Agenda

Breakfast, registration and networking

Exhibit Hall open

CONCURRENT SESSION A

Session 1 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Nurse/Co-Led Solutions on Well-Being & Retention

• (A1i) A pan-Canadian conversation: advancing nursing scholarship strategies to promote nurse retention
• Dr. Alyssa Indar, RN, PhD
• Dr. Breanna Lloy, DN, RN-NP, FNPAC
• Melanie Dunlop, MN, RN-NP, FNPAC
• Sarah Crowe, MN, PMD-NP(F), CNCC(C), NP
• Dr. Ruth Martin-Misener, PhD, RN-NP

Session 2 (Panel)

The Power of Nurse-Led Innovation Through Technology

• (A2i) Enhancing sickle cell disease education through simulation
• Oluwamisimi Oluwole, BNSc student
• (A2ii) Nurse-led integration of virtual pediatric simulation to enhance clinical decision-making among practical nursing students
• Lily Saouda, RN, BScN
• (A2iii) Nurse-led digital innovation to support ethical integration and practice readiness of internationally educated nurses
• Kimberly Workum, RN, BScN, MEd, CCNE, CHSE
• (A2iv) Empowering nurses to transform health: advancing clinical excellence through a comprehensive simulation program and mobile simulation innovation
• Amrutha Kumar, RN, BN, CPHQ, MHM, CHE
• Dr. Charissa Cordon, RN, BScN, MN, EdD, CHE

Session 3 (Panel)

The Power of Nurse/Co-Led Solutions on Well-Being & Retention

• (A3i) Nurses’ perceptions and experiences that influence decision-making when encountering violence in medical and intensive care units
• TBA
• (A3ii) MENDERS: A study of Manitoba emergency nurses: discovering effective solutions for work-related challenges
• Dr. Brenda Peters, RN(NP), PhD
• (A3iii) Improving nurse well‑being and care quality through minimum nurse‑to‑patient ratios: early evidence from British Columbia
• Adriane Gear, RN
• (A3iv) Applying the Canadian Nursing Retention Toolkit in a regional health system: a nurse-HR co‑led summit model to strengthen retention and workforce well-being
• Jacqueline Gordon, BN, DipUT, MN
• Christie Ruff, MM, BIS, CPHR, CHE

Session 4 (PechaKucha presentations)

• (A4i) Muslim nurses’ experiences of Islamophobia in Canada
• Zahra Upal, BA, RN, BScN, MN
• (A4ii) Creating vibrant communities: an organic and inclusive approach to person-directed living culture evolution
• Dr. Genevieve Thompson, RN, PhD
• Dr. Deanne O’Rourke, RN, PhD
• (A4iii) From strategy to the bedside: a nurse-led, community-anchored palliative care model supporting workforce well-being and retention
• Lisa Matthews, RN, BScN, MPH, CHE
• (A4iv) La puissance d'une équipe en accès vasculaire : impacts concrets dans l'amélioration de la qualité des soins
• Marie Daphnée Bérubé, RN, BScN
• Camille Gavois, Bs. Inf., CSI
• (A4v) Emergency department nurses’ experiences with suicide risk screening and assessment: a qualitative phenomenological study
• Adam Webster, RN, BScN
• (A4vi) Where potential meets possibility: how nurses can reimagine mental health and neurodevelopmental care
• Ms. Manalo
• (A4vii) A PRIME example of innovative programming that supports seniors as they age in place
• Gabrielle Demers, RN, BN, MSc(A), CGN(C)
• (A4viii) Lessons from Blue Door Clinic: building low-barrier HIV primary care for people from uninsured communities
• Sarah Ionson, RN, BScN, PDTN, ACRN
• Eileen Murphy, PHC-NP, MScN
• (A4ix) More care. Less NOISE. Reducing notifications interrupting safe and effective care
• Kaitlyn Vingoe, RN, BScN, MN
• (A4x) Illuminating mentorship principles and approaches for racialized nurses
• Dr. Rani Srivastava, RN, PhD, FCAN, FTNSS

