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.
During her session, Dr. Doris Grinspun will be sharing RNAO's advocacy and successes over the past year, including our work on the environment and our calls to address racism and discrimination within our profession and systemic bias within the health system. This will also be an opportunity for members to share ideas, discuss issues and ask questions related to nursing, health and health care.
Afterwards, we will be introducing this year's new and returning executive team members. We will also discuss current business and future plans.
Keynote speaker bio: Maya Reshef Kalogirou, RN, PhD. President of the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment
Background
Maya was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. She has worked as a registered nurse for seven years and has a clinical background as an emergency room nurse. She is currently working as a nursing researcher, and her program of research relates to nurses, climate change, and health.
Maya respectfully acknowledges her location in Edmonton, Alberta, on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/ Saulteaux/Anishinaabe, Inuit, and many others whose histories, languages, and cultures continue to influence her vibrant community.
Education
Maya graduated from MacEwan University in 2012 with a BScN, and in 2015 she initiated her graduate studies at the University of Alberta. In 2020, Maya successfully defended her doctoral thesis, which examined a) how Albertan nurses understood the relationships between climate change, health, and nursing practice, and b) how the hospital setting influenced nurses’ abilities to practice in environmentally responsible ways.
Career
Since becoming a registered nurse, Maya has worked exclusively in the emergency room. Maya is passionate about this area of practice as it offers an engaging level of complexity as well as a breakneck pace. Now that she has completed her doctorate, Maya is pursuing a career in academia.
Interests
While her clinical background is in acute care, her current interests relate to planetary health. More specifically, she is interested in understanding the relationship between the nursing profession and climate change, as well as examining and developing the role of nurses in relation to climate action.
Keynote speaker bio: Dr. Doris Grinspun, RN, BScN, MSN, PhD, LLD(hon), Dr(hc), DHC, DHC, FAAN, FCAN, O.ONT, RNAO CEO
Doris Grinspun is the founder and visionary of RNAO’s internationally renowned Best Practice Guidelines Program and a leading figure in Canadian and international health and nursing policy.
From 1990 to 1996, she served as Director of Nursing at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. She has also worked in practice and administrative capacities in Israel and the United States. Grinspun, who was born in Chile, has an RN diploma from Hadassah School of Nursing in Jerusalem, Israel; a baccalaureate degree in nursing and organizational behavior from Tel Aviv University, Israel; a master of science in nursing from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; and a PhD from the Department of Sociology at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Please see her full bio online.