Dear RNIG member,
Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mission to foster and advocate for nursing practice and environments that support people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions? We are looking for members to join the Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG) executive.
The RNIG is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Please mark your calendar - RNIG's annual general meeting (AGM) is coming up in August!
Log in to your MyRNAO account and visit our website - you will find lots of information.
Sincerely,
Paul-André Gauthier
Provincial president, RNIG
Dear RNIG member,
Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mission to foster and advocate for nursing practice and environments that support people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions? We are looking for members to join the Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG) executive.
The RNIG is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Hi everyone,
You are invited to join us for a free event next week.
Sincerely,
Paul-André Gauthier, president, RNIG
Hi everyone,
We are sending you our latest newsletter (14 pages). Many of us have taken the time to write about what is going on in our life.
Please consider writing and sharing your experience with the rest of us for the next edition of the newsletter.
Hello RNIG - Rainbow IG colleagues:
We have received a request from a Master's student in nursing. I have reviewed the detailed information she shared with me and her ethics approval documentation from the University of Ottawa obtained in autumn 2021. And everything I have read meet the requirements for her research to moving into recruitment of participants.
Here is an excerpt from her request.
“NURSES' PREPAREDNESS TO CARE FOR RACIALIZED GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE”
Hello colleagues, RNIG members,
Please visit this link to review our quarterly report on Members' Voice.
Visit our new website -
Dear RNIG colleagues,
Interested in attending a presentation on RNAO's Best Practice Guideline "Promoting 2SLGBTQI+ Health Equity"? Register for our free presentation.
Date and time: Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 at 8 p.m ET (20:00)
To register: Send us an email at Rainbow-RNIG@hotmail.com. Indicate in the subject line: BPG Feb. 21
The RNAO Waterloo, Kingston and Sarnia-Lambton Chapters along with the Rainbow Nursing Interest Group invites all RNAO Members from all chapters to join us on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. for an educational session to learn about the opioid crisis facing Ontarians.
Come learn from Christina Hughes, Registered Nurse, about the public health crisis facing Ontarians. Christina will explore harm reduction, Consumption Treatment Services (CTS) and what nurses can do to advocate for change.
Hi RNIG (Rainbow) members,
This year has been quite stressful for many of us, but we are here, resilient.
Many of us have to work in the next few weeks - we are nursing because our clients, patients and/or residents need us. May this holiday season be one to help us to rest a little and get re-energized.
Sincerely,
Paul-André Gauthier, Inf./RN, CNS; PhD (nursing) [ he / him ]
Hello colleagues,
Just to keep you posted on the latest report.... members' voice - Nov. 2021.
https://chapters-igs.rnao.ca/sites/default/files/2021-11/Rainbow-RNIG-m…
Take care,
Paul-André G.
Prov. President . RNIG-Rainbow.
Hi colleagues RNIG - Rainbow member,
Cheers,
Paul-André Gauthier
President RNIG_ Rainbow
Hello colleagues / members of RNIG,
We hope that you are all well.
I am sending you the list of Executive members (ENO) for 2021-2022. Also, find enclosed the Annual Report that was presented yesterday at our AGM.
Hello RNIG-Rainbow members,
Official notice: please note that we are going to host our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on
Register by sending an email:
indicate in subject line: Register - AGM - RNIG-Rainbow
Deadline to register: at the latest by Sept. 20.
Zoom meeting. Free for members.
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well. Many changes happened in the past year... I got a new job (lol)... but your Executive has been quite busy in the past year. More information coming in August... our AGM is coming in September 2021.
New BPG - 2SLGBTQi+: https://rnao.ca/sites/rnao-ca/files/bpg/2SLGBTQI_BPG_June_2021.pdf
Hello everyone,
Happy Pride / Bonnes célébrations de la Fierté !
This coming Saturday, RNAO in collaboration with RNIG-Rainbow, we are launching the 2SLGBTQ+ Best Practice Guideline (BPG) and RNAO's Position Statement.
Saturday, June 26 at 10:45 AM - It is free, anyone can attend. But you need to register in order to received the zoom link. https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=1004&cid=0
Happy Nursing Week ! – May 10-16, 2021
RNIG Executive Team (ENO):
Dear RNIG member,
Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mission to foster and advocate for nursing practice and environments that support people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions? We are looking for members to join the Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG) executive.
The RNIG is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Dear RNIG member,
Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mission to foster and advocate for nursing practice and environments that support people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions? We are looking for members to join the Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG) executive.
The RNIG is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Dear RNIG member,
Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mission to foster and advocate for nursing practice and environments that support people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions? We are looking for members to join the Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG) executive.
The RNIG is seeking nominees for the following positions:
Resolution from the Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG-Rainbow)
February 19, 2021
Sexual and Gender Minorities Content in the Nursing Standards.
RNAO will:
Speak out for human rights and health equity
• Speak out against implicit biases, prejudices, stereotypes and policies that are discriminatory and cisheteronormative;
The purpose of this BPG is to provide nurses and other members of the interprofessional team with evidence-based recommendations on foundational, inclusive and affirming care practices for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, and additional (2SLGBTQI+) people.