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April 22, 2025
Statement

Statement in honour of Aman Grewal

Canada’s frontline nurses, members of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), mourn the passing of nurse and advocate Aman Grewal. As the president of the British Columbia Nurses’ Union (BCNU) from 2021 to 2023, Aman played an integral role in bringing BCNU back into the fold of the CFNU, the largest movement of unionized […]

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April 9, 2025
Media Release

CFNU President to name political and health care leaders as CFNU's Health Care Champions

Silas: Public health care is in crisis; it is time to celebrate our leaders and champions.  April 9, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – Over the next few months, Linda Silas, President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), will be announcing CFNU’s Health Care Champions, including 10 political leaders during Canadian Public Health Week (April […]

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April 3, 2025
Statement

Statement in honour of Kathleen Connors

Canada’s frontline nurses mourn the passing of nurse and advocate Kathleen Connors. Kathleen was integral to founding the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) and shaping nurse advocacy as we know it today. In 1979, she helped develop the constitution of the National Federation of Nurses Unions and was a delegate at the 1981 Founding […]

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March 26, 2025
Health Human Resources Media Release

National nurses’ survey confirms urgent need for federal bill to address patient and worker safety on eve of federal election

Silas: Federal Election 2025 must highlight patient safety solutions March 26, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – A new nation-wide survey of nurses reveals the deplorable state of health care in Canada, and the pressing need for federal parties to commit to enhancing patient and worker safety through concrete action. “Nurses on the front lines share the […]

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March 19, 2025
Statement

CFNU calls once again for a sustained ceasefire in Gaza amidst new attacks

As nurses and health care workers, members of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) are gravely concerned by the resurgence of attacks in Gaza. After two months of a fragile ceasefire, hundreds of people have now been killed and injured. Médecins Sans Frontières report high influxes of patients, primarily women and children, in multiple […]

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March 13, 2025
Health Human Resources Media Release

Access to care tops list of Canadians’ health care concerns in new Abacus poll

Silas: Fixing staffing shortages is the key to fixing access to care March 13, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – Canadians name long wait times for access to medical care as the most pressing challenge facing our health care system, in a new survey commissioned by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU). The national survey, conducted […]

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March 11, 2025
Blog COVID-19 Occupational Health & Safety

Reflecting on March 11, 2020

Today marks five years since March 11, 2020 – the day the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. The day we questioned everything we knew and feared for ourselves and our loved ones. As nurses, we stepped up. And we demanded governments step up too. Never will we forget. Never will we ignore the […]

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February 19, 2025
internationally educated nurses Media Release

New report outlines recommendations to empower internationally educated nurses in Canada to practice

Silas: We must address the barriers keeping thousands of IENs living in Canada out of the profession February 19, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – As governments look to internationally educated nurses to address Canada’s nursing shortage, a new report is calling for policy changes to better support IENs joining the profession once they’re in the country. […]

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January 30, 2025
Health Human Resources Media Release Nurse Practitioners Pharmacare

Nurses and doctors push health ministers to focus on strengthening and expanding our public health care system

Silas: Protect patients, protect health professionals, protect public health care. January 30, 2025 (HALIFAX, NS) – Nurse union leaders from across the country joined Canada’s health ministers in Halifax today for a policy discussion with allied health organizations focused on supporting health care workers for the future of public health care. “This is a critical moment […]

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January 30, 2025
Canadian Nursing Students' Association Media Release Nursing Students

First national nursing student survey finds financial barriers to continue in nursing

Silas: Supporting nursing students is key to Canadian-made solutions to our health staffing crisis January 30, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – More than a quarter of nursing students say they’ve considered leaving their nursing program due to financial difficulties, according to the first national survey of nursing students. “Nursing students are an important part of Canada’s […]

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