March 11 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Friday, March 11 blog. This week we share: 1) RNAO commemorates the #NationalDayOfObservance marking two years of pandemic; 2) calling registered nurses and nurse practitioners to volunteer for mission to help Ukraine; 3) CMAT and RNAO members depart to Poland – how you can help their urgent appeal; 4) RNAO says Ontario’s decision to drop mask mandate puts politics ahead of science, risking gains made; and 5) persisting with masks after vaccination has major economic, health benefits, Lancet study says. Scroll down for Action Alerts and upcoming RNAO webinars.

February 25 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Friday, February 25 blog. This week we share: 1) RNAO held its Queen’s Park Day on Feb 24; 2) RNAO released its 2022 provincial election platform; 3) Black and Indigenous protesters are treated differently than the ‘convoy’ because of Canada’s ongoing racism and 4) finding solutions for Canada’s alt-right radicalization. Scroll down for upcoming RNAO webinars.

Restoring community dialogue and resilience: The next COVID-19 emergency

This is a February 9 article by Mélissa Généreux, Associate Professor, Faculty of medicine and health sciences, Université de Sherbrooke; Gabriel Blouin-Genest, Associate professor, School of applied politics, Scientific codirector, CIDIS (Centre interdisciplinaire de développement international en santé), Université de Sherbrooke; and Mathieu Roy, Professeur associé, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke.

February 16 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Wednesday, February 16 blog. This week we share: 1) Register now: Queen’s Park Day is coming up on Feb 24; 2) Ontario government must maintain key public health measures to address catastrophic surgical backlog, says RNAO; 3) restoring community dialogue and resilience for the next COVID-19 emergency; and 4) a better post-pandemic future means not giving in to COVID-19 now. Scroll down for upcoming RNAO webinars.

February 10 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Thursday, February 10 blog. This week we share: 1) RNAO’s In Focus page on Black Nurses; 2) report calling for an end to anti-Black systemic racism and discrimination within the nursing profession; 3) the shocking siege of Ottawa by anti-mandate truckers and why the whole world should be terribly worried; and 4) whose freedom is the ‘freedom convoy’ fighting for anyway? Scroll down for upcoming RNAO webinars.

February 2 2022 COVID-19 report

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Welcome to my Wednesday, February 2 blog. This week we share: 1) honouring Black History Month 2022; 2) RNAO calls out extremist and hateful actions driven by far-right on display in Ottawa; and 3) let's not play Russian roulette with Omicron and embrace it as inevitable. Scroll down for upcoming RNAO webinars.

Prioritize health system pressures ahead of lifting public health measures: RNAO says

RNAO issued a media release on Jan. 20 following the government’s announcement that it plans to start lifting public health measures. The Ontario government’s announcement today to ease public health measures beginning Jan. 31 is premature and will prolong the current health system crisis, says RNAO.