Healthcare in Crisis: Nurses Mobilize for Safer Quebec Healthcare

Healthcare in Crisis: Nurses mobilize for change.

The Quebec healthcare system is in crisis and nurses are overturning old taboos and speaking out in the name of patient care and safety in the workplace. This unprecedented degree of individual mobilization from nurses has never been seen before in the province’s history; some even arguing anywhere else. Is this the start of a major turning point for nursing engagement?
English Panel (bilingual question period):
March 28th, 17h30, Martin Amphitheatre. Free admission valid for 2.5 nursing accredited hours and refreshments! Consult link for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/198139520785666/
French Panel:
April 3rd @ 17h30, UdeM. Free admission and refreshments! Consult link for details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1563493373705838/
Description:
A panel discussion will tackle this question along with many more including: What exactly is the current healthcare crisis? Why the stark contrast in coverage of the issue between franco- and anglophone Quebec? How have nurses been mobilizing and what is the role of social media? What are ways to resolve the crisis? What should be the future of nursing in health policy? And, how can you be an agent for change in and out of the workplace?
(Officially recognized by the Continuing Nurse Education (CNE) committee of the @Ingram School of Nursing for 2.5 hrs of accreditation with the payment of a 5$ accreditation fee!)
Schedule:
17h00 to 17h30: Accreditation registration
17h30 to 18h00: Background and Introductions
18h00 to 19h00: Discussion Panel Questions
19h00 to 20h00: Audience Questions
Guests include:
Prof. Amélie Perron RN, PhD University of Ottawa expert in sociopolitical aspects of nursing, researcher, co-founder of the Nursing Observatory.
Aaron Derfel medical reporter for the Montreal Gazette, and one of the few journalists covering the crisis in the anglophone media in Quebec. Specializing in investigative and narrative journalism, three time finalist of the National Newspaper Award, 2009 Media Award for Health Reporting by the Canadian Medical Association, Winner of the 2004 Judith Jasmin Prize (Quebec’s highest journalism honour).
Daniel-Martin Leduc RN, nursing advocate, MSc Student Université de Montréal (UdeM), made National headlines in September after speaking out against unsafe conditions for his colleagues and patients, McGill alumnus.
Jodi Kalubi RN, nursing advocate, MSc Public Health student at UdeM, Executive on le FRESQue – Forum de la Relève Étudiante pour la Santé au Québec (FRESQue), McGill alumna.
Mathieu Charron RN, NP student at Université de Sherbrooke, nursing advocate and researcher, has published several articles on the healthcare crisis and its impact on nursing, McGill alumnus.
Chair: Natalie Stake-Doucet RN, PhD Candidate UdeM, nursing advocate, researcher, Executive from the Quebec Nursing Association, founder of McGill Nurses for Healthy Policy, McGill alumna.
English Panel (bilingual question period):
March 28th, 17h30, Martin Amphitheatre. Free admission valid for 2.5 nursing accredited hours and refreshments! Consult link for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/198139520785666/
French Panel:
April 3rd @ 17h30, UdeM. Free admission and refreshments! Consult link for details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1563493373705838/
Organized in collaboration with the Quebec Nurses’ Association, McGill Nurses for Healthy Policy, and the McGill Nursing Graduate Students’ Association Students and Alumni. Sponsored by the Ingram School of Nursing.