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Canadian Nurses’ Pain Issues Working Group - August 2005
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Hospital Nursing Characteristics Study - University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing - Media Release March 29 2005
Here is a link to a press release announcing the findings of a study conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Nursing about the relationship between hospital nursing characteristics an...More

Overwhelming response to Internationally Educated Nurses Project - Diagnostic Phase Focus Groups

The Steering Committee for the Internationally Educated Nurses Project- Diagnostic Phase would like to thank all the internationally educated nurses, Registrars, staff of the nursing bodies for Licensed Practical Nurses...More

September 30, 2004
A new nursing partnership in British Columbia is formed. It is called the Collaboration for Academic Education in Nursing (CAEN).

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Ontario Provincial Government Plans to Hire New Nursing Graduates
June 3, 2004: The McGuinty government has announced a plan to hire 8,000 nursing grads over the next for years using a $50-million strategy.

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CASN’s Involvement in the CNAC Nursing Education Project
Notice of intent

Latest Communiqués:

April 16, 2004April 2, 2004March 26, 2004March 19, 2004March 12, 2004March 5, 2004February 27, 2004February 20, 2004February 13, 2004February 6, 2004CASN is taking the lead on the f...More

Update on Canadian Nursing Advisory Committee (CNAC)
A joint letter and report card was sent to the the Federal Minister of Health on Sept 25, 2003.

Joint letter to Health Minister September 2003CNAC Report Card September 2003
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Nursing Strategy for Canada, Final Report 2003
The report provides an encouraging look at the significant work done across the country since 2000 to strengthen Canada's nursing human resources.
Nursing Strategy for Canada 2003 | Stratégie pour les soins infirmiers au...More

Bringing the Future into Focus: Projecting RN Retirement in Canada
This special analytical study estimates the number of registered nurses(RNs) aged 50 or older that could leave the Canadian nursing workforceby 2006. Using data from the Registered Nurses Database (RNDB) at CIHI,this stu...More

SARS
LETTER COMMENDING TORONTO AREA NURSES

The CASN President sent a letter to CNO, RNAO, ONA, and TorontoHospitals regarding the efforts of the frontline nurses helping tofight the SARS outbreak.

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First Ministers' Accord
2003 First Ministers' Accord ...More

Comparison of CNAC, Kirby and Romanow Reports including CASN's positions
Executive Summary

Comparison TableLinks to reports
Romanow in EnglishRomanow en françaisKirby in EnglishKirby en françaisCNAC in EnglishCNAC en français...More

Nursing Students gain access to professional student line of credit thanks to action taken by CASN and CNSA presidents
Letter to Royal Bank from CASN's President and CNSA's PresidentLetter from Royal Bank in response
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Letters to the Federal Minister of Health and the Federal Minister of Finance
CASN President writes the Federal Minister of Health and the Federal Minister of Finance urging them to follow the recommendations in the reports of the Canadian Nursing Advisory Committee, the Standing Senate Committee ...More
                                                  CASN announces the recipients of the 2009 CASN Awards!