September 22 - Canadian Nurses Association

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Tuesday, September 22

06:30–08:00

Breakfast, registration and networking

Exhibit Hall open

7:00–8:00

CONCURRENT SESSION A

Interactive Workshop

(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

Panel

(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

Panel

(A3i) Nurses’ perceptions and experiences that influence decision-making when encountering violence in medical and intensive care units

(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

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

All day

Elder in Residence: Treaty One Nations and Manitoba Métis Federation

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

08:15–09:00

Welcome & Opening Ceremonies: Treaty One Nations

Water and Pipe Ceremony
Knowledge Sharing

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)

09:00–09:45

Plenary

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

John Dela Cruz, known as Nurse John

10:00–11:00

CONCURRENT SESSION B

Interactive Workshop

(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)

Panel

(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

Panel

(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

Panel

(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

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

(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

11:00–11:30

Poster presentations (with presenters) and exhibitor networking

11:30–12:30

CONCURRENT SESSION C

Interactive Workshop

(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

Interactive Workshop

(C2i) Demystifying the disability tax credit: unleashing nursing leadership in disability justice

Erica Zacharias, RPN, DPN

Panel

(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

Panel

(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

Panel

(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

12:30–13:30

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

13:30–14:45

CONCURRENT SESSION D

Interactive Workshop

(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

Panel

(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

Panel

(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

Panel

(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

Panel

(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

14:45–15:15

Networking break, poster presentations, and exhibitor networking

15:15–16:30

Plenary

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

17:30–19:30

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

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