Elder in Residence: Treaty One Nations and Manitoba Métis Federation

Wellness & Renewal Lounge (a quiet, restorative space for relaxation, reflection, and recharging between sessions)

Welcome & Opening Ceremonies: Treaty One Nations Land Acknowledgement, Water and Pipe Ceremony, Knowledge Sharing, and Remarks from Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham and Dr. Sylvain Brousseau (Ph.D inf/RN, FFNMRCSI, FAAN, FACSI, Former CNA President, ICN North America and Caribbean Representative)

Keynote address:
Connecting Nurses Through Humour, Heart, and Shared Experience

• John Dela Cruz, known as Nurse John

CONCURRENT SESSION B

Session 1 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (B1i) Policy is a practice domain: equipping nurses to lead systems change using policy tools and levers
• Dr. Leigh Chapman, RN, PhD, FCAN
• Angela Wignall, RN, BA, BSN, MA (Policy), PhD(c)

Session 2 (Panel)

The Power of Nurse/Co-Led Solutions on Well-Being & Retention

• (B2i) Keep climbing mountains: supporting new graduate nurses across milestones at Scarborough Health Network
• Rachael Young, BScN, RN, MN
• Sherry O’Connor, BScN, RN, MN
• (B2ii) The new age of mental health: a transformative residency model for new graduate nurses in Canada’s largest mental health and addiction centre
• Kelyang Tenzin, RN, MN, CPMHN(C)
• Dawne Huang, RN, BScN, CPMHN(C)
• (B2iii) Addressing anti-Black racism: organizational mentorship as an important strategy
• Dr. Bukola Salami, RN, PhD, FCAN, FAAN
• (B2iv) Building community to close the equity gap: establishing a support group to support Black and racialized nursing students
• Val-King Akubuobi (student)
• Shakerah Jones Hall, RN, BScN, MSN ed, CCNE

Session 3 (Panel)

The Power of Specialty Knowledge & Practice

• (B3i) Meeting complex needs close to home: the power of specialty nursing in the community
• Pauline Therrien, RN, BScN, MN
• Michelle Pothier, RN, BN, MN
• (B3ii) Nurse practitioner-led outpatient wound care clinic for individuals living with spinal cord injury in Ontario
• Marynell Laguna, RN, BScN, MN/NP
• (B3iii) Empowering community health nurses: a national Delphi study to update the Canadian community health nursing standards
• Dr. Cheryl Cusack, RN, PhD, FCAN
• (B3iv) Driving systemic change: strengthening specialty community nursing practice through entry-level competencies
• Dr. Cheryl Cusack, RN, PhD, FCAN

Session 4 (Panel)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (B4i) Bridging the information gap: how nurses can use social media to promote health equity and combat misinformation
• Tina Bitangcol, RN, BSN, PNC(C), CBS
• (B4ii) Mind the disruption podcast: mobilizing stories to advance action on the determinants of health and health equity
• Dr. Claire Betker, RN, PhD, FCAN, CCHN(C)
• (B4iii) Embedding digital professionalism in nursing education: advancing integrity, accountability, and privacy in ethical practice
• Dr. Kateryna Metersky, PhD, RN

Session 5 (PechaKucha presentations)

