Nurse Activism Blog

Nursing - Affect the Culture you Work in

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:05:19 -0500

CL'cK Events Calendar

Title: Nursing - Affect the Culture you Work in

When: Oct. 25 2011 - Oct. 25 2011 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Where: Teleconference -

Description

Are there aspects of your work environment that you think need to change? What is the role of nurses in improving the healthcare sector? What can you do, from where you are--is there anything?? If you're passionate about the work you do but feel that there are barriers that need to be talked about, then this is your chance to connect with nurses across the province to share and plan for the future.

Guest June Kaminski RN MSN PhD(c), currently teaching at Kwantlen Polytechnic University BSN Nursing Program, will share her experiences and views on how to affect nursing culture. She blogs at Nurse Activism and Nursing Informatics.

This is a community of practice meeting open to anyone interested in Learning and Leadership in the healthcare sector. Everyone is invited to participate in this teleconference! Registration is not required but will help us gauge your interest--so please register if you think you might attend (simply click on box below--make sure you've logged in first). If you have any comments or questions, email us.

To register:
http://www.clwk.ca/resources/events/details/15-nursing-affect-the-culture-you-work-in

Teleconferencing Bridge:

1-877-291-3022 (North America Toll Free)
604-681-0455 (Vancouver Local Access)
- Participant Code: 4797639 #

About the CL'cK Initiative

Connecting Learners with Knowledge (CL'cK) is an innovative approach to connecting front-line health care staff with the knowledge they need to improve outcomes for their clients.

The CL'cK initiative was developed to explore alternative and innovative ways of meeting the continuing and specialty education needs of nurses in BC, and is focused on overcoming the barriers that exist between frontline staff and the knowledge they require to meet the complex needs of their clients.

It is funded by the BC Health Education Fund and sponsored by the Provincial Home and Community Care Council - six Health Authorities are also participating in the pilot.
The project has four components:

Technology - The development of a personalized learning web site for clinician / learners through which relevant knowledge can be accessed and shared, programs can be accessed and on-line support from other clinician / learners can be provided.

Learning Facilitators - a role focused on supporting the clinician/ learner in acquiring the skills necessary to access relevant knowledge via the web site and apply that knowledge appropriately into their work setting.

Communities of Practice - establishing a network of practitioners who share an interest in the clinical competencies and skills necessary to practice and who shepherd the knowledge generated from their practice.

Supportive Learning Culture - supporting organizational leaders in developing a supportive learning culture within their workplace.

Anti-Keystone Protesters Arrested in DC; Mark Ruffalo Weighs In

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:41:44 -0500

Dozens of people have been arrested today at a sit-in staged in front of the White House to protest the proposed 1,700-mile-long Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas, which President Obama is scheduled to mull over in the coming weeks.

About 70 people stood outside the north entrance of the building on Saturday August 20 with signs urging Obama to nix the plan by denying Calgary-based TransCanada a permit, according to media reports. Among the chanting protesters arrested were Gus Speth, who chaired the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality during Jimmy Carter�s presidency, The Wall Street Journal reported. He also co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council.

�If we hook up the Alberta tar sands to America�s insatiable lust of gasoline, I worry that you can just kiss the planet good-bye,� he told The Wall Street Journal.

The arrests come on the heels of the National Congress of American Indians� (NCAI) August 18 condemnation of the pipeline. Protesters are mobilizing through the second half of August to bring attention to the damaging effects of the existing installations, which many experts say are among the planet�s worst carbon offenders.

In this video, Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo lends his support to the protesters.

�Up north where the tar sands are located, native people�s homelands have already been wrecked,� he says, directing those against the pipeline to Tar Sands Action�s website. �All that new oil will worsen global warming. It�s time for us to get off fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are over.�

He may yet join the likes of aboriginal actress Tantoo Cardinal, from northern Alberta, who CBC News said plans to join the fray early next week along with her friend, Canadian actress Margot Kidder.

Read in-depth coverage and history of the controversial oil sands at CBC News, see some videos and hear what Jon Stewart of The Daily Show has to say.

