Thank you notes
Dear colleagues, thanks so much to all who wrote to express appreciation for the work with our blog. We are thrilled with your support and promise to remain connected! See below some of the responses.
Putting my COVID-19 report to rest – mission accomplished!
Dear colleagues, the time has come to put to rest my COVID-19 blog. My profound gratitude to the millions of nurses and other health workers at home, abroad and everywhere who have dedicated themselves selflessly to the service of others. I extend huge gratitude and admiration to our tremendous RNAO staff and our board of directors. We have worked non-stop to support those in need – whether members, the media, the public, health organizations or patients and their loved ones.
How Social Media Hacks Our Brains
At RNAO we are increasingly concerned about the societal harms arising from social media. The following article from the Center for Humane Technology explores how social media companies purposefully exploit biological vulnerabilities in the human brain.
Federal budget: Nurses praise federal government commitment to dental care, child care and co-op housing; insufficient increase in health transfers and lack of attention to climate emergency deeply concerning
On April 8 RNAO issued the following media release in response to the federal budget.
RNAO urges Premier Doug Ford not to lift mask mandates in high-risk settings due to end April 27
RNAO issued the following media release on April 12. Sign the Action Alert asking the Ontario premier to keep mandatory masking in all high-risk settings to protect Ontarians and our health-care workers past its April 27 deadline.
Environmental priorities on agenda during RNAO and CAPE-ON provincial party debate
Ontarians will cast a vote in the provincial election on June 2. To inform voters on each party’s priorities, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) will be co-hosting an all-party virtual debate with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment’s Ontario Chapter (CAPE-ON) on April 19 focused on health and justice in a climate emergency.
Social media is a public health crisis – Let’s treat it like one
Social media as a public health crisis: “It’s time to take old approaches to a new threat of addiction.” Below is an article published on July 20, 2021 by Helen Lee Bouygues in U.S. NEWS. She is the founder of the Reboot Foundation.
RNAO’s ongoing media profile: The February and March 2022 report
RNAO continues to speak about prominent nursing and health-care issues. This is a report on our media outreach during the months of February and March.
RNAO sends letter to Ontario political parties on anti-Black racism
RNAO sent on March 25 the following letter to the leaders of the Ontario political parties: Premier Doug Ford; Leader of the Official Opposition and Ontario NDP leader Andrew Horwath; Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca; and Green Party leader Mike Schreiner.
