National Conference
"Overcoming Challenges, Harmonizing Our Voices"
January 25th to 28th, 2012
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Registration now open! The early bird deadline is November 7th, so register now!
For English registration, CLICK HERE
For French registration, CLICK HERE
Members
Early bird registration: $150 CDN (Deadline date: November 7, 2011)
Regular registration: $170 CDN (Deadline date: December 4, 2011)
Late registration: $190 CDN (Deadline date: January 8, 2011)
Non-members
Early bird registration: $170 CDN (Deadline date: November 7, 2011)
Regular registration: $190 CDN (Deadline date: December 4, 2011)
Late registration: $210 CDN (Deadline date: January 8, 2011)
Document Download
Conference Agenda
National Assembly Package A
The 2012 National Conference of the Canadian Nursing Students’ Association will be held in the heart of downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at beautiful TCU Place. Over 500 nursing students will gather from across Canada to participate in professional development sessions and network with peers. They will be given the opportunity to receive invaluable lessons from featured speakers and have an opportunity to learn of the expectations of future health care employers.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Harmonizing our Voices, Overcoming Challenges”. This year’s theme will engage participants to recognize various issues that nursing students and registered nurses face and the diverse ways in which we can work together to overcome challenges and improve patient outcomes.
Featured speakers are presenting on matters of politics of nursing, addressing stigmas in the healthcare system, lateral violence, patient-centered care, determinants of health and discovering and using your nursing student voice.
Through an open platform of discussion and collaboration, challenges within practice will be explored. Strategies to prepare nurses of the future with the skills and confidence needed to overcome impending challenges will be offered. With education and team-work we can unite our voices to address obstacles most of us will experience during some point in our future career.
In addition this year we will be offering an optional morning fitness activity on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for a combined price of $30.00. More information will come as to what each class will entail!!
Program Highlights
Steven Lewis - The Politics of Nursing and Using your Nursing Student Voice
Morning fitness classes
CRNE Workshop
CNA National Expert Commission will be speaking on the renegotiation of the health accord and soliciting feedback from students
Dr. Louise Racine, will be delivering a francophone presentation on immigrant and refugee health
New Grad Transition Workshop
Russ Maynard, Program Director for Insite: Safe Injection Site
Speaker Highlights
This year we have a list of exciting speakers that will encourage attendees to get involved in nursing in more ways they ever imagined. The speakers will present on a number of topics including the politics of nursing, addressing stigmas in the health care system, lateral violence, patient-centered care, determinants of health, and discovering and using your nursing student voice. We are proud to have Sarah Painter, former CNSA President speaking about using her nursing student voice at the board table, about learning to find a significant voice in "big league" nursing politics, her transition into the role of an RN, and her voice now as a Nurse. Also CNA will be presenting on a number of platforms including the expert commission. This is just the beginning! There will be more to come!
National Team Application - available HERE
Hotel
Book your hotel room at the Hilton Garden Inn or The Sheraton Cavalier by December 31st to get our amazing room rate of $149.00 a night for single, double or quad occupancy. Just quote “CNSA National Conference” and the dates you wish to stay to get the conference rate.
The Sheraton Cavalier
612 Spadina Crescent East
Saskatoon, SK S7K 3G9,
(306) 652-6770
The Hilton Garden Inn
90 22nd Street East
Saskatoon, SK S7K 3X6, Canada.
(306)244-2311
Transportation
WestJet has extended to all CNSA conference attendees a 10% discount for seat sale flights OR 15% discount on regular priced flights. However to receive this discount you MUST make your reservation via telephone at 1-877-952-4696 and provide them wit the promo code CC6819.
CNSA Merchandise
This year participants will have the opportunity to order CNSA hoodies and mittens online with your registration. Both items are new for 2012, and are in limited supply. All per-ordered merchandise will be available at the CNSA table. There will also be CNSA t-shirts available in multiple colours at the conference.
If you have any questions please contact the National Conference Planning Committee at conference@cnsa.ca.
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