Thursday, April 10, 2025
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Registration and Networking Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Welcome Remarks and Conference Opening | ||
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Greetings from Dr. Karima Velji, Chief of Nursing & Professional Practice and Assistant Deputy Minister of Health for the Province of Ontario | ||
| 9:00 – 9:50 | Keynote Speaker: When Machines Talk Back: Nursing and Leadership in an AI-infused Society Richard Booth, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University London | ||
| 9:50 – 10:10 | Refreshment Break and Poster/Exhibit Viewing | ||
| Concurrent Sessions: | |||
| 10:10 – 10:40 | A1: Overhaul of the Nursing Resource Team for a Long Term Sustainable Workforce Rashmitha Mohanarajah, RN, MScN, BScN North York General Hospital | B1: Advancing Nursing Practice and Academic Excellence through Clinical Scholarship: The Academic Practice Partnership Model Charissa Cordon, BScN, MN, EdD William Osler Health System | C1: A Cross-Functional Approach with Nursing Membership to Better Understand Inpatient Emergency Department Boarding Paulette Moore, BScN, CON(C), RVH |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | A2: Advancing Novice Nurse Competency and Building Team Culture Through Mentorship: An NICU Initiative Lauren Legault, BScN Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | B2: Enhancing Continuing Education in the Intensive Care Unit Using a Simulation-Based Education Program: The Critical Care Mobile Skills and Simulation Cart (CC-MSSC) Nicole Spence, BNSc, BHSc, MHPE The Ottawa Hospital | C2: Building from within long-term care and home and community care organizations for retention: Transitions experiences of new graduate nurses Denise Connelly, PhD, PT Western University |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Stretch Break and Poster/Exhibit Viewing | ||
| Concurrent Sessions: | |||
| 11:30 – 12:00 | A3: Preparing Canada’s Health Care Systems for Net-Zero: A Nursing Lens Elizaveta Zvereva, PhD Candidate Hamilton Family Health Team | B3: Empowering Nurse Educators as Change Agents: A Path to Lasting Impact Raquel Meyer, BScN, PhD Baycrest Academy for Research and Education | C3: Advancing Equity and Sustainability Through the Comfort and Safety Bundle Angie Lim, PhD, MN, BScN, BSc SickKids Hospital |
| 12:05 – 12:35 | A4: Supporting Evaluation Capacity: Co-creation of a Logic Model in the Transition Mentorship Program Kimberly Lawrence, RN, BScN, MN Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | B4: Building Excellence in Clinical Leadership Sandra Li-James, BScN, MEd. VHA Home HealthCare | C4: Advancing Safety Through Trust and Psychological Safety: Implementing Just Culture at Osler Jain, BMRSc, MRT(R), MBA William Osler Health System |
| 12:35 – 13:35 | Lunch | ||
| Concurrent Sessions: | |||
| 13:35 – 14:05 | A5: Going back to basics: Mitigating drive-through care through enhanced documentation standards Agnes Oriade, BScN, MN SE HEALTH | B5: A Collective Vision for Home Health: Using the Delphi Process to Update Canada’s Home Health Nursing Competencies Margaret Saari, PhD SE Research Centre, SE Health | C5: Leadership in Nursing Education: Addressing the TRC Calls to Action Corrine Lalonde, BScN, MScN Georgian College |
| 14:10 – 14:40 | A6: Speaking Up for Safety: A Leadership Toolkit to Foster a Culture of Communication Openness Laura Pozzobon, BHSc, BNSc, RN, MScHQ, CHE University Health Network | B6: Redesigning Home Care Nursing Orientation: A Sustainable, Personable, and Nurse-Focused Approach to Learning in a Practice Area Without Walls Tammy Rooke, RN BScN MN CarePartners | C6: Fostering Sustainable Change: Developing an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Champion Program to Address Systemic Inequities Linda Nguyen, BScN, MN The Hospital for Sick Children |
| 14:40-14:55 | Stretch Break | ||
| 14:55 – 15:25 | A7: Dissemination Strategies for Home Health Nursing Competencies: A Leadership-Driven Approach to Enhancing Practice Barbara Chyzzy, RN, PhD Toronto Metropolitan University | B7: Refining Learning Design Practices for Practice-Based Educators: Implementing ADDIE Training to Support the Redevelopment of Clinical Orientation Jennifer Reguindin, MScN, RN, GNC(C), CCNE University Health Network | C7: Advancing Sustainable Leadership in Palliative Care: Nurse Practitioner-Led Model and Community Partnerships for Home-Based Palliative and Supportive Care for Frail Seniors Karen Lock, BScN, MN, NP-ADULT North York General Hospital |
