Hello Ontario Nurses for the Environment,
What's in this email:
- Rebranding
- Addressing unhealthy conditions in rental housing: the case of mould - March 19 at 10 a.m. ET
- CANE-ON/ONE Lunch Meet-up - Ontario Nurses Tapping into Action
- Greening Nursing School Community of Practice April 3rd at 3 p.m. ET
- ONE Earth Day Event- Victory Gardens and the 3 Sisters - April 21 at 8 p.m. ET
- Nursing Week Panel with CANE, CCGHC and PEACH Ontario - May 15 at 12 p.m. ET
- Getting more involved - looking for a Co-chair and 2nd Policy and Political Action ENO, 2nd Webmaster
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Rebranding - it's official!
The RNAO Board of Directors approved our interest group's name change to:
Ontario Nurses for the Environment - Infirmiers / infirmières de l'Ontario pour l'environnement.
We also have modified our logo to reflect our name change. Check it out on our social media to see it.
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Addressing unhealthy conditions in rental housing: the case of mould
ONE is a co-sponsor of this RentSafe Event
Join this interactive learning session to gain practical tips and resources to prevent and address mould and improve conditions in rental housing.
This webinar will support tenants, landlords, public health, health-care and social service providers to increase understanding of mould and its health effects and offer legal considerations including landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities.
Hear from health and legal experts, tenants, social services and housing providers from across Ontario on ways to improve collaboration across sector to effectively prevent and address the potent health risks and equity concerns posed by mould in rental housing.
What you'll learn:
- Evidence and best practices to address the health impact of mould in housing.
- Tenant and landlord responsibilities and rights.
- Practical approaches to collaborate across sectors to improve responses to mould
- And much more...
ASL interpretation will be provided.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 – 10 a.m.–12 p.m. ET
Registration: https://outreach.cleo.on.ca/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Fregister&id=429&reset=1
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CANE-ON / ONE Lunch Meet-up - Ontario Nurses Tapping into Action
Network with Ontario nurses who are doing environmental action.
March 28 at 12 p.m. ET
Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82490595757?pwd=bOdoblTjcb9ZbJknOYiMJ0hbGmq9yp.1
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CANE-ON / ONE Lunch Meet-up - Ontario Nurses Tapping into Action
Please come to our bi-monthly Greening Nursing School Community of Practice, co-sponsored by CANE-ON.
This is an opportunity for nurse educators, nursing students and those involved in nursing education to discuss ways that they are greening nursing school or would like to. Topics usually discussed include reducing nursing school's footprint including greening the lab and introducing planetary health and disaster management to curricula.
This is a great networking opportunity with nurses across Ontario, Canada and North America.
Ontario Nurses for the Environment IG is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
April 3, 2025 at 3 p.m. ET
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81816433346?pwd=BSjyO4sg2Z01KmQmbipfoTSC6z4QlD.1
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ONE Earth Day Event- Victory Gardens and the 3 Sisters
Monday April 21, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET
It's Earth Day tomorrow and having some tangible way to take action is invigorating. Come learn about ways to get your hands dirty! But, there is a twist as this is not a typical eco-gardening webinar. It is a panel discussion on so much more!
Victory Gardens - these were a popular way of meeting the food insecurity demands during the great depression of the 1930's and World War Two. These were challenging times economically, geopolitically and with supply chains. Sound familiar? Let's learn from the past so that we can be prepared for the future.
3 Sisters Gardens - these are traditional agricultural crops of indigenous people on Turtle Island - variations of corn, beans and squash. These practices have been used for a millenia and are sustainable unlike modern industrial agricultural practices.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82247256100?pwd=5OU1aYgzCwhAlJhp6Idw5egDwtOnCT.1
We are still in the process of securing speakers but we hope to have a food historian and an indigenous knowledge keeper.
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Nursing Week Panel with CANE, CCGHC and PEACH Ontario
We are still working out the details here so stay tuned, but mark your calendars for May 15, 2025 at 12 p.m. ET!
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Getting more involved
Does planetary health and climate action interest you? We are welcoming additional members to our executive team. We are looking for:
- Co-chair - Rob only has one year left and would like to mentor someone in this role to have a seamless transition.
- 2nd Policy & Political Action ENO - Our PPA ENO is currently on leave. Policy changes and political action drive climate action. Come get involved!
- 2nd Webmaster - Join Steve as a 2nd webmaster helping to keep our website up to date. We do a lot and people need to know about it!
Email oneigrnao@gmail.com if you are interested!
Our elections will also be coming up soon so stay tuned.