• (B5i) Exploring the prevalence and magnitude of implicit anti-Indigenous bias among intensive care unit (ICU) health-care workers in Alberta
• Alan Han, RN, BScN
• (B5ii) De l'entrée dans la profession à l'érosion progressive : comprendre l'exode professionnel des infirmiers et infirmières de deux à cinq ans d'expérience du Québec
• Clément Garceau, RN, MScN
• (B5iii) La santé relationnelle, un levier méconnu pour contrer l'isolement social et la mésinformation.
• Claudia-Ève Therriault, BSc
• (B5iv) Mandate clarity as a foundation for collaborative leadership: a northern governance model
• TBA
• (B5v) Invisible care: insurance barriers to independent nursing practice in Canada and a call for system-level change
• Janessa DeCoste, RN, MN, BScN, NC-BC, SGAHN
• Kate Shelest, RN, BSN, SGAHN
• (B5vi) Community-based nursing partnerships to support rural seniors aging in place
• Dr. Sarah Kostiuk, BScN, RN, MN, EdD
• (B5vii) A multi-modal simulation training program for emergency airway management: a pilot study for emergency nurses
• Nayoung Kim, BSN, MSN, KOAPN
• (B5viii) Empowering tomorrow’s workforce: nurse-led evaluation of the clinical extern program to strengthen practice readiness and workforce resilience
• Dr. Charissa Cordon, RN, BScN, MN, EdD, CHE
• (B5ix) Empowered health: exploring the digital health journey of First Nations
• Nadia Green, RN, BN, MN
• (B5x) Caregivers at the table: how caregiver‑centric policy development showcases the full value of nurse leadership and strengthens health systems
• Lisa Matthews, BSN, MPH, CHE

Poster presentations (with presenters) and exhibitor networking

CONCURRENT SESSION C

Session 1 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Specialty Knowledge & Practice

• (C1i) The evidence doesn’t bleed. The patient does. Forensic nursing beyond the kit: where specialized trauma care strengthens every clinical setting
• Adrienne Olszewski, RN(C), MN, BScN, BA (Hons Psych), AC (Emergency, Forensic), SANE-A, SANE-P, LNC

Session 2 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (C2i) Demystifying the disability tax credit: unleashing nursing leadership in disability justice
• Erica Zacharias, RPN, DPN

Session 3 (Panel)

The Power of Nurse-Led Innovation Through Technology

• (C3i) Nurse leaders applying an AI lens to co-create optimal work environments
• Jessica Burford, PhD(c), RN, R/TRO, BScHK (Hons), MN-LPNP, GNC(C), CCNE, CHE, CNLC(C)
• (C3ii) Virtual reality innovations for distressing auditory hallucination: compassion-focused CBT
• Lisa Murata, RN, BScN, MEd
• Haley Ashe, RN, BScN, MEd
• (C3iii) Reorganizing nursing through technology leadership: an intelligence-enabled community care model
• Dr. Joseph Andrew Pepito, PhD, MAN, BScN
• (C3iv) From mHealth to AI-enabled oncology care: development of a nurse-led digital innovation for women with breast cancer in Canada
• Dr. Oluwadamilare Akingbade, RN, CGNC, PhD

Session 4 (Panel)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (C4i) From values to practice: developing a harm reduction toolkit to support compassionate, equitable care in hospice and palliative settings
• Felicia Kontopidis, RN, BScN, MN, NP-PHC
• (C4ii) The role of outreach workers for people who use drugs in the Beltline community: a spatial-video narrative analysis from the Strategies for Addressing Needle Debris Study (SANDS)
• Nofar Betzer, BN, RN
• Gabriel Joaquino, BN, RN
• (C4iii) Delivering a harm reduction course at a Canadian university: insights into curriculum and course delivery
• Corey Ranger, RN, BScN, MA
• Vera Caine, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
• Meaghan Brown, RN, BN, PhD
• (C4iv) Centring lived experience as an ethical and social justice imperative in harm reduction education
• Corey Ranger, RN, BScN, MA
• Dr. Vera Caine, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
• Dr. Meaghan Brown, RN, BN, PhD

Session 5 (Panel)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (C5i) Scope of practice of primary care nurses: an umbrella review
• Dr. Monica McGraw, PhD, Msc.inf, BScN, RN
• (C5ii) Isolation to influence: revolutionizing B.C. primary care nursing
• Nathalie Méhats, RN
• (C5iii) Nursing leadership in practice facilitation: building implementation capacity to transform primary care across Canada
• Mark Watt, BN, MSc
• (C5iv) Caring for the system and caring for nurses: a nurse-led model for primary care transformation
• Karly Crocker, RN, BScN

