Members,
This is your reminder of our upcoming Membership Meeting on February 24th from 18:30 - 20:00. As usual, it will be held in the Jaguar Room at 100 Constellation Drive (Mary Pitt Building) in Nepean right across the road from Algonquin College!
Happy February!
Tired of the long cold winter nights? Why not warm up with Region 10 at their next Membership Meeting on February 24th! The Ottawa Chapter is happy to welcome Mwali Muray, a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa who will be delivering an informative discussion surrounding the experience of linguistic minority populations, and the realities faced by francophone patients and their nursing care providers in Ontario.
Resume Writing Workshop for 4th year Nursing Students
Presented by Riek van den Berg
at Algonquin College room CA 105 abc
on Jan 10,2020 1100-1230
please register using the following link:
https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=772
information & documents required for this workshop will be sent on Jan 8,2020
Looking forward to seeing you there
Ellen
On November 18 at 1830 hours Region 10 welcomes
Dania Versailles, RN, BScN, MScN (Mental health/Psychiatry), CPMHN(C)
Director, Clinical Services/ Directrice, Services Cliniques
Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch/
Dania is presenting "Bounce Back & the Big Wall".
BounceBack is a package of free services offered/available to all residents of Ontario who may need some form of support and services due to mental health challenges, problems or disorders.
Engaging your MPP has never been easier thanks to RNAO’s signature event Queen’s Park on the Road (QPOR).
Read the Communique and meet your new Region 10 executive and see the 2018-2019 year in Review!
Your executive have been hard at work planning the 2019-2020 year and have many interesting speakers for our monthly meetings! We hope that you will be able to attend!
With this being a federal election year we hope all nurses have looked at the RNAO platform and are planning to vote. Let the politicians hear our Strong Nursing Voice!
Join us on October 28 at 1830 hours for Tara Leach's presentation on Human Trafficking. Tara is the Clinical Director/Founder of H.E.A.L.T.H. Clinic of Voice Found.
This meeting is being held in the Jaguar Room of the Mary Pitt Building, 100 Constellation Ottawa
(parking is free)
The financial statements from 2018/19 & the Budget for 2019/20 will also be presented
Registration is appreciated using the following link:
Dear member
Join us for our annual Member Dinner
on : September 23,2019 at 1800 hrs
in the : Cafeteria at the Mary Pitt Building 100 Constellation Dr.Ottawa
Guest speaker : Morgan Hoffarth - President -elect RNAO
Presentation of RNAO Emeritus & 25 year awards
Registration is required using this link:
https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=727
- Registration fee is $10.00 which will be returned at the door
Call for Nominations
RNAO Region 10 executive positions – DEADLINE: July 11, 2019 at 4 p.m.
Nominations are now being accepted for the positions posted below. (Note: At the end of the term, you are eligible to stand for a second term of two years).
The Region 10 Executive is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Dear member,
You are invited to a picnic barbecue on June 17 at 6 p.m. Wendy our outgoing regional representative is hosting it at her home (53 Tiverton in Ottawa). Your current executive will be grilling and serving hamburgers, veggie burgers, salad, dessert, coffee and tea. Registration is required using this link: https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/event/info?id=687
Call for Nominations
RNAO Region 10 executive positions – DEADLINE: June 20, 2019 at 4 p.m.
Nominations are now being accepted for the positions posted below. (Note: At the end of the term, you are eligible to stand for a second term of two years).
The Region 10 Executive is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Thank you to all Region 10 nurses for all that you do to improve the health of the people of Ottawa!
Dear member,
Come out and discuss nursing and health-care issues with our elected politicians while enjoying a warm breakfast.
When: May 10, 2019 7 - 9 a.m.
Where: The RA Center, 2451 Riverside Dr., Ottawa, Ont.
Registration is required using this link: https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=668
Parking is free.
Dear member,
You are invited to our cannabis panel discussion on May 5, 2019 at 1 p.m. at the RA Centre (2451 Riverside Dr. in Ottawa, Ont.).
Dear member,
There will be a Region 10 membership meeting on Monday, March 18, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jaguar Room at 100 Constellation (free parking). We will discuss resolutions for the Annual General Meeting and the consultation reps will be present.
Any questions or concerns, please email rnao.ottawa@gmail.com
Thank you.
Due to insufficient numbers, the workshop for students on March 4th 2019 at Algonquin College is cancelled. Region 10 will try and host a resume writing workshop in the fall of 2019.
Dear member,
The latest issue of our newsletter is now available for you to read. Please see the attachment. In this issue, we have the following:
1. messages from the board rep and president
2. Region 10 in action
3. September award pics
4. call for executive positions
5. what’s happening for the rest of 2019
We would love to hear what you think of the newsletter. Is it too long? Not long enough? Let us know.
Thank you,
Region 10 Executive
Dear member,
Region 10 is sponsoring a Resume Writing Workshop on March 4 from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Algonquin College (1385 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean).
The event will be held in room CA403 and will be led by Riek van den Berg. Reik is retired from Nurse Educator & Nurse leadership roles at the Ottawa Hospital. She remains active in the nursing community at the local and national levels.
Dear member,
You are invited to attend a membership meeting where we will tour the Algonquin Simulation Lab on Feb. 27, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.
The simulation lab is a set up as a mini hospital and could be used for real patients in a disaster situation. The tour will be guided by Carmen Hust, a nursing professor at Algonquin College and a coordinator of Algonquin's PN to BScN Academic Pathway program.
Coffee, tea and desert will be served in the debriefing room.