Community Health Nurses of Canada

Award of Merit 2023-2024 Call for Nominations

Each year, the Community Health Nurses of Canada offers an Award of Merit to one or more outstanding nurse(s) for their exemplary, visionary contribution to community health nursing.

Why nominate a community health nurse for the Award of Merit?

This is an excellent opportunity to honor nurses and to highlight and celebrate their important contribution to community health nursing. The award winner(s) will be announced during the CHNC National conference.

Call for Nominations:

To be eligible for this award, the community health nurse must be nominated by a current CHNC member.

Eligibility Criteria

♦ The nominees can be active or retired; posthumous nominations are welcome.

♦ The nominees should be a registered nurse or a past registered nurse (if retired)

♦ The nominees do not have to be current members of CHNC.

♦ The nominees should have a minimum of two years of experience as a community health nurse.

♦ The nominees work must be related to community health nursing from a research, education, administration, policy, and/or practice perspective

A completed nomination package should include and be limited to:

· A nomination letter that is not longer than 500 words

· The nomination must have a minimum of one additional supporter who is asked to provide a one-page letter of support as an attachment to the nomination package.

· CVs will not be required or adjudicated.

Deadline for Accepting Nominations is April 2, 2024

Selection Criteria

Nominations are reviewed based on the following criteria:

The nominee’s contributions to community health nursing are outlined in the nomination package showing evidence of, but not limited to, the following:

o leadership

o innovation

o mentorship

o advocacy

o evidence based practice

Nominators are strongly encouraged to use the CHNC Standards of Practice to highlight their nominee.

Nomination packages are accepted in PDF format only.

Please email completed nominations to CHNC Chair or Membership at membership@chnc.ca

MOSIAC: A Community of Practice

Challenges and Rewards Working in a First Nation Community with guest Peggy Dick

Peggy is a RN, Supervisor at Pikwakanagan Health Services and citizen of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation.

February 21, 2024 12pm-130pm EST

To register click here or copy and paste the link below into your browser. Please make sure to check your junk mail folder for the meeting link!

https://uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Pj7s7GYUxwJZNc

Community Health Nurses in Canada:

...face many workforce challenges that are leading to high rates of burnout and turnover.

...express interest in coming together to discuss the current healthcare environment, support practice, and advocate for change.

What is Community of Practice (CoP)?

CoP is a group of people with a common passion who come together to share resources and learn through ongoing interactions.

What is MOSIAC?

An online forum for CHNs to:

Support and share community health nursing experiences,

Shape positivity and advocacy for change,

Identify and address challenges that impact CHN’s practice and work conditions,

Incorporate different ways of knowing and doing to understand CHNs’ influence within the current healthcare.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has commissioned the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health to engage with the Canadian public health community in order to update the 2008 Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada. 

Why is this project important? 

The Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada have been used:  

• As a framework for public health workforce development, collaboration, planning and action.
• To inform public health education and training (e.g., graduate public health programs, certification) and continuing professional development.
• As a human resources tool for recruitment, orientation, position descriptions, performance evaluation and retention. 
• As a foundation for discipline-specific competencies.   

Invitation to participate – Share your ideas and perspectives!  

The National Collaborating Centres for Public Health are committed to seeking input from a broad and diverse range of perspectives that make up the public health community in Canada. Core competencies reflect the essential knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for effective public health practice.

Have a say in shaping the 2024 Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada. Your ideas and perspectives are critical. 

If you haven’t been able to participate in the engagement process yet, now is your chance! Engagement sessions are being offered on the following dates.

English Session: January 31, 2024 | 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET | Register Here

French Session:  February 2, 2024 | 1 – 2:30 pm ET | Register Here

For more information about this project visit: https://nccph.ca/projects/2024-core-competencies-for-public-health-in-canada/ 

If you have any questions, comments, feedback, or ideas about this project, you can contact the project team at corecomp@stfx.ca.  

