Welcoming Reception: Wednesday, November 26th
Full-day Conference: Thursday, November 27th
Room reservations at the North York Novotel are available at a conference rate of $144 per night with applicable fees and taxes until November 7th. Please visit Novotel referencing CARE Centre and the conference dates.
Why IENs Should Attend:
IENs have over the years become a vital component in the Canadian nursing workforce. According to the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), in 2012, there were 13,824 new applicants of which 41% (5687) were international applicants. This represents a 161% increase over 2,175 international applicants in 2003. The CNO also registered 1,768 IENs, a 97% increase over 898 in 2011.
Over the years, some initiatives for IEN transition and integration have been implemented in Ontario. These include bridging programs that support IENs in their registration process and the recently announced Nursing Career OrIENtation initiative which will help IENs transition to full time practice in Ontario. However, even with these developments there has not been a platform for IENs to organize themselves, share experiences and create public awareness about their important role in Canadian nursing, healthcare and society.
To support and partner with IENs in creating their own forum, CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses will present the 1st “Internationally Educated Nurses: Enhancing Canadian Healthcare“. Four volunteer committees comprised of CARE Centre member IENs are collaborating to create and build the event “for IENs, by IENs“. Additional volunteers are invited to join the conference planning at any time. CARE Centre is seeking partners to help underwrite costs beyond registration revenues, and to receive wide recognition for their support of IENs and the conference initiative. There are various levels of sponsorship available with logo placement on the website and in all collateral conference materials, exhibiting space, delegate bag inserts, complimentary registrations and speaking opportunities.
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Nov. 26 | 6:00-8:30PM | Welcoming Reception (5:00pm – 9:00pm for hotel) | |||
Nov. 26 | 6:00-6:45PM |
Initial Conference Registration – volunteers
Light Refreshments and Networking
Booths / Displays / Poster Presentations |
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Nov. 26 | 6:45-7:00PM | Official Conference Opening and Greetings:Ahmad Baki, RN, CARE Centre member and Conference Co-Chair | |||
Nov. 26 | 7:00-8:30PM | Tilda Shalof, RN, BScN, CNCC (C), author of Bringing it Home: A Nurse Discovers Healthcare Beyond the Hospital.Networking |
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Nov. 27 | 7:30-8:15AM | Registration
Breakfast Buffet / Silent Auction
Booths / Displays / Poster Presentations |
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Nov. 27 | 8:15-8:30AM | Welcome, Greetings and Introductions, Zubeida Ramji, Executive Director, CARE Centre for IENsConference Opening Address: Josette Roussel, RN, MSC, Med, GNC, Nurse Advisor, Professional Practice, Canadian Nurses Association | ||||||
Nov. 27 | 8:30-9:30AM | Armchair Interview Panel: Future Trends and Challenges in Nursing: A Nursing Vision Panel of experts representing education, regulation, professional associations and employers.Moderator:
Panelists:
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Nov. 27 | 9:30-10:15AM |
Coffee Break / Raffle / Silent Auction
Displays / Poster Presentations |
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Nov. 27 | 10:15-11:00AM |
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Nov. 27 | 11:00-11:30AM | Keynote Speaker: The Hon. Jean Augustine, Fairness Commissioner Agenda for Change | ||||||
Nov. 27 | 11:30-12:45PM
12:00-12:30PM
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Lunch / Silent Auction
Displays / Poster Presentations
CARE Centre Joan Lesmond IEN of the Year Award Sponsored by PRINTBRAINBoard members Ella Ferris and Omar Taladua present awards to Ahmad Baki, RN and Adela Belisario, RPN
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Nov. 27 | 12:45-1:45PM | Nursing in an Epidemic: Nurses’ Rights and ResponsibilitiesModerator:
Panelists:
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Nov. 27 | 1:45-2:30PM |
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Nov. 27 | 2:30-3:00PM |
Coffee Break / Raffle / Silent Auction
Displays / Poster Presentations |
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Nov. 27 | 3:00-4:00PM | JOBSs: Casting Your Nursing Net: How Far and How Wide?Panel of nurses working in diverse, non-traditional jobsModerator:
Panelists:
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Nov. 27 | 4:00-4:30PM | Conference Close and Silent Auction Winners |
Organization | Presenters | Topic | Presentations |
Morning | |||
Canadian Nurses Association | Josette Roussel | Nurses in Canada: A Leading Force for Change | View |
Southlake Regional Health Centre | Guangxia Meng | Adaptation of East Asian IENs into Canada’s Diverse Nursing Workforce | View |
Canadian Institute for Health Information | Andrea Porter-Chapman Julie Goulet |
