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Health-Care Professionals at North York Family Health Team to Hold a Strike Vote Ahead of Mediation

TORONTO, ON, October 14, 2025 – Nurses and health-care professionals providing care and services to North York Family Health Team (NYFHT) patients will hold a strike vote this week in advance of mediation talks with their employer.

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‘We are not an option. We are a necessity.’ Ontario Nurses’ Association Marks Nursing Week 2024

TORONTO, ON, May 2, 2024 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) and its 68,000 members including registered nurses, nurse practitioners and registered practical nurses, will mark Nursing Week 2024 by demanding respect and recognition.

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ONA Members’ Survey – Thank you for sharing your voice!

A report from the inaugural survey is now available. This information will inform ONA’s urgent and long-term plans and advocacy efforts.

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Ford’s budget promises cannot be trusted to improve care in the public system, says Ontario Nurses’ Association

TORONTO, ON, March 26, 2024 – The Ford government’s 2024 Ontario budget fails to commit to the province’s public health-care system in a meaningful way and lacks any details on how the health-care funds announced will be used, says the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

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New Health Workforce Data Report Confirms Staffing Shortage is Worsening, Particularly in Ontario Long-Term Care Homes

TORONTO, ON, February 29, 2024 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) says that data in a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) confirms that Ontario’s nursing shortage is worsening, especially in long-term care, and those headed to for-profit corporate nursing agencies is on the rise.

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Media Statement: Ontario Nurses’ Association Strongly Urges Ontarians to Fight the Ford Government’s Blood-for-Cash Scheme

TORONTO, ON., February 22, 2024 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) strongly condemns the provincial government’s latest scheme to introduce profit into health care by violating the Voluntary Blood Donations Act, the law that bans donor payments and forbids profiting from the sale of blood and plasma donations, passed to help ensure the blood supply remains safe, following the Krever Commission’s review of the tainted blood scandal.

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Ontario Nurses’ Association welcomes federal funding to improve health care, but calls on Ford to be accountable and invest in public care

TORONTO, ON, February 9, 2024 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) welcomes the commitment of the federal government to provide funding in a new health-care agreement for this province, and adds that ONA has no faith that the Ford government will direct the funds to where they are most needed – to invest in the public system, not the for-profit, private corporations.

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Be vigilant and check for accuracy!

It is an unfortunate reality that ransomware attacks (malicious software used to gain access to emails and IT structures to steal or damage files) have become increasingly frequent in Ontario. To help prevent such attacks, we encourage everyone to please be vigilant with your email and IT space.

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Media Statement: Algoma Public Health Cuts Nurses Even as Health Unit Lags Far Behind in Child Immunizations

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, January 16, 2024 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is dumbfounded at the decision of Algoma Public Health to issue layoff notices to registered nurses (RNs) when thousands of area children are behind in their immunizations.

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Media Statement: NURSING SHORTAGES KEY THEME IN AUDITOR’S REPORT; FORD GOVERNMENT MUST INVEST IN RETAINING AND RECRUITING, NOTES ONTARIO NURSES’ ASSOCIATION

TORONTO, ON, December 6, 2023 – The release of the Auditor’s Report today made clear the devasting impact the province’s nursing shortage is having on Ontarians’ health, especially in northern hospitals, which rely on high-priced nursing agencies rather than retention strategies to fill the many gaps in care, notes the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

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Ontario Nurses’ Association launches its renewed brand identity, celebrating 50 years with a focus on local activism

TORONTO, ON., November 9, 2023 – Canada’s largest nurses’ union is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a renewed sense of commitment and purpose, and a new brand identity to go with it, unveiled today to more than 900 members attending the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) Biennial Convention.

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