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Implement Nurse Staffing Ratios to Improve Patient Care, Say Nurses and Health-Care Professionals at Rallies Across Ontario

TORONTO, ON, March 20, 2025 – Thousands of registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals across Ontario are holding all-out rallies today, demanding that RN-to-patient staffing ratios be implemented in the province’s hospitals.

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Media Releases News Articles Bargaining Provincial Campaigns

Implement Nurse Staffing Ratios to Improve Patient Care, Say Nurses and Health-Care Professionals at Rallies Across Ontario

TORONTO, ON, March 20, 2025 – Thousands of registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals across Ontario are holding all-out rallies today, demanding that RN-to-patient staffing ratios be implemented in the province’s hospitals.

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Southwestern Public Health Nurses Fighting for Fair New Contract, Headed to Conciliation

ST. THOMAS, WOODSTOCK, ON, March 19, 2025 – In the midst of trying to get a worsening measles outbreak under control, nurses from Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) are headed to conciliation on March 20, trying to reach a fair new contract. The nurses, members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), are negotiating for better wages and respect from their employer.

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2025 Health and Safety Caucus

Registration is now open for our annual health and safety caucuses, held in conjunction with the April/May Area Coordinators Conferences (ACCs). Learn more.

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Unison Health and Community Services Nurse Practitioners Vote to Join the Ontario Nurses’ Association

TORONTO, ON, March 12, 2025 – Nurse Practitioners (NPs) with Unison Health and Community Services have voted unanimously in favour of joining the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

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March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

We stand against racism, racial discrimination and intolerance. We stand for unity, inclusion and respect for diversity.

Commemorative Date News Articles Human Rights and Equity

March 20 is the International Day of La Francophonie

On this day we celebrate the French language and culture. We are also reminded to embrace the core values of peace, democracy and respect for human rights.

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Election: ONA First Vice-President

Nominations for the position of First-Vice President on the ONA Board of Directors are now closed. Learn about the candidates.

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VON members – Vote on your contract demands and strike mandate

Join us on Tuesday, March 18 to hear details and vote!

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Re-elected Ford Government Must Heed Voters and Invest in Public Health Care, says Ontario Nurses’ Association

TORONTO, ON, February 28, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) says that the re-elected Ford Conservative government, and all incoming Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs), must heed Ontario voters, the majority of whom cast their ballots for parties that campaigned on fixing the province’s publicly funded and delivered health-care system.

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Nurses say Ontario Hospital Association’s Rejection of Staffing Ratios Harms Patients

TORONTO, ON, February 27, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) says the Ontario Hospital Association’s (OHA) assertions in a recent statement claiming “real-time” staffing by the province’s hospitals result in safe staffing levels is incorrect and misleading. Hospital CEOs and the OHA are harming patient care further by opposing the introduction of registered nurse (RN)-to-patient ratios.

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