Chers collègues, 

L’Agence de la santé publique du Canada a mandaté les Centres de collaboration nationale en santé publique (CCNSP) pour travailler avec le milieu de la santé publique du Canada à la mise à jour des énoncés de compétences essentielles en santé publique au Canada qui remontent à 2008. 

Pourquoi le projet est-il important? 

Soulignons que les énoncés de compétences essentielles en santé publique servent : 

• De cadre de référence en matière de perfectionnement professionnel, de collaboration, de planification et d’action en ce qui a trait à la main-d’œuvre en santé publique. 
• De fil conducteur pour l’enseignement et la formation (p. ex., programmes d’études supérieures et reconnaissance professionnelle en santé publique) et la formation continue en santé publique. 
• D’outil de recrutement, d’orientation, de description de poste, d’évaluation du rendement et de rétention du personnel. 
• De fondement aux compétences spécifiques à certaines disciplines. 

Invitation à participer – Faites connaître votre opinion et vos idées! 

Les CCNSP se sont engagés à obtenir des perspectives aussi diverses que nombreuses du milieu de la santé publique au Canada. Les compétences essentielles réfèrent aux connaissances, aux habiletés et aux attitudes à maîtriser pour assurer des pratiques efficaces en santé publique.

Ayez votre mot à dire concernant la mise à jour 2024 des énoncés de compétences essentielles en santé publique au Canada. Vos idées et votre opinion comptent énormément! 

En français : 2 février 2024 | 13 h – 14 h 30 HE | Vous inscrire ici

En anglais : 31 janvier 2024 | 14 h – 15 h 30 HE | Vous inscrire ici

Pour en savoir plus au sujet du projet, rendez-vous au https://ccnsp.ca/projets/competences-essentielles-en-sante-publique-au-canada-2024/. 

Communiquez avec l’équipe de projet au corecomp@stfx.ca si vous avez des questions, des commentaires ou des idées au sujet du projet. 

Powerpoint presentations about the Standards are now available on the CHNC website.

CHNC Standards – FPN Focus

CHNC Standards – HHN Focus

CHNC Standards – PHN Focus

CHNC Standards – Educator Version

CHNC Standards – en français

Click HERE to review the CHNC Standard PowerPoint presentations. Once you have accessed the site, choose which Standard you wish to review and it will download for you to view.

Upcoming Webinar: An Introduction to Decent Work as a Social Determinant of Health 

January 31, 2024 | 12 – 1 pm ET | English 

Work is a powerful condition of everyday life that can harm or promote the health of workers and their families. Employment conditions and working conditions are two interrelated social determinants of health. Workers who experience structural oppression are disproportionately exposed to the precarious employment and hazardous working conditions that are harmful for physical and mental health. As a rising source of health inequities, precarious employment is a key area for public health action. 

Join the NCCDH for this foundational webinar, where the team will introduce core concepts and practical examples to support the public health field to understand and respond to employment and working conditions as key determinants of health and health equity across Canada. 

Register here:  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SJ26ywxERuCxjJq0Dq-TDQ 

Don’t miss your chance to submit: Abstract deadline extended until December 1, 2023!

The Community Health Nurses of Canada are excited to announce the Call for Abstracts for CHNC2024: Community Health Nursing - Health for All, our national Community Health Nursing conference. 

CHNC2024 takes place April 22-24, 2024 at historic Hart House at University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Our goal is advancing Community Health Nursing in Canada and you are invited to join a dynamic group of nurses from across Canada who will come together and share their community health knowledge.

Creating opportunities for health equity is foundational to community health nursing. Over the past few years the challenges faced by many in society for acceptance and access to services have been exacerbated. But through application of the Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice, community health nurses have risen to the challenge and modified existing programs or have developed new and innovative approaches to reach out to those who could benefit from their services.

Our conferences bring together individuals who have an interest in Community Health Nursing from practice, research, administration, policy and education. Networking opportunities offer a forum to explore issues of mutual concern as well as exchange knowledge, share evidence and ideas, and generate solutions. 

Abstracts are due by December 1, 2023: Submit Your Abstract!