Distribution and ‘Characteristics” of IENs working in Ontario (Whose Working Where) | View |
Afternoon | |||
CARE Centre Member IEN | Derrick Ntungwe | Soccer & Sex Education: A Community Based Nursing Approach | View |
Centre for the Evaluation of Health Professionals Educated Abroad | Andrea Strachan | Language Test “ Washback”: A Support for Integration and Retention | Not Available |
Nursing Health Services Research Unit, McMaster University | Dr. Andrea Baumann Dina Idriss-Wheeler Dana Ross |
Hiring IENs: Employer & Stakeholder Resources | View |
Organization | Presenters | Topic |
Nursing Health Services Research Unit, McMaster University |
Ruth Lee RN, PhD Daniela Beckford RN Andrea Baumann RN, PhD Jennifer Blythe RN, PhD |
The Path to a Healthy Work Environment |
CARE Centre Member | Pravin Chouhan RN | IENs: An Essential Link in the Canadian Healthcare System |
Hamilton Health Sciences | Livia Jakabne RN Michelle Barnard RN, BScN, MEd |
Integration into Canadian Hospital Culture : Reflection of IENs |
Mohawk College & Hamilton Health Sciences | Nancy Brown-Fellows Dr. Ruth Lee Daniela Beckford |
IENS: What Do You Need to Succeed in Critical Care? |
CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses |
Hossein Khalili, CARE Centre Employment Engagement Lead |
Success in the Workplace: Transition Supports for IENs |
CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses |
Ruth Wojtiuk, CARE Centre Professional Practice Lead |
Return on Investment: Internationally Educated Nurses are Worth It |
CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses |
Norma Tomlin, CARE Centre Case Manager |
RPN Journeys of Discovery |
All sponsors will be provided with signage at the 2014 Conference for IENs, as well as logo recognition on the conference website and in the program.
To be negotiated with sponsor.
As well as the honour that comes with this opportunity, the Sponsor receives:
As well as the honour that comes with this opportunity, the Sponsor receives:
As well as the honour that comes with this opportunity, the Sponsor receives:
To be negotiated with sponsor.
The program will be printed in colour at standard 8 1⁄2 x 11 size.
Your advertisement can be in black and white or full colour. If it is colour, it must be CMYK (process colour); pantone colours or spot colours are not accepted.
Submit your advertisement as a PDF, ensuring it is high resolution, print quality. For ads with photos and text, the image resolution should be at least 300 dpi. If you have a logo or image that is line art, please save the ad as 600 dpi to ensure clarity. One way to make sure your ad will be properly formatted is by using the PRESS pre-set in whichever design program you use to create your PDF. We cannot accept ads in any format other than PDF. We can expand Stuffit and ZIP compressed files.
If your ad is 10 MB or less, email it to tnovotny@care4nurses.org
If your ad is larger than 10 MB, contact the below for file-sharing options:
Tina Novotny
Communications Specialist
CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses
45 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 512
Toronto, Ontario M2N 5W9
416-226-2800 ext. 240
Fax: 416-226-5300
There are two payment methods for conference registration fees
You can pay by personal or a business cheque. Cheques should be made payable to “CARE Centre for IENs” and mailed to:
CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses
45 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 512
Toronto, Ontario M2N 5W9
You can pay for your registration fees conveniently online through our PayPal account. Visa, Master Card, and Interact are eligible transaction cards.
Please note that you do not need to open a Pay Pal account to complete the payment process.
Request for refunds must be received in writing at cien@care4nurses.org. Requests received on or before Oct. 31st, 2014 will be refunded in full, less $50.00 (Canadian) administrative fee. Requests for refunds received after Oct. 31st, 2014 cannot be honoured, however, substitutions (ie. name changes) will be permitted.
All funds are in Canadian dollars.
Conference attendance may be subsidized by nursing professional organizations, unions or employers. The Ministry of Health and Long-term Care’s Nursing Education Initiative (NEI) is an education and training fund that gives nurses access to continuing education and professional development opportunities through education grants. In addition, the NEI provides funding to develop best practice guidelines, advanced clinical fellowships and recruitment and retention strategies. The NEI is administered through a partnership with the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) and the Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (RPNAO).
Learn more about the Nursing Education Initiative:
Hotel parking is available to all attendees at a discounted rate of $12.00/day.
Please bring your parking tag to the hotel’s front desk for a stamp so that the conference rate can be applied.
If you have any questions or concerns about your registration, please send us an email at cien@care4nurses.org.
Thank you to our Volunteer Organizers:
The Conference Thanks all our Donors for the Silent Auction and Raffle: