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2023 Research Knowledge Exchange Symposium

WeRPN is thrilled to be hosting our second annual RPN-focused Research Knowledge Exchange Symposium on December 1st, 2023. Topics will include research results related to clinical practice, workforce recruitment and retention and more! Join us virtually or in person at the Centennial College Event Centre at 937 Progress Avenue in Scarborough. We look forward to seeing you there! Register now

Leading Change: RPN Community Conversations (Brampton)

Join us in Brampton on Thursday, September 7th, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. for our first free Leading Change event. Learn how to advocate, develop your leadership skills and influence change in healthcare. Attending RPNs will also have the unique opportunity to share their experiences with local politicians and network with other nurses. Join us at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Brampton. Ontario (90 Biscayne Crescent, L6W 4S1). Click here to register

Leading Change: RPN Community Conversations (Kitchener/Waterloo)

Join us in Kitchener/Waterloo on January 16, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. for our free Leading Change event. Learn how to advocate, develop your leadership skills and influence change in healthcare. Attending RPNs will also have the unique opportunity to share their experiences with local politicians and network with other nurses. Location: Delta Hotels by Marriott – Waterloo – 110 Erb St. West – Waterloo, ON N2L 0C6. Click here to register

Leading Change: RPN Community Conversations (Windsor)

Are you in the Windsor area and interested in developing your leadership skills and influencing change in healthcare? Join us for our free regional session taking place on new date that is soon to be announced; the event is currently being rescheduled. Learn how to advocate and influence change at your workplace and within the health system. This special event will also provide you with a unique opportunity to share your experiences with local politicians, as well as network with other nurses. Click here to register

Leading Change: RPN Community Conversations (Ottawa)

Are you in the Ottawa region and interested in developing your leadership skills and influencing change in healthcare? Join us for our free regional session taking place on October 11 from 8:30 a.m. — 3 p.m. at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel: 100 Kent Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5R7. Learn how to advocate and influence change at your workplace and within the health system. This special event will also provide you with a unique opportunity to share your experiences with local politicians, as well as network with other nurses. Click here to register

65th Annual General Meeting (AGM)

SAVE THE DATE: WeRPN is pleased to announce that our 65th Annual General Meeting (AGM) is taking place on Oct. 26, 2023, in a hybrid format. Join us in person at the Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel or online as we come together to reflect on the accomplishments of the previous year and celebrate the nursing profession as a whole. This event gives us a chance to honour the outstanding work of Ontario’s RPNs as we look toward a more positive future. We sincerely hope you will be able to join us. Learn more about the AGM here and stay tuned for registration details.

WeLearn Webinar – “Life doesn’t stop”: Using the Driving and Dementia Roadmap to Support Driving Cessation – Feb 22, 2023

Feb 22 @ 7pm. Decision-making about driving and the transition to non-driving is a challenging and complex issue affecting drivers with dementia and their families. Healthcare/service providers play an important role in facilitating and supporting drivers and their families to make this transition. In this webinar, Drs. Gary Naglie and Mark Rapoport who lead a team of CCNA researchers focused on dementia and driving, will discuss how healthcare/service providers can address the issue of driving in persons with dementia. They will describe the development and evaluation of the Driving and Dementia Roadmap (DDR – www.drivinganddementia.ca) – a newly developed online educational resource – and demonstrate how to use the DDR to guide people with dementia, family/friend carers and healthcare/service providers through this process. Members register for free through their LMS Dashboard. Non-Members $20. Register thru https://eshop.werpn.com/

Tissue Recovery WeLearn Webinar – Jan 18 @ 7pm

Find out more about the Trillium Gift of Life Network – Tissue program, where our speaker: Tera Gleason, RPN is cross-trained in Ocular tissue recovery, multi-tissue recovery (skin, whole heart, bones & tendons) and even the call centre where RPNs work to take referrals, gather consent and coordinate tissue recovery donation across the Province. Members are FREE to Register through their LMS Dashboard. (For non-members, the fee is $20 – see our eshop!)

Leading Practice Excellence: Cultural Competence – FREE in-person full-day workshop –

Join us for this exciting full-day workshop, taking place on March 22, 2023 from 9 am-4 pm at CHSI Corporate Event Centre, 5110 Creekbank Road, Mississauga, ON. Nurses recognize the importance of delivering culturally sensitive care to best meet the needs of their patients, residents and clients. This event aims to enhance RPNs’ knowledge of unconscious bias and provide them with a blueprint to help ensure their nursing practice is more inclusive. This session will also introduce WeRPN’s latest resource: the “My Commitment to Cultural Safety” workbook. 0800  Doors open 0830-0900 hr     Light Breakfast available 0900-1600hr      Workshop REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3W2AV7F *Lunch included for our attendees. You must provide 48 hours notice of cancellation should you not be able to attend. Your credit card will hold your registration but will not be charged if you attend. Those who do not attend will be charged a $50 cancellation fee. Thank you. Upon registration, further confirmation, agenda and support information will be sent to you.

Leadership for RPNs-Advancing Your Career- Free in-person workshop

Thank you for your interest but our March 1st workshop is currently at capacity. We are hosting two additional workshops this month- Leading Practice Excellence: Cultural Competence (March 22) and Leading Self: Strategies to Survive and Thrive (Mar 30). Visit https://werpnn.kinsta.cloud/learn/events/ to learn more and register.   Join us for Leadership for RPNs, a full day workshop taking place on March 1, 2023 from 9 am-4 pm at CHSI Corporate Event Centre, 5110 Creekbank Road, Mississauga, ON. This workshop will help RPNs connect with their leadership potential and inspire passion in their nursing practice. Participants will receive resources to help them be more intentional on their career path and set objectives to support their leadership vision. Click here to view the agenda A limited number of participants will also be eligible to sign up for a follow-up half-day workshop on March 14th, 9am-12:30 pm , for those who aspire to hold a formal leadership role, to develop a strategic career plan. This event is to be held in the same location. Registration is limited to 50 participants in order to provide physical distancing requirements. 0800-hr  – Doors open 0830-0900 hr     Light Breakfast available 0900-1600hr      Workshop *Lunch included for our attendees. You must provide 48 hours notice of cancellation should you not be able to attend. Your credit card will hold your registration but will not be charged if you attend. Those who do not attend will be charged a $50 cancellation fee. Thank you. Upon registration, further confirmation, agenda and support information will be sent to you.

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