June Quarterly Meeting:
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Nancy Brookes, RN; MSc(A); PhD and Dr. Carmen Hust RN, MScN, PhD, CPMHN
Topic: Spirituality: A Way to Cope with Climate Emotions
Dear ONEIG member,
Having you been reading articles and reports about the need for action to address climate change and environmental degradation? Do you want to be part of a network of nurses raising awareness of the links between health and the environment? Do you recognize the need for nursing leadership and support in building sustainable environments that support health? We are looking for members like you to join us on the Ontario Nurses for the Environment Interest Group (ONEIG) executive!
The ONEIG is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Hello Ontario Nurses for the Environment,
Premier Ford's government has tabled Bill 5 which is an omnibus bill that will repeal the Endangered Species Act among many other harmful things. Our executive team is busy crafting a written submission however there is something that you can do to both learn more and take action thanks to some of our partner organizations.
Four petitions to sign:
Hello Ontario Nurses,
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Nursing Week 2025 Panel Discussion
Title: Celebrating Nurses’ Environmental Awareness and Action
Dear ONEIG member,
Having you been reading articles and reports about the need for action to address climate change and environmental degradation? Do you want to be part of a network of nurses raising awareness of the links between health and the environment? Do you recognize the need for nursing leadership and support in building sustainable environments that support health? We are looking for members like you to join us on the Ontario Nurses for the Environment Interest Group (ONEIG) executive!
The ONEIG is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Happy Earth Week Everyone,
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Nursing Week 2025 Panel Discussion
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Winter newsletter:
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Greening Nursing Schools Community of Practice
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Ontario Nurses for the Environment's partner CANE has partnered with Health Canada to create an online Radon screening tool, which will be the focus of this presentation
Come to the Ontario Nurses for the Environment's Annual General Meeting and Fall Tour!
Dr. Maya Reshef Kalogirou, RN PhD and Dr. Doris Grinspun, RNAO CEO will be our keynote speakers.
Come to our third Greening Nursing School Community of Practice to get ideas on projects that can be implemented at your nursing school this coming semester.
Ideas on how to reduce the environmental footprint of nursing school and how to add planetary health competencies into your curriculum
We have had nursing educators from many areas of Ontario, other provinces and even some American colleagues come! So, get excited to network and share ideas. It is an interactive event.
Date: August 28 from 11 a.m.–12 p.m. ET
Please join this business-only interest group quarterly meeting. Updates, plus discuss direction for resolution voting at RNAO AGM
Come to the Ontario Nurses for the Environment Quarterly Meeting on Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m.
As we recently had a webinar with Sacred Earth Solar, this meeting will be business only.
Topics that will be discussed:
Dear ONEIG member,
Having you been reading articles and reports about the need for action to address climate change and environmental degradation? Do you want to be part of a network of nurses raising awareness of the links between health and the environment? Do you recognize the need for nursing leadership and support in building sustainable environments that support health? We are looking for members like you to join us on the Ontario Nurses for the Environment Interest Group (ONEIG) executive!
The ONEIG is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Dear ONEIG member,
Having you been reading articles and reports about the need for action to address climate change and environmental degradation? Do you want to be part of a network of nurses raising awareness of the links between health and the environment? Do you recognize the need for nursing leadership and support in building sustainable environments that support health? We are looking for members like you to join us on the Ontario Nurses for the Environment Interest Group (ONEIG) executive!
The ONEIG is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Happy Earth Day Ontario Nurses for the Environment!
Today is Earth Day and this year’s theme is plastics. To mark this, Canada is hosting the UN’s INC-4 conference in Ottawa this week to deal with global plastics pollution. One of our partners, CAPE, has a letter writing campaign to Environment Minister Steven Guilbault asking for a global plastics pollution treaty. You can sign the form letter here.
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Hello Ontario Nurses for the Environment!
Do you want to get more involved? Our interest group elections are coming up. Some roles are bigger commitments while others are less. If we get multiple people for one role, then it will go to a vote, but we will make sure to find an alternative role for you so you can be included!
Roles coming open: Co-chair, Finance, Social Media, Webmaster, Policy and Political ENO, Workplace Liaison, Membership ENO, Student Liaison
Quarterly Meeting - Réunion trimestrielle
Interest Group Business at the beginning followed by panel discussion - Affaires des groupes d’intérêt au début, suivies d’une table ronde.
Discussion: Looking into the future by learning from the past, reducing waste in nursing
Meet virtually with nursing educators and those interested in nursing education from across Canada. Discuss projects to implement planetary health into nursing curriculum or practical projects like greening the lab. If you are already undertaking such a project, please share it with the others. If you are not sure where to start, this is a good place to find inspiration.
The hope is that this group will have recurrent meetings every two months or at least once a semester, and it will become a community of practice where like-minded nurses can connect.
Access to safe water and sanitation for all is essential to life and a matter of environmental and social justice. Unfortunately, there are over 100 drinking water advisories in First Nations across Canada and no national strategy to address urgent water issues.
The COVID-19 pandemic compounds harms of historically marginalized communities. Our collective recovery must build stronger, healthier communities, including healthy environmental public policy that challenges structural inequities, including environmental racism.
We need our governments to take immediate, future-minded action now to ensure the foundational conditions for human health and wellbeing are sustained for generations to come.