Interest Group Email Archive

Dear Wound Care Nursing Interest Group (WCNIG) Member,

We have some exciting updates to share!

Last month, we hosted a highly engaging educational webinar and Annual General Meeting (AGM). Thank you to everyone who joined us.

Dear OntWIG member,

 On behalf of the Ontario Woundcare Interest Group (OntWIG) Board of Directors, I am pleased to invite you to the following upcoming events in April and May:

Equity in Every Shade: Advancing Skin Tone-Inclusive Wound Assessment. Discover how skin tone impacts wound assessment and why inclusive care matters. Join Nyechuor Deng, a passionate nursing student and health equity advocate from Western University (and OntWIG's new Student Executive Network Officer), as she explores gaps in current wound-care practices and shares practical, evidence-based strategies to improve outcomes for patients of all skin tones.

Dear OntWIG Members,

RNAO is looking for volunteers to build OntWIG's Executive Team and we need your help.

If you have 1 - 2 hours a month available to volunteer please complete the call for nominations form.

Nominations are now being accepted for the positions below for a two-year office unless otherwise stated.

Dear OntWIG Members,

RNAO is looking for volunteers to build OntWIG's Executive Team and we need your help.

If you have 1 - 2 hours a month available to volunteer please complete the call for nominations form.

Nominations are now being accepted for the positions below for a two-year office unless otherwise stated.

Join us virtually on April 23, 2025, 7 to 8 p.m.to learn more about the work of RNAO over the past year. 

Share your experience about issues that are impacting nurses and patients related to wound care.

At this session you will meet fellow nurses who are interested in wound care and learn more about how you can be involved in the work of the interest group. 

Hello OntWIG members,

We hope you are enjoying the last weeks of summer.  This summer we got to celebrate our very own founding and executive member, Laura Teague who received the RNAO Lifetime Achievement Award for all her many years of dedication and impact to the profession of nursing and in particular wound care!

Hello OntWIG members, 

Please read below for information and registration details for an upcoming free conference, offered through McMaster University. The conference topic is "Evidence-Based Management of the Diabetes Epidemic".

The conference – accredited for up to 3.25 Mainpro+ credits and 3.25 MOC section 1 hours – will take place in person in Hamilton, with an online participation option available as well.  See below for more details and registration links. 

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Hello everyone, 

We hope this email finds you well. From time to time, we receive emails requesting support not directly related to wound care, but asking for help to reach nurses about topics that are just as important. This is one of those occasions.

Julia is an MScN student and she's hoping members of our group will participate in her study by completing a 15-minute online survey to understand whether nurses feel prepared to provide care for racialized gender-diverse populations. She has encountered many roadblocks in reaching nurses for their feedback. 

Hello OntWIG members, 

Welcome back from the summer hiatus. It has been a tough year for everyone, especially frontline workers and we are in solidarity with you as we continue to work through the pandemic together.   

We look forward to continuing our advocacy work with you in wound care and will have more updates in the near future.  In the meantime, we would like to keep you informed of various learning opportunities that are available. 

Dear OntWIG Members,

You’re probably wondering how you can make an impact within your nursing community.

The answer is simple – get involved with OntWIG’s Executive Team!

 Now you’re probably asking what the benefits are. Here are just a few:

Hello OntWIG members,

Please find attached the presentation that the Ontario Health Technology Assessment Team provided to members who could attend this webinar.  We apologize for the short notice regarding the webinar. The turnaround time was extremely short and we did our best to inform our members. 

This presentation was provided to review the process for evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of skin substitutes to treat difficult to heal diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers. The Team also presented the patient perspective.

Dear Members,

OntWIG has been working with the Ontario Health Technology Assessment Committee (OHTAC) in bringing various recommendations to fruition in the last few years. Mostly recently a draft recommendation regarding the use of skin substitutes for adults with diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers was submitted. 

OHTAC and Ontario Health are now seeking feedback from our members and members of the public.  Please read the information below to submit your feedback.

Regards, 

Manry Xu

Dear OntWIG members!

We have started meeting again as an executive to discuss how we can resume our work with you.

We had previously postponed our annual symposium to this fall but unfortunately the venue is not hosting anymore events till 2021.  Therefore, we will not be hosting a symposium this year and will keep you posted on any new developments as everything is up in the air.

Dear OntWIG members,

We are aware of problems with Paypal for the symposium registration and apologize for the inconvenience and frustration. We have been working diligently to resolve it.

In light of the public health advisory for COVID-19 warning about organized events, the Ontario Woundcare Interest Group would like to post-pone the upcoming Symposium on April 24 to a later date in the fall. We will provide further details as soon as it is available. 

Hello!

Just one more week until the early bird pricing for this year's symposium ends and regular pricing comes into effect. Please find the pricing below.  Agenda is attached. 

We will be providing an update from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care of the current political climate and the impact on wound care in the upcoming future with Ontario Health Teams and the Quadruple Aim.  We are also inviting select representatives from LHINs as Exemplars of Change related to wound care practice. 

Hello members, 

We hope this email finds you well.  This year's 10th annual Symposium is happening in about 2 months (April 24, 2020)!  Don't miss out on the early bird pricing and save yourself some money!  

Hello Members, 

Please mark your calendars! On April 24, 2020 we are hosting OntWIG's 10th annual Symposium in Burlington (same place as last year's wonderful venue). The theme for the symposium is: 

ENGAGE.ALIGN.INFLUENCE: Wound Policy and the Quadruple Aim

Keep an eye out for an agenda in the upcoming emails for more information about what to expect.

Early bird (before March 15): 

Members $200

Non Members: $250

Non Members who want to also want to register a member ship: $300

Dear member:

Happy New Year!

Over the past two years, the OntWIG executive has been strategically engaging in events to connect with our interdisciplinary colleagues as part of our effort to increase  membership in all professions.

The OntWIG executive team meets for all day planning sessions on a quarterly basis to continue to set direction and work on ideas brought forward by the membership during the Annual Symposium.

2019 Highlights & Events:

Happy New Year OntWIG members!  We are working on an official email from the OntWIG president. In the meantime, please don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity from our partner in advocacy, Health Quality Ontario.