ONA News

Following the levy of a $75,000 fine against the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre for failing to reassess the risk of violence after a registered nurse was repeatedly stabbed and critically injured at its Brockville site, the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) says the province needs to invest in taking proactive measures to keep nurses safe.

ONA President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, has written to College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) Executive Director Anne Coghlan to express the nurses’ union’s with proposed increases to third-party evaluation. Read the full text of the letter below or click on the link to download a copy. Click here to download and read the full letter.pdfNEWAugust 2017 [...]

ONA President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, has written College of Nurses of Ontario Executive Director Anne Coghlan to express the ONA’s concern with CNO’s redesigned public register, Find a Nurse.

Election results are now posted for the 2017 Hospital Central Negotiating Team.

Check here for the latest information to assist you in preparing for the 2017 ONA Biennial Convention taking place December 2017.

Learn more about Fall 2017 courses available through McMaster University’s Labour Studies Certificate Program.

While many Canadians may simply think of Labour Day as the unofficial end to the summer, it is actually a day of great significance for the labour movement and workers’ rights.

Recently, the Government of Ontario released a report regarding public health.

Please remember to sign your ONA Membership Card. Signing a card means you receive many entitlements including voting in elections.

Contrary to what CNO claims, we have raised the issue of negative connotations on the CNO website with them and are determined to ensure any expanded scope of practice is a positive and celebrated by our profession.