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Nurses participating in environmental interest groups should be supported, valued, and championed for their unique contribution to practices promoting and sustaining planetary health.

Join us on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. for an online presentation and discussion of nursing research that celebrates the work of nurses for planetary health. 

Join us Wednesday Sept 20, 2023 to connect with the Ontario Nurses for the Environment, learn about what we're doing and help us build a movement for action on the environmental determinants of health! 

We have an INCREDIBLE speaker joining us, Dr. Barbara Sattler, professor, author, campaign builder, and advocate for the environment and health! 

Join us Wednesday Sept 20, 2023 to connect with the Ontario Nurses for the Environment, learn about what we're doing and help us build a movement for action on the environmental determinants of health! 

We have an INCREDIBLE speaker joining us, Dr. Barbara Sattler, professor, author, campaign builder, and advocate for the environment and health! 

Community Health Nurses' Initiatives Group

Join us on March 27th from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm for a presentation on Understanding the Current State of Nursing, the Environment, and Legislation.

Through the lens of the Social Determinants of Health, nurses are aware that the quality of the environment in which we live, work and play has an effect on human health. 

Nurses may be concerned about the impact that changes to the built or natural environment around them may have on human health.

We wish to address concerns that may be impacting Ontario’s nurses related to recent legislation – the most pressing issue being the passing of Bill 23 by the Provincial government. 

Nurses may have questions about the impact on conservation land/wetlands/Greenbelt, about impacts on addressing housing needs, and the potential impact of these and other factors on human health. 

This event features speakers with topic experts/expertise, who come from diverse backgrounds. An interesting feature is that we have a subject matter expert with a background in nursing and environmental issues, as well as a subject matter expert with a background working with a Conservation Authority and now a National Greening Program. As environmental issues are holistic and multi-faceted, we see this diversity as a benefit.

This event will empower nurses by providing a better understanding of ways in which environments, built and natural, have an impact on health. We are also wishing to give nurses tools (language and practical knowledge) to engage with politicians and stakeholders, related to Bill 23 and any other environmental issues impacting health.

Presenters: 
Josalyn Radcliffe (BScN, PhD Candidate at University of Waterloo)

Randall VanWagner (Head of National Greening Program, Tree Canada)

REGISTER NOW!

See the full post in the following link: https://chapters-igs.rnao.ca/interestgroup/13/email/3366.

Please do not reply to this email. Contact the interest group executive using the following link: Contact Community Health Nurses' Initiatives Group.

Spring is around the corner (warm sunny days are coming!) and it's time to start thinking about our gardens. 

Please join ONEIG via Zoom on Wednesday, April 6 from 7-8:00 p.m. for our skillshare on growing your own food with kitchen scraps and items you can repurpose from your home. 

The first 45 minutes will be informative with educational information and step-by-step directions on how to start your own garden at home. The last 15 minutes are available for questions and discussion.

To be prepared to start your garden with us in real time, gather the following items from your home:

• From seeds: seeds, soil, a container such as strawberry container and a marker;
• OR regrow: root end of a vegetable, a cup, skewers, and water

Sept 26 - COVID-19 and the Health of our Planet

Hilda Swirsky, ONEIG leadership member extraordinaire is helping to coordinate yet another thought- provoking webinar in collaboration with the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synaogue and Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment. 

Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak and Canadian Bioethicist Kerry Bowman will speak to the role of leadership as it intersects with pandemic conditions and the state of planetary health, including individual and collective ethical actions to respond to challenges such as decreasing our greenhouse gas emissions. This promises to be a lively and enlightening discussion. Register here on the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synaogue website.