| 15:30 – 16:20 | Virtual Keynote Speaker: Leading with Grit: Achieving Success and Preserving Your Sanity Leah Wuitschik, BN, MA, CEC, PCC President & Co-Founder, Coach & Facilitator, TallTrees Leadership | ||
| 16:20 – 17:30 | Poster Reception | ||
| 17:30- 18:00 | Free Time | ||
| 18:00 | Dinner with Dancing | ||
Friday, April 11, 2025
| 7:30 – 8:00 | NLN.ON Annual General Meeting | ||
| 7:00 – 8:30 | Networking Breakfast | ||
| Concurrent Sessions: | |||
| 8:30 – 9:00 | D1: Sustainable Leadership in Action: Exploring Nurse Managers’ Experiences on Integrating Internationally Educated Nurses into Acute Care Setting in Ontario Naseem Issani, MN- Student Toronto Metropolitan University | E1: Igniting Minds: Shaping the Future of Nursing Education Days Rinam Ali, RN, BScN, MscN The Ottawa Hospital | F1: The Admission Transfer Unit: A Sustainable Solution to Empower Change in Emergency Department Flow Faisal Khan, MN William Osler Health System |
| 9:05 – 9:35 | D2: Push-pull factors of New Graduate Nurses’ intentions to remain in the profession Kateryna Metersky, BScN, RN, MN, PhD Toronto Metropolitan University | E2: Reimagining Perioperative Nursing Role Optimization: Considerations for Nurse Leaders Sherry Espin, RN, PhD Toronto Metropolitan University | F2: Large Scale Nursing Leadership Re-structure Josee Duewel, BscN, MBA Dryden Regional Health Center |
| 9:35 – 9:50 | Refreshment Break | ||
| Concurrent Sessions: | |||
| 9:50 – 10:20 | D3: Home Care and Academia: Nurse leaders collaborate to grow the PSW Workforce Katarina Busija, BN, certificate from Harvard Medical School Executive Education on Executing Healthcare Strategy ParaMed | E3: Building capacity for nursing leadership in Canada: Lessons learned from a professional doctorate program in Nursing Samantha Mayo, RN, PhD, FAAN University of Toronto | F3: Coaching & Mentoring, A Nurse Leaders Path to Resiliencesilience Anne Campbell, MN Anne Campbell Consulting |
| 10:25 – 10:55 | D4: Navigating Crisis: Addressing Workforce Challenges in Canada’s Long-Term Care Farzana Akter, MPH McMaster University | E4: Fostering Leadership in Quality Improvement: Enhancing Nursing Capacity Through Targeted Education Krishna Jain, BMRSc, MRT(R), MBA William Osler Health System | |
| 10:55 – -11:10 | Stretch Break | ||
| Concurrent Sessions: | |||
| 11:10 – 11:40 | D5: Sustainable Leadership in Emergency Nursing: Strategies for Supporting New Graduate Nurses Michael De Wit, BScN, MHI University Health Network | E5: Eating interprofessional education strategy for breakfast: Team-Authentic Nurse leadership enabling cultural change Glenn Barton, BScN, MSN, EdD The Ottawa Hospital | F5: Change Responsiveness – How to turn ‘Resistance’ into Resilience Nicole Krywionek, RN, MAL-H, pre-Candidacy DNurs Windsor Regional Hospital |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | D6: Workplace retention framework for long-term care Jen Calver, RPN, BAHSc (hons), MHSc, PhD (Candidate), GPNC(c) Ontario Tech University | E6: Empowering Nurse Leaders in AI-Driven Emergency Department Transformation Michelle Ladouceur, RN, BScN, MScQIPS (Quality Improvement & Patient Safety) Humber River Health | F6: Modified-Delphi Approach to the Development of a Novel Toolkit to Support Nursing Shift Assignments in Acute Care Inpatient Units Natalie Weiser, MA Unity Health Toronto |
| 12:20 – 1:10 | Closing Keynote Speaker: Gender Matters in Creating Sustainable Nursing Leadership Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, PhD, Professor in the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa | ||
| 1:10 – 1:20 | Closing remarks | ||
| 1:20 – 2:20 | Lunch | ||
Post-Conference Sessions
Friday, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Close out your conference experience with one of our informal, reflective sessions designed to foster dialogue, connection, and shared learning. These optional gatherings are open to all attendees and offer a meaningful way to engage in community conversations before heading home.
