Hello RNIG members,
Our association has created two new awards for RNIG members.
Read more information about these awards on our poster. Please complete the form if interested in applying for one of the awards.
Deadline to apply: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 before 3 p.m. ET
Dear RNAO members,
Middlesex-Elgin Chapter and the Rainbow Nursing Interest Group invite you to join us virtually as we explore the experience of transgender people in our healthcare system. The objectives of this webinar includes the following:
Dear RNIG member:
Hello colleague,
Our association just created two new awards for RNIG members.
Read more information about these awards on our poster. Please oomplete the form if interested in applying for one of the awards.
Deadline to apply: Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 before 3 p.m. ET
Sincerely,
Paul-André Gauthier,
Hello RNIG members,
We had a great annual meeting last Saturday. We want to share with you our detailed report for the past year. If you have any issues opening the link, copy the following link into your browser's search bar: https://chapters-igs.rnao.ca/system/files/2023-08/Rainbow-RNIG-Annual-Report-AGM-Sat-August-12-2023-ok.pdf
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:
Hello RNIG – Rainbow members,
Official notice: please note that we are going to host our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023 ET, at 10 a.m. on Zoom
To register, send us an email at Rainbow-RNIG@hotmail.com
Good day, RNIG members,
You are invited to join other RNAO members in Toronto! The RNAO CEO, Doris Grinspun, RNAO will be marching in the Toronto Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25 from 2 – 5 p.m. Please register online to participate.
Hello colleagues and members,
Please see our latest latest Newsletter - April 2023 - you can read it here or by cutting and pasting this link into your browser: https://chapters-igs.rnao.ca/system/files/2023-04/RNIG-newsletter-April…
Hello RNIG colleague,
Please find the Members' Voices report from February to October 2022 here on the RNIG chapter webpage.
Sincerely,
Paul-André Gauthier,
Past President and ENO – membership
Hello RNIG members,
Here are the individuals that were acclaimed into our executive after two calls for nominations:
At our annual general meeting (AGM) which will take place on Saturday, Aug. 20, we will take self nomination of members interested in filling the remaining two vacant positions:
Please note the change to Saturday, August 20 at 10:00 AM. by Zoom.
Hello RNIG-Rainbow members,
Official notice: please note that we are going to host our Annual General Meeting (AGM).
** Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to change the AGM date from August 13 to 20**
Register by sending an email:
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”
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.