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Canadian Nursing Students’ Association
CNSA West Newsletter
Summer 2015
2015/2016 Board of Directors
Top L to R: Betty Wang, Tori Conconi, Jonathan Goguen, Jonathan
Honsberger, Alexandra Sotola, Bryce Boynton, Jaimie Carrier, Courtney
Hunter, and Shereen Anwar Siani Bottom L to R: Caitlyn Patrick, Terrace
Desnomie, Dawn Tisdale, Tonie Castro, and Lourdes Cua
Dawn Tisdale – President Terrace Desnomie – Vice President Tonie Castro – Director of Communication Lourdes Cua – Director of Membership Services Kathryn Black – Director of Bilingualism and Translation Alex Sotola – Director of Career and Leadership Caitlyn Patrick – National Conference Director Jonathan Honsberger – Atlantic Regional Director Jaimie Carrier – Quebec Regional Director
Kendra Davis – Ontario Regional Director
Kendra Davis – Ontario Regional Director
Bryce Boynton-Prairie Regional Director
Courtney Hunter-Western Regional Director
Betty Wang-Informatics Committee Chair
Tori Conconi-Advocacy Committee Chair
Sheren Anwar Siani-Education & Scholarship Committee Chair
Paisly Symenuk-Global Health and Outreach Chair
Jonathan Goguen-Community & Public Health Committee Chair
In this issue:
Page 1: Board of Directors
Page 2: WRD Introduction
Page 3: Regional Conference
Page 4: Day at the Legislature
Page 5: ARNBC AGM
Page 6: CNA AGM
Page 7: Contact Information
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Hello everyone,
I hope that you are all enjoying your summertime, and whether you are still in
school or not, I hope that you are finding time to catch up on some self care! I wanted to
take this opportunity to introduce myself and say hello to all of our chapter members in the
West region. I am so proud to have been elected into this position and it is my intention to
ensure that all of our chapters have another successful year! I want to thank our former
Western Regional Director, Kate Toal, for all of her hard work and for helping me transition
smoothly into my new role. I also want to thank all of the ODs/ADs for contacting me to
introduce yourselves and giving me some insight into your programs. I have enjoyed
hearing from you and discovering how I can best support you and your students. Please do
not hesitate to contact me with any questions/concerns you may have, I am here to help.
At our previous conferences, it was noted that members wanted to see an increase
in communication from the Board of Directors. Many students enjoyed the newsletters sent
out for the West last year, which is why I have chosen to continue this project into my term
as well. A National newsletter has also been created where you can follow what the rest of
the board is doing across the country. We hope that these newsletters will be easily
distributed throughout your chapter to your students and faculty to showcase how CNSA
members can become involved on a local, provincial, and national level.
My term thus far has been very busy! Since our first board meetings, I have worked
very hard to introduce myself to our nursing leaders and attend events in order to meet
everyone in person. I have already begun to strengthen current relationships, as well as
form new partnerships. It has been so inspiring to meet many of our current nursing
leaders and hear how much they enjoy getting students involved with their associations. I
look forward to sharing my experiences with you, and I hope to see more nursing students
attend these events with me in the near future. Here is to another great year!
Courtney Hunter ([email protected])
3rd year BScN Thompson Rivers University
Western Regional Director/ Directeur Régionale de l’Ouest
West Facebook Page: CNSA West / AEIC Ouest
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association
Summer 2015
Western Regional Director
Introduction
Summer 2015
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October 23rd-25th, 2015
This year’s Regional Conference will be held at the Crown Isle Resort in beautiful
Courtenay, BC by North Island College. Regional Conference Director, Alex Seeley, and her
team have been hard at work to create an unforgettable event for our members. The theme
is, “Inspire! Advocate! Unleash!” which describes how we as nursing students and future
nurses can inspire each other to advocate for individuals in need, and unleash our power to
work within the political process to bring change. Registration is now open, don’t miss out!