Lunch, poster presentations start @ 1:00 p.m. (with presenters), and exhibitor networking

CONCURRENT SESSION D

Session 1 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Ethical Practice: From Commitments to Measurable Action

• (D1i) Conciliation before reconciliation: using digital critical nursography and a seed of good trouble to examine intersections of modern nursing history, nursing education, and critical nursing praxis
• Dr. Margaret Rauliuk, NP(P), MN, EdD, FCAN

Session 2 (Panel)

The Power of Ethical Practice: From Commitments to Measurable Action

• (D2i) Designing for disruptive dialogue: flipping the classroom to cultivate student commitment to anti-racism, cultural safety, and social justice
• Andrew Kerr, BSc(N), MSc(A), GCCT
• (D2ii) Affirming and inclusive nursing education for 2SLGBTQIA+ students: from guidelines to action
• Dr. J. Craig Phillips, LLM, PhD, RN, ACRN, FAAN, FCAN
• Dr. Erin Ziegler, PhD, NP-PHC, FNPAC
• (D2iii) Indigenous-nurse led graduate nursing education through a decolonizing policy lens
• Tammy Rogers, RN, MN; Nikki Hunter, RN, MN
• Dr. Vera Caine, RN, MN, PhD
• (D2iv) Nursing education through a cultural lens
• Fabienne Germeil, RN, BScN, MSc(A), PhD student

Session 3 (Panel)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (D3i) From invisible to indispensable: advancing public health nursing leadership for equity and system transformation
• Dr. Cheryl Cusack, RN, PhD, FCAN
• (D3ii) Childhood immunization reminder preferences among Black parents in Canada and the United States of America: a scoping review
• Matilda Anim-Larbi, PhD student
• (D3iii) Updating the core competencies for public health in Canada: a shared leadership journey
• Dr. Claire Betker, RN, PhD, CCHN(C), FCAN
• (D3iv) Health service use among Black people in Canada
• Dr. Bukola Salami, RN, BScN, MN, PhD, FCAN, FAAN

Session 4 (Panel)

The Power of Specialty Knowledge & Practice

• (D4i) Unifying the nurse psychotherapist role across Canada
• Dr. Siobhan Bell, RN, MN, DNP
• (D4ii) Building forensic mental health nursing competence
• Seonhee McDermott, RN, BScN, MScN
• (D4iii) From asylum to integration: harnessing the power of mental health nursing to lead transformative systems of care
• Dr. Michelle Danda, RN, PhD, CPMHN(C)
• (D4iv) Prévenir ensemble, une recherche action participative pour la prévention du suicide des adolescentes de 14 à 19 ans en milieu rural
• Claudia-Ève Therriault, (UQAR), Étudiante à la maîtrise en sciences infirmières

Session 5 (Panel)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (D5i) The role of nurse leaders in strengthening Canadian health systems through standardized and robust nursing workforce data: a multi-method approach
• Dr. Houssem Eddine Ben-Ahmed, RN, BScN, MSN, PhD
• (D5ii) National Council for Nurse-Patient Ratios implementation: interjurisdictional leadership collaboration for practical policy implementation
• Kerry Morrison, RN, BSN, EMBA
• (D5iii) Uberized nursing: how could gig-work style apps impact nursing in Canada?
• Hilary Hall, RN, MN

Networking break, poster presentations, and exhibitor networking

Keynote fireside chat:
Building Canada’s Health Systems for the Future: A Conversation on Leadership, Policy, and Impact

A conversation with:

• The Honourable Joan Kingston, RN, FCAN, Senator, New Brunswick
• Rear-Admiral (Ret'd) the Honourable Rebecca Patterson, OMM, MSM, CD, RN, CHE, Senator, Ontario
• Dr. Leigh Chapman, RN, PhD, FCAN, Chief Nursing Officer of Canada

Moderator:

• Dr. Sally Thorne, CM, PhD, RN, DSc (Hons), FAAN, FCAHS, FCAN

Canadian Nurses Foundation reception, From Shift to Spotlight: An Evening of Inspiration and Impact

Disclaimer: Separate registration is required. Read registration details and purchase tickets.

