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We hold events throughout the year – from educational lectures to networking events to social gatherings and much more!
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NATIONAL NURSING WEEK AT BLOOMBERG NURSING 2023
Celebrate nursing leadership and the impact of nurses on research, education and practice across the globe.
Featuring Professor Sheila Tlou
Breaking Barriers: The Future of Nursing and the Fight for Global Health Equity
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Innis College, Innis Town Hall – 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON, M5S 1J5
4:00 pm | Cocktail Reception
5:00 pm | Lecture
Livestream link will be sent to those who register to join virtually.
Lunch and Learn with Professor Sheila Tlou
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Health Sciences Building, 3rd Floor Student Lounge
Lunch will be provided.
Speaker Biography
Professor Sheila Tlou is the Chancellor of the Botswana Open University, and has just made Avance Media’s list of 100 Most Influential Women in Africa.
She is the Co-Chair of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition, Special Ambassador for African Leaders Malaria Alliance, Chancellor of Botswana Open University, Champion of the Nursing Now Challenge, Trustee to the Board of Florence Nightingale Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees of Society for AIDS in Africa, and Advisory Board member for Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program.
She is a former Member of Parliament and Minister of Health of the Republic of Botswana (2004-2008). She is also a former Professor of Nursing at the University of Botswana and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Development in Primary Health Care for Anglophone Africa. She has conducted research and taught courses in nursing, pre-medical and social science students on Gender issues relating to HIV/AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Ageing and Older Persons. She has played a key role in the development of national nursing and medical education curricula, working to broaden the scope of Health Sciences education in her home country of Botswana.
Black Voices in Nursing – Untapped: Focusing on Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs)
Thursday May 11, 2023
6:30 PM – 7:20 PM | Cocktail Reception
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Panel Discussion
In-person: Seeley Hall, Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Ave.
Virtual: YouTube Livestream link will be sent to registrants.
About the Panel:
The aim of this panel discussion is to bring awareness to Internationally Educated Nurses (IEN) transition into the fabric of the Canadian Healthcare System, and to better understand the untapped resources that these nurses bring to Canada’s healthcare. The discussion will engage the CNO to better understand where we are at as a nation and the direction we will be taking to untap the assets of these nurses. We will also elicit the insight and experience of an IEN in shedding light to the challenges faced by this group and recommendations as we move forward. The president of the CARE Centre for IENs will share resources that are available for these nurses to transition and integrate into the healthcare system.