Call for Abstracts: If you have contributed to Nursing research,
education, or leadership, you have the chance to showcase
your scholarly work at this year’s conference. The conference
planning committee are looking for individuals whose work
reflects the theme of this year’s conference. Due date for
abstracts is October, 1st, 2015.
http://www.cnsaregional2015.com/
Questions? Email Alex at [email protected]
2015 Regional Conference
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association Summer 2015
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The Day at the
Legislature was
held during
National Nursing
Week in Victoria,
BC. This event
brought together
members of the
Coalition of BC Nursing Associations to network and discuss current nursing issues with
parliamentary members. This coalition of nursing associations represents nurses from four
nursing groups in British Columbia – Nurse Practitioners (BCNPA), Registered Nurses (ARNBC)
and Registered Psychiatric Nurses (ARPNBC) as
well as Nurse Educators (NECBC), and is an
important advocacy group for nursing
throughout BC. We were able to attend an open
forum with the Ministry of Health’s Leadership,
sit in on question period at the Legislature where
Nurses Week was formally acknowledged by the
members, and join an open house with our MLAs.
Curriculum, student practical experiences, and
new grad support were all topics discussed
throughout the day, and we were able to voice
our concerns to the political parties in power.
Follow ARNBC on Twitter: @BCRNs
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association Summer 2015
Day at the Legislature
Leaders from all four professional nursing associations
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ARNBC is one of our biggest supporters of nursing
students in the West and we were thrilled to have
five of our board members attend their AGM to
support them. It was inspiring to see other nursing
students in attendance, which shows that student
leaders are becoming more involved with
their professional associations. CNSA was
well represented at this event and we were
able to network with many of our
stakeholders and meet many current
nursing leaders. Most importantly
incoming President, Zak Matieschyn, was
formally voted in to his new role.
Check out opportunities for nursing
students to get involved with ARNBC on
their website:
http://www.arnbc.ca/networks/student-
engagement/index.php
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association
Summer 2015
Board members with incoming ARNBC President (Zak
Matieschyn) and outgoing President (Julie Fraser)
CNSA President (Dawn Tisdale) with CNA
President (Karima Velji) and President-Elect
(Barbara Shellian)
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association
ARNBC AGM
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On July 15th, 2014, the Canadian
Nurses Association (“CNA”)
continued to the Canada Not-for-
profit Corporations Act, a transition
which required CNA to make
changes to its By-Laws and
governance processes in order to
ensure it was compliant with the
Act. As part of this process, certain
changes were made to the role and
rights of the CNSA as a Member of
CNA. On continuance, CNSA
became the sole Class B Member of
CNA. As such, CNSA is entitled to
exercise five votes at all meetings
of the Members of CNA. This June, our five Regional Directors and President travelled to
Ottawa to attend the CNA AGM as voting members for the very first time. At this meeting,
our Regional Directors each held a vote, while our President, Dawn Tisdale, was officially
voted onto the CNA board as our Class B Director. Dawn will continue being our voting
representative at all Board meetings for the
remainder of the term.
President, Karima Velji, and
the rest of the board members
in attendance made us feel so
welcome, and we are grateful
for such a warm reception
into the CNA family. If you
choose to work as an RN in
BC, Alberta, or the Yukon upon
graduation, you will automatically become a
member of CNA and will be able to take advantage
of their many member benefits.
Follow CNA on Twitter @canadanurses
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association Summer 2015
Canadian Nurses
Association (CNA) AGM
Regional Directors in Ottawa preparing for
the CNA AGM
CNSA Board members at the CNA AGM
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President
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[email protected] Vice President [email protected]
Director of Communications [email protected] Director of Bilingualism and
Translation [email protected]
Director of Career and Leadership Development
Director of Membership Services [email protected] National Conference Director [email protected]
Atlantic Regional Director [email protected] Quebec Regional Director [email protected] Ontario Regional Director [email protected] Prairie Regional Director [email protected]
Western Regional Director [email protected] Past President [email protected]
Administrative Officer [email protected] CASN Representative [email protected]
Community and Public Health Committee Chair
Diversity Committee Chair [email protected] Informatics Committee Chair [email protected] Global Health and Outreach
Committee Chair [email protected]
Education and Research Committee Chair
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association Summer 2015
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association Summer 2015
Contact Information