Breakfast, registration, and networking

Visit the Exhibit Hall, connect with exhibitors, and network with colleagues from across the country

CONCURRENT SESSION E

Session 1 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Nurse-Led Innovation Through Technology

• (E1i) Always-on support: a systems-level approach to reducing attrition through reflective practice and digital mentorship
• Jennifer Johnson, BScN, RN, CEN

Session 2 (Panel)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (E2i) From investment to impact: optimizing nursing expertise to build resilient health systems in Canada
• Shayone Natalie Madramootoo, RN, BScN, MN, MBA(C)
• (E2ii) Leading large-scale change in nursing education: implementing a 50% expansion of a bachelor of nursing program during a workforce crisis
• Dr. Nicole Harder, RN, PhD, CHSE, CCSNE
• (E2iii) Improving emergency department care through practical nurse education and scope optimization in British Columbia
• Renee DeCosse, RN, MN, ENC(C)

Session 3 (PechaKucha presentations)

• (E3i) Speak up: advancing psychological safety, civility, and communication to strengthen nurse well-being and retention
• Doha Elsayed, RN, BScN, MScN, CPMHN(C)
• (E3ii) From resilience to prosilience: designing nursing environments that prevent predictable harm
• Sherry Hole, MN, BN, RN, BC-HWMC
• Kim Derkach, BScN, RN, HN-BC, HWNC-BC
• (E3iii) Insights from critical feminist methodologies in nursing retention and nurse well-being scholarship and inquiry
• Margaret Lebold, RN, MScN
• (E3iv) Assessing nursing and interprofessional administrative burden during a model of care redesign
• Dr. Alexandra Harris, BNSc, RN, MN/MHSc, CHE, PhD
• (E3v) What’s in the soil that’s feeding the roots? Using a tree image to recognize and act on interrelated determinants of health
• Dr. Claire Betker, RN, PhD, CCHN(C), FCAN
• (E3vi) Guidance on community-based mental health support for Black youth in Canada
• Dr. Bukola Salami, RN, BScN, MN, PhD, FCAN, FAAN
• (E3vii) Nature-based social prescribing: the role of registered nurses
• Dr. Catherine Baxter, RN, BN, MN, PhD
• (E3viii) Outreach as resiliency: insights from a four-year provincial analysis of how critical care outreach services evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Vininder Kour Bains, RN, MSN, CNCC(C)
• (E3ix) Strengthening the nursing workforce through academic practice partnerships: an integrative review
• Amrutha Kumar, RN, BN, CPHQ, MHM, CHE

Session 4 (Panel)

The Power of Specialty Knowledge & Practice

• (E4i) Unleashing scope optimization in primary care nursing
• Shannon Moore, RN(c), MSN
• (E4ii) Full scope, full hearts: stories from the field, LPNs transforming primary care
• Sonia Nicholson, LPN
• (E4iii) Laying the foundation to optimize the role of the primary care registered nurse within the patient's medical home
• Wendy Singh, RN, BScN, BSc

Session 5 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Specialty Knowledge & Practice

• (E5i) Advancing menopause as a nursing specialty in Canada: a competency and curriculum framework
• Pepper Pritty, RN, PhD(c), MNRM, BN

Elder in Residence: Treaty One Nations and Manitoba Métis Federation

Wellness & Renewal Lounge (a quiet, restorative space for relaxation, reflection, and recharging between sessions)

Welcome & Opening Ceremonies: Manitoba Métis Federation

Keynote address:
A First-of-its-Kind First Nations-led Health Organization: First Nations Health Authority’s Transformational Journey and its Cultural Safety and Anti-racism leadership in B.C.

