refugees

CHNIG member Leanne Siracusa represented RNAO/CHNIG as she spoke at the 3rd national day of  protest against cuts to the interim health coverage for refugees. One of the national protest sites was Hamilton where she spoke on June 16, 2014 at the invitation of physician partners...

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19 Jun Addressing Substance Use Workshop

Apply now to a host FREE Addressing Substance Use Champions Workshop at your organization! RNAO is thrilled to announce the expansion of the Best Practice Champions Network® Workshop Series! RNAO is seeking partner organizations from across Ontario to act as host sites for RNAO’s NEW FREE...

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05 Jun NEW! Breastfeeding Resource for Community-Based Programs

It is with great pleasure that the Public Health Agency of Canada, in collaboration with the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada, release Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: A Practical Workbook for Community-Based Programs (2nd Ed). Available for download in PDF here. This resource aims to provide practical, best...

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05 Jun Interdisciplinary Viral Hepatitis Education Workshop

September 25-26, 2014 | Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC BC Centre for Disease Control is again hosting a 2-day workshop geared towards health and social service providers who want to increase their knowledge about viral hepatitis and improve prevention and care services. Detailed objectives and preliminary...

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30 May Calling all school-based PHNs and CHNs

A survey is being conducted by Drs Erin Maughan, Laura Jannone and Regina Lee of the National Association of School Nurses [NASN] who are interested in school nursing practice around the world. The purpose of the survey is to 1) assess the role/responsibilities of school...

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20 May 2014 CHNIG AGM and Award Winners

CHNIG held its AGM on May 3rd, 2014 at the Toronto Hilton. CHNIG members joined the Board to celebrate the achievements of the past year. We thanked outgoing President Jennifer Bouwmeester for her outstanding years of leadership and welcomed incoming President, Cindy Baker-Barill. Each year CHNIG...

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