Initiatives
2019-2020 Committee Initiatives
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) position statement.
Draft NOT endorsed by CNSA. Submitted to BOD for 2020 AGM.
Approved CNSA Statements, updated 2019.
Other Teachings:
First Peoples: Blue Ecology:
Research undertaken by Gitxsan researcher Mike Blackstock.
Mike's research challenges western conceptions of water as an abiotic chemical
compound that simply goes through the water cycle. Instead, his work with
Indigenous elders and research into water and climate change (which he suggests
Addressing Bias: should be considered as a change in the transformation of water) provides a more
holistic and sustainable view of water as a living entity that is able to form
relationships with people.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership:
Other CNSA Initiatives
DIVERSITY YOUTUBE CHANEL: https://youtu.be/t5b70ey1N2w
This video is the first lesson of a series of beginner medical American Sign Language videos, presented by the Diversity Committee of the Canadian Nursing Students' Association. In this video, you will learn to finger-spell and sign basic phrases used in a variety of clinical settings.
In 1997, the Supreme court[...] found that the provincial government had no authority to extinguish the inherent land rights of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs. [...] All five Wet'suwet'en clans unanimously opposed the pipeline.