• Gary Housty, RN, BScN, MA, Vice President, Quality, Chief Nursing & Allied Health Officer, First Nations Health Authority
• Monica McAlduff, RPN, BHSc, MA, Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Health Authority

CONCURRENT SESSION F

Session 1 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Ethical Practice: From Commitments to Measurable Action

• (F1i) Caregivers at the table: inclusive policy development for nurses new to policy writing
• Lisa Matthews, BSN, MPH, CHE
• Clara Dyck, RN, BSN, MSN, CHPCN(C)

Session 2 (Panel)

The Power of Nurse/Co-Led Solutions on Well-Being & Retention

• (F2i) Inspired leadership for integration and retention: evaluating a nurse-led workplace integration program for internationally educated nurses in Ontario
• Rola El Moubadder, RN, MQM, Cned
• (F2ii) Beyond recruitment: a co-designed policy pathway for internationally educated nurse retention as system infrastructure
• Linda-Ann Elobuike, RN, BN
• (F2iii) Meeting reciprocal needs: preparing and supporting labour-mobility licensed internationally educated nurses to join rural, hard-to-recruit and retain, acute care hospitals experiencing long-term, high-level nursing vacancies
• Erin Hertz, BSc, BScN, RN, CMSN(C)
• Tanya Cheetham, RN, BN
• (F2iv) Bridging more than skills: the clinical scholar role in supporting internationally educated nurses in the ICU
• Viksit Bali, RN, BN, MHA

Session 3 (Panel)

The Power of Specialty Knowledge & Practice

• (F3i) Advancing Indigenous health through Indigenous clinical nurse specialist leadership: co-creating relational systems level change
• Nikki Rose Hunter-Porter, RN, MN
• Jessica Key, RN, BSN, MSN
• (F3ii) Walking with my people: a community-determined path toward Indigenous nurse navigation in cancer care
• Chantal Wahteeshkin, RN, BN
• (F3iii) How Indigenous nurses are shaping accountable health systems in Canada
• Dr. Liquaa Wazni, RN, PhD
• (F3iv) Nurses and relational accountability in advancing Indigenous cultural safety
• Jessica Kwanxwalaogwa Key, RN, BSN, MSN

Session 4 (Panel)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (F4i) The needs of Canadian women veterans with experience of homelessness: health and housing
• Dr. Cheryl Forchuk, RN, PhD
• (F4ii) Nurse-led low-barrier primary care: the health-care model Canada needs to adopt for our most vulnerable populations
• TBA
• (F4iii) Transforming HIV prevention through specialty nursing practice: nurse-led interventions to help curb the rates of HIV in priority populations
• Dr. Lauren Orser, BScN, MScN, PhD
• (F4iv) The enduring contributions of nurses on HIV/AIDS care and the ethics of practice
• Dr. Vera Caine, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
• Dr. Jane McCall, RN, BScN, MN, PhD

Session 5 (PechaKucha presentations)

• (F5i) The effects of burnout on different health-care professionals due to the drug poisoning crisis: a mixed-methods study
• Eron Muel, RN, BN
• (F5ii) Enabling nursing excellence in a changing health system: a national capability framework for oncology nursing practice
• Dr. Charissa Cordon, RN, MN, EdD, CHE
• (F5iii) From content to relationship: a relational inquiry approach to decolonizing nursing education
• Dr. Rasha Wahid, PhD, RN, RP
• (F5iv) Integrating point-of-care testing into mental health practice: a nurse-led implementation model
• Haley Ashe, RN, BScN, MEd
• Lisa Murata, RN, BScN, MEd
• (F5v) Aging with HIV: advocacy for inclusive care
• Hatem Laroussi, BScN, MSN
• (F5vi) Still Swimming Against the Tide? An Exploration of Canadian Social Determinants of Health Public Health Nurses' (SDH-PHNs') Experiences in Role Enactment.
• Dr. Claire Betker, RN, PhD, CCHN(C), FCAN
• (F5vii) Translating specialty insights into system improvements: integration of a point-of-care clinical coach in a hip fracture care transformation project
• Le Faldas, RN, MN-HSLA
• (F5viii) When you know better, you do better. Mobilizing nurses to create and sustain culturally safe health care
• Olivia Riley-States, RN, MScN, PhD student
• (F5ix) CASN nurse residency program
• Kristine Crosby, MA, PMP
• Dr. Jean Daniel Jacob, RN, PhD
• (F5x) Business ethics certification for healthpreneurs: aligning innovation with Canadian values
• Pepper Pritty, RN, PhD(c), MNRM, BN

