Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG)

About Us:

Cost of interest group: $20 for RNs, NPs, CNSs;  &  free for B.Sc.N. students.

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Keep an eye on your emails, there is a call for nominations.

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RNIG  Executive - Roles:

• Roles / Functions of RNIG Executive members —>   here 

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RNIG - Provincial President:

• Sarah Thornley (she / her )

             [email protected]

• the PDF Executive  - list here

RNIG Executive Members (ENO):  2025-2026

• Past-President – Shelley Evans (she/ her)
• Policy and Political Action – Roya Haghiri-Vijeh (she / her).
• Communications - Leo Macawile (he / him).
• Secretary – Elizabeth Straus  (they / them).
• Finances –  Paul-André Gauthier (he / him // il / lui).
• Membership –  Paul-André Gauthier (he / him // il / lui).
• Social Media – Paul-André Gauthier (he / him // il / lui).
• Workplace Liaison – vacant.
• B.Sc.N. Student Liaison  – Shashwat Srivastava (he/she/they/iel)
• M.A.L. – Linda Holm (she / her).

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RNIG - Annual General Meeting AGM

Saturday, August 24, 2024. - report  here

• [email protected] (PG)

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RNAO AGM Annual Report May 29, 2026

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RNAO  Interest Group of the Year - in 2024  = >  RNIG 

• more information RNIG-here

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The Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG), an interest group of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, was founded in 2007.

RNIG values evidence-informed, inclusive, reflective, respectful, safe and supportive care and environments for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions.

RNIG envisions every space a positive space. 

Mission

• To foster and advocate for nursing practice and environments that support people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions.

Overall Goals:

• to support the 2SLGBTQi+ community;
• to increase visibility of our association.

Objectives:: 

• to challenge invisibility and silencing faced by 2SLGBTQi+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, Asexual and Ally) people;
• to facilitate evidence-informed nursing care that reflects the needs of 2SLGBTQi+ clients;
• To advocate for 2SLGBTQi+ clients, significant others, friends, and family members, and provide resources, support and knowledge for registered nurses, their communities, and each other.

The story behind our RNIG design:

• Lively, colourful: the rainbow represents pride; RN to represent Rainbow Nursing and can also be associated with Registered Nurse;
• Overlapping pink/blue represents the continuum of gender roles and sexual orientation;
• All the letters touching represents the idea of inclusion.

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Join us by renewing your RNIG membership….

click here to renew or to join RNAO / RNIG

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2SLGBTQi+  Health Hub 

Applications must be received by Monday, May 15th to [email protected] as a single PDF file
named as follows: “2023_LastName(s)_FirstName(s)”.
Letters of Support must also be received by Monday, May 15th to [email protected]

see more information here 

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Check the RNAO InFocus page

  2SLGBTQi+ community- June 2022…    here

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^{Last updated: July. 2023}

ACPF = > Time to apply… see all these dates. $15,000 !
Fellowship for our 2SLGBTQi+ members  RN / NP

https://rnao.ca/bpg/get-involved/acpf?fbclid=IwAR2AAV5IqpqZ48NdmHh2YsLw…

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