Community Conversation: Supporting Nurse Leaders
Location: Studio 10
CNE Community of Practice
Location: Studio 11
POSTERS
Poster 1 Adapting to Change: Nursing Educations Role in Supporting System Transformation and Leadership Development
Jennifer Lovering BHSC, BScN, MN, RN Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Poster 2 An innovative pathway to support the transition of internationally educated nurses into the Canadian workplace: a case report
Dilshad Pirani RN, RM, BScN, MN, MBA, PhD (student) Oakvalley Health
Poster 3 Building Leadership Capacity in Front-Line Nursing Council Members
Claudia Wong BScN, MPP Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Poster 4 Clinical Nurse Educators: A Scoping Review on Job Satisfaction
Kateryna Metersky BScN, RN, MN, PhD Toronto Metropolitan University
Poster 5 Collaborative Patient Care: Developing a Nurse-PCA, Team Based Model of Care in Tertiary Care General Psychiatry Department
Mahlon Akhtar BScN, MN Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
Poster 6 Designing an Orientation Program that Promotes Nurses’ Competence, Retention and Satisfaction
Stacey Foster Jackson RN, MScN Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Poster 7 Developing Leadership Capacity in a Clinical Nursing Extern Program through Peer Mentorship
Nicole Bradbury, RN, BScN, MScN(c), North York General Hospital
Poster 8 Impact of a nurse led time efficiency project in the electrophysiology (EP) lab in a cardiovascular investigations’ unit of a quaternary care hospital
Tigist Abrahm-Yazew, BScN, UHN, Toronto General Hospital
Poster 9 Implementation of Core Teams within the Women’s & Children’s Program
Amy Dunford, BScN, currently MScN student, Peterborough Regional Health Centre
Poster 10 Innovative Implementation of Nursing Professional Development Days in Neurovascular Stroke Care
Katrina Lazo, BScN, MN, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Poster 11 Leveraging Transformational Leadership Practices within the Team Leader/Charge Nurse Workshop at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Christina Maltese, BScN, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Poster 12 Making Equitable Nurse-Patient Assignments
Diana Polvanov, BScN, MN, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Poster 13 Quality Improvement as the Driver of Change and Leadership
Candace Cho, BN, MN in progress, North York General Hosptial
Poster 15 Reimagining Experiential Learning for Graduate Nursing Leaders: Pilot Testing of a Virtual Community of Practice Model
Heather Thomson, RN, PhD, University of Toronto
Poster 16 Transforming Education for New Graduate Nurses: The Transition to Independent Practice Support Program
Lorena Lopez, RN, MN, Trillium Health Partners
Poster 17 Using Conversational Artificial Intelligence to enhance virtual reality reminiscence therapy for people with dementia
Winnie Sun, RN, PhD, Ontario Tech University
Poster 18 Virtual Solutions for Real-World Challenges: Sustainable Onboarding and Placements for Nurses with LIPHA
Raquel Meyer, BScN, PhD, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education
Poster 19 Scoping review of psychological health and safety and workforce retention in long-term care
Jen Calver, RPN, BAHSc (hons), MHSc, PhD (Candidate), GPNC(c), Ontario Tech University
Poster 20 Considering the impact of resilience on multidisciplinary healthcare provider burnout for workforce sustainability and pandemic preparedness
Daniela Bellicoso, MA, PhD, Unity Health Toronto
Poster 21 Implementing Purposeful Rounding in a Large Mental Health and Addictions Hospital: A Change Management Initiative with balance of Standardization and Customization
Satinder Kaur, BScN, MScN, MEd, PhD, CPMHN (C), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
Poster 22 Improving nurse retention and well-being through coaching and mentorship: Redesigning the work experiences of nurses in an acute cardiovascular centre
Sarah McDermid-Flabbi, BScN, MN, University Health