Special Thanks
Gail and Mary would like to thank the following individuals who have supported us along our Nurses’ Voices journey. You were incredibly generous with your time and your advice.
Claudine Bennett, RN, MScN
Director, Public Health Essential Services
Region of Peel
Anna Bergen, RN
Senior Nurse Consultant
Territorial Health Services, Department of Health and Social Services
Government of the Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, NWT
Claire Betker RN, PhD, FCAN
Scientific Director – National Collaborating Center for Determinants of Health
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Anne L. Coghlan, RN, MScN
Past Executive Director & CEO
College of Nurses of Ontario
Erin Cook, RN, MSN
Associate Director, Support Program for the Autonomy of Seniors, Montreal
CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
Montreal, QC
Charissa Cordon, RN, MN, EdD, CHE
Chief of Nursing Practice
Hamilton Health Sciences
Cheryl Cusak RN, PhD
Executive Director, Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
President, Community Health Nurses of Canada
Judy Boychuk Duchscher RN, PhD
Director, Nursing The Future
Kamloops, BC
Dzifa Dordunoo PhD, RN
Assistant Professor | School of Nursing
Adjunct Assistant Professor | Health Information Science
Affiliated Researcher | Fraser Health Authority
Affiliated Researcher | UVic Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health
Coalition of African, Caribbean and Black Nurses in BC
Marie Edwards, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Helen Glass Centre
University of Manitoba
Sarah Flogen, RN, PhD
Project Lead, Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP)
Nursing Program
Canadian Nurses Association
President-elect, Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses
Mélanie Gauthier, N., BScN, M. Int. Care N., CNCC(C)
President
Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses
Lorelei Gibson RN, BSN, MN, CPMHN(C)
Regional Lead (interim) – Specialized Ccommunity Service Programs (SCSP)
Health System Improvement Team
Mental Health & Substance Use Network
Kamloops, BC
Tim Guest RN, BScN, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Nurses Association
Ottawa, ON
Susan Hagar RN, BCAP
Founder and CEO, Nurse on Board
Christine R. Halfkenny-Zellas, P.Mgr, CIM
Chief Operating Officer
Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses
Aden Hamza, RN, MScN, inf.aut
Lead, Policy
Canadian Nurses Association
Cathy Harley RN, MBA, IIWCC
Chief Executive Officer,
Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy & Continence Canada
Ottawa, ON
Alex Harris RN, MN/MHSc, PhD, CHE
Manager, Professional Practice
Investigator, Institute for Better Health
Trillium Health Partners,
Mississauga ON
Adjunct Lecturer, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
Toronto, ON
Cynthia Isenor, RN MScN
Health Services Director
Central Zone Critical Care,
Nova Scotia Health, Halifax NS
Margot Latimer RN, PhD
Research Chair, Indigenous Health Nursing
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS
Nancy Lefebre RN, MN
Senior Vice President, SE Health
Pat Mandy RN
Past Chair, De dwa da dehs ney>s
Aboriginal Health Center, Hamilton, Ontario
Shannon Maier, RN, BScN, MSc QIPS
Program Director, Inpatient Medicine
Interim Program Director Flow & Operations
Trillium Health Partners
Mississauga, ON
Annette Martin
Past Director of Development
Canadian Nurses Foundation
Petrina McGrath, RN, PhD
Health System Executive,
People, Quality, Practice & Chief Nurse Executive
Lakeridge Health,
Durham Region, ON
Claire O’Gorman, RN, MPH
Knowledge Translation Specialist, National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Dipti Purbhoo, RN, MHSc
Executive Director
The Dorothy Ley Hospice
Toronto, Ontario
Nancy Purdy RN, PhD
Associate Professor
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing
Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Sarah Quan RN, MN
Project Manager, IEN Integration Project
Hamilton Health Sciences
Joy Richards, RN PHD
Vice President Patient Experience & Chief Health Professions
University Health Network, Toronto ON
Ashley Robertson RN
Medical Team Lead – Assisted Self-Isolation Site
The Alex, Calgary, AB
Lori Schindel Martin, RN, PhD
Past President,
Canadian Gerontological Nurses Association
Victoria Schmid , RD, MHS
Chief Executive Officer
SWITCH BC (Safety, Wellbeing, Innovation, Training & Collaboration in Healthcare)
Vancouver, BC
Shiyen Shu, Msc.OT, H.BSc, PMP, CYT
Executive Coach, Leadership Expert, Speaker, Podcast Host
Toronto, ON
Gillian Strudwick RN, PhD
Chief Clinical Informatics Officer
Center for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, ON
Tracy Thiele RPN (Reg. Psychiatric Nurse), MN, PhD(c)
Manager of Nursing Initiatives, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB
President, Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses
Shawna Tohm RN
Registrar
Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Yellowknife, NWT
Lucie Tremblay, inf., MSc, ASC,CHE
Director of Nursing
CIUSS West-Central Montreal,
Jewish General Hospital,
Montreal, QC
David Tu, MD
Family Physician, Clinic Coordinator, Vancouver Native Health Clinic
Clinical Associate Professor, Dept of Family Practice, University of British Columbia
Michael Villeneuve, RN, MSc, FAAN
Past Chief Executive Officer,
Canadian Nurses Association
Ottawa, ON
Amy Vodarek, RN MScN
Certified Executive Coach
Founder, Insight Edge Learning and Leadership
Toronto, ON
Philippe Voyer, Inf., PhD
Professor,
Université Laval
Quebec, QC
Meghan Wankel BA, MA
Program Coordinator, Pre-Arrival Supports and Services
CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses
Anne Whelan
President and CEO
Seafair Group
St. John’s, Newfoundland