Poster presentations (with presenters) and exhibitor networking

CONCURRENT SESSION G

Session 1 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (G1i) Power in action: nurse-led strategies to advance health equity and transform Canada’s health systems
• Dr. Claire Betker, RN, PhD, CCHN(C), FCAN
• Dr. Rani Srivastava, RN, PhD, FCAN, FTNSS

Session 2 (Panel)

The Power of Nurse/Co-Led Solutions on Well-Being & Retention

• (G3i) Inclusion and exclusion: how staff experience belonging at a mental health and addiction hospital setting: a cross-sectional study and the implications
• TBA
• (G3ii) Breaking the silence: a nurse-led open mic dialogue series to support well-being and retention in nursing
• Preet Kaur, RN, BScN, HBSc; Darlene Hutton, RN, BScN, MSN
• Ramona Gheorghe, RN, BScN (Hons), MN
• (G3iii) From moral distress to sustainable practice: nurse-led strategies to strengthen psychological safety and retention
• Julie Atkinson, RN
• (G3iv) Exploring the subjective well-being of the Black nurse working in Ontario
• Shelly Philip LaForest, RN, BN, MN, PhD(c)

Session 3 (Panel)

The Power of Specialty Knowledge & Practice

• (G4i) The power of nurses to transform health: advancing evidence-informed leadership through the eINSPIRE nursing fellowship program
• Desa Dlugosz, RN, MN
• Dr. Charissa Cordon, RN, BScN, MN, EdD, CHE
• (G4ii) Empowering the next generation: evaluating the impact of the clinical scholar program on nursing confidence, competence, and workforce retention
• Dr. Alexandra Harris, BNSc, RN, MN/MHSc, CHE, PhD; Beth Morris, BSc, MScN
• Charissa Cordon, RN, BScN, MN, EdD, CHE
• (G4iii) Connecting research, education, and clinical practice: the role of nursing clinician scientists
• Dr. Scott Ramsay, PhD, RN
• (G4iv) Challenging the exclusion of disciplinary thought leadership from health-care services: co-design of a strategy for inclusion of nurse-led research at a pediatric centre
• Dr. Christina Cantin, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD

Session 4 (Panel)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (G5i) From awareness to action: applying the four dimensions of environmental and climate justice in community/public health nursing and beyond
• Alysha Jones, RNc, BScN, MScN, MSc
• (G5ii) Responsive nursing leadership in the planetary health movement
• Dr. Barbara Astle, RN, PhD, FCAN, FAAN
• Dr. Sonia Udod, RN, PhD
• (G5iii) Msit No’kmaq and Mi’kmaq thought in rethinking just and equitable pathways for planetary health
• Dr. Erica (Samms) Hurley, PhD, MN, BN, RN, CCNE
• (G5iv) Environmental sustainability in tertiary health care: an institutional ethnographic study
• Katie North, RN, BScN, MN, ENVS PhD(c)

Lunch, poster presentations start @ 1:00 p.m. (with presenters), and exhibitor networking

CONCURRENT SESSION H

Session 1 (Interactive Workshop)

The Power of Specialty Knowledge & Practice

• (H1i) Nurse psychotherapists as specialists in the field: advancing the profession through knowledge and practice
• Dr. Siobhan Bell, RN, MN, DNP
• Kamini Kalia, RN, MScN, CPMHN(C)