SOURCE: Indian Country Today Media News Today

Tsleil-Waututh First Nations concerned about oil tankers in Vancouver

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:17:34 -0500

Tsleil-Waututh First Nations concerned about oil tankers in Vancouver, July 2011

We need to listen, and listen carefully - then join together to stop this potential catastrophe right on our doorstep!

Concern rising over oil tankers in Vancouver waters

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:16:19 -0500

Some oil tanker statistics (Port of Vancouver)

Port Metro Vancouver

Metric tonnes of crude oil exported via Westridge terminal

2000: 8,404
2001: 512,886
2002: 805,596
2003: 1,118,154
2004: 452,003
2005: 1,166,538
2006: 1,311,648
2007. 2,138,101
2008: 2,208,847
2009: 3,916,333

An oil tanker heads under the Second Narrows Bridge
An oil tanker heads under the Second Narrows Bridge. (CBC)

READ MORE AT: Concern rising over oil tankers in Vancouver waters (CBC NEWS)

Sign the No Tankers in BC Petition

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:13:18 -0500

I've just sent a petition demanding our leaders protect BC's coast from the threat of oil spills.

Please take a minute to do the same.

Visit: www.notankers.ca

Take action to protect BC's coast from oil spills - Protect Our Pacific Coast from Oil Spills

Please consider signing this petition to stop all expansion of oil supertanker traffic through B.C.'s coastal waters. Signatories also take the important step of recognizing the authority of the Coastal First Nations and Save the Fraser declarations, which are exercises of First Nations' law that ban oil pipelines and tankers to B.C.'s coast. The petition calls on the House of Commons and the B.C. Legislature to use whatever means are available to stop the expansion of oil supertanker traffic through B.C.'s coastal waters.

SIGN PETITION: http://dogwoodinitiative.org/notankers

First Nations Leaders Protest Tankers and Pipeline
Three Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs at a large gathering in Kitimat. Image: J. Paterson.

Interior First Nations declare ban

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:10:11 -0500

On December 2, 2010, 61 interior First Nations joined together to ban Enbridge's oil pipelines from transiting their traditional territories.

Click here to download a copy of the Save the Fraser Declaration.

61 First Nations have united in a historic alliance to protect the Fraser River watershed and declare their opposition to Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline proposal.

Dogwood's Eric Swanson gives an update from the event.

To learn more visit: http://dogwoodinitiative.org/

From Tar Sands to Tankers: The Battle to stop Enbridge

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:09:08 -0500

From Tar Sands to Tankers: The Battle to stop Enbridge

Letter to Liberal Members of Parliament

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:07:04 -0500

Dear All 77 Liberal Members of Parliament,

Most Canadians have a justified pride in claiming that we live in one of the most beautiful and pristine countries on this planet. British Columbia is home to some of the most sacred and beautiful terrain and waterways in the world. The notions of an oil spill, the tar sands development, the tanker traffic along our coast and in the port of Vancouver and the myriad of repercussions that potentially could impact on our environment, our economy, our people, and our future are staggering! I feel a strong responsibility to help to prevent this and urge YOU to consider your moral and ethical responsibility to prevent this. PLEASE!!!! Do the right thing...stand up to the pressure to provide oil to Asia and potentially doom your own people to suffering and misery. This must be stopped!

Sincerely,
June Kaminski

Add your voice to the PETITION AT:
http://dogwoodinitiative.org/notankers/actions/michael-ignatieff

No tankers!

From Tar Sands to Tankers: The Battle to stop Enbridge

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:03:58 -0500

From Tar Sands to Tankers: The Battle to stop Enbridge

Genetic engineering: The world's greatest scam?

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:02:27 -0500

Genetic engineering: The world's greatest scam?

Genetic engineering is a threat to food security, especially in a changing climate. The introduction of genetically manipulated organisms by choice or by accident grossly undermines sustainable agriculture and in so doing, severely limits the choice of food we can eat.

Once GE plants are released into the environment, they are out of control. If anything goes wrong - they are impossible to recall.

GE contamination threatens biodiversity respected as the global heritage of humankind, and one of our world's fundamental keys to survival.

LEARN MORE AT GREENPEACE CANADA