Dates: November 14th – 16th, 2011
Graduate Studies & NP Educators Forum: November 14th, 2011
Council Meeting: November 15th-16th, 2011
Location: Hilton Lac Leamy, Gatineau, Quebec
Program
Download 2011 Council Program
Download the 2011 Graduate Studies and NP Educators’ Agenda
Program Highlights
– Elections
– Governance and Bylaw Review
– NEW Position Statement on Baccalaureate Education and Baccalaureate Programs
– Political Advocacy – Take Action!
Social Event: The Times They Are A Changin’: A Flashback To The 60’s!
There has never been a decade quite like the sixties: the diversity, conflicts, hope, change, music, and the dance crazes will all be revisited tonight. Come and celebrate this influential decade with a tour of the CASN National Office, dinner, a silent auction, music, trivia, and the CASN staff in costume. All proceeds of this event will support the Dr. Pat Griffin Fund of CASN.
Keynote Sessions
Pat Griffin Scholar Annual Lecture with Dr. Florence Myrick
In 2011, Dr. Florence Myrick was awarded the inaugural Pat Griffin Nursing Education Scholarship. Dr. Myrick is an outstanding nursing scholar who has dedicated much of her professional career to the promotion of excellence in nursing education. During this lecture she will be discussing “Preceptorship: Putting the Evidence into Clinical Teaching and Learning.”
“Just a Nurse” by Suzanne Gordon
Suzanne Gordon is an award-winning journalist and author. She has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and others. She is the author of seven books, including her new book “When Chicken Soup Isn’t Enough: Stories of Nurses Standing Up for Themselves”. Come and see her thought provoking lecture called “Just a Nurse”.
“Political Advocacy– Collaboration and Coordinated Policy Making” with Dr. Suzanne Miyamoto
Dr. Miyamoto is currently the Director of Government Affairs at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN); Lecturer at the University of Michigan, School of Nursing; Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico, School of Nursing; and, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, School of Nursing.
Dr. Miyamoto has also held policy positions at the state and federal levels with the Michigan Nurses Association; the office of United States Congressman Joseph Knollenberg; the State Commission on Patient Safety for the Michigan Health and Safety Coalition; and, the National Institutes of Health.
Hotel
Hilton Lac-Leamy
3 boulevard du Casino
Gatineau-Ottawa, Canada
J8Y 6X4
Telephone: 819-790-6444
Voting
Member schools shall be represented within the Association. For all purposes (but subject to the proxy provisions), by their respective senior nursing head, as recognized by the Executive Director of the Association.
For more information on voting please contact Sarah Anderson, Manager, Corporate Service via email sanderson@casn.ca or phone (613) 235-3150 ext 22
For more information or if you have any questions regarding the CASN Council Meeting please contact Andrea Pinsent-Martineau, Conference Coordinator via email apinsent@casn.ca or via phone (613) 235-3150 ext 29.