Session 2 (Panel)

The Power of Ethical Practice: From Commitments to Measurable Action

• (H2i) ‘No one has ever asked us what we want to do.’ Lessons from a flipped approach to research
• Shasha Abdulnour, RN; Kristen Schott
• Stacey Waters, RN, BScN, MN, BCCN, CCCI, CCNE
• (H2ii) Giving voice to Indigenous students’ research priorities: Indigenous undergraduate nursing students’ (IUNS) perspectives related to non-Indigenous undergraduate nursing students’ (non-IUNS) relationship with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action (TRC-CA)
• Dr. Erica (Samms) Hurley, PhD, MN, BN, RN, CCNE
• (H2iii) Advancing a Métis-specific clinical trials navigation pathway: first steps towards distinctions-based, culturally safe clinical trials access across Canada
• Chantal Wahteeshkin, RN, BN

Session 3 (Panel)

The Power of Specialty Knowledge & Practice

• (H3i) Bridging two lives: the clinical nurse specialist as a catalyst for integrated women’s health and NICU excellence
• Veronica Braganza, RN, MN
• Kira Friesen, RN, MN
• Christine Finnbogason, RN, MN
• (H3ii) Understanding Black women’s experiences of miscarriage in Canada: a critical hermeneutic study informed by Black feminist thought
• Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi, RN, BScN, MEd, CCRN, PhD(c)
• (H3iii) Mothering in the margins: ethical nursing practice and the lived experiences of same-sex birth mothers
• Gabriel Barrington-Moss, MSN, RN
• Dr. Vera Caine, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
• (H3iv) Planning, implementation, and sustainability of the eat, sleep, console model of care for opioid-exposed infants in a tertiary health-care facility in Manitoba
• Veronica Braganza, RN, MN
• Kira Friesen, RN, MN

Session 4 (Panel)

The Power of Nurses to Build a Healthier Canada

• (H4i) Bridging research and practice: the value of doctoral education for nurse practitioners in the maritime provinces
• Sarah Colgan, MN-NP, PhD(c)
• (H4ii) The power of nurse practitioners: global insights to strengthen and transform the Canadian health system
• Alexa Parousis, RN, MSc, BScN
• (H4iii) Nurse practitioner advocacy for alternate funding models in Saskatchewan
• Michelle O’Keefe, NP, MN, BN
• (H4iv) Designing the structure to practice: developing sustainable nurse practitioner infrastructure to strengthen advanced practice integration
• Felicia Kontopidis, RN, BScN, MN, NP-PHC

Session 5 (Panel)

The Power of Nurse/Co-Led Solutions on Well-Being & Retention

• (H5i) Nurse-led solutions to support the recruitment and retention of primary care nurse practitioners in Nova Scotia
• Dr. Breanna Lloy, DN, RN-NP, FNPAC
• (H5ii) Transforming health through academic-practice collaboration: the power of nurses driving education, research, and clinical excellence
• Amrutha Kumar, RN, BN, CPHQ, MHM, CHE
• Dr. Charissa Cordon, RN, MN, EdD, CHE
• (H5iii) Investing in nursing excellence and retention: pioneering the CNA Stellar Certification Program
• Alison Ha, MSc (OT), OT Reg (Ont.)
• Jennifer Mokry, RSW, MHSc, MSW
• (H5iv) Nurse practitioner well-being and retention: nurse-led evidence to strengthen Canada’s health workforce
• Dr. Erin Ziegler, PhD, NP-PHC, FNPAC

Closing keynote, poster awards, and closing ceremony

Keynote address:
Powering What’s Next: How Nursing Will Impact Canada’s Future

• Dr. Tracie Risling, RN, PhD, President, Canadian Nurses Association

In this session, CNA President Dr. Tracie Risling, will highlight key conference moments in a closing celebration of nursing expertise and impact and call on all Canadian nurses to look ahead and reflect on where the power of the profession is urgently needed in a time of extraordinary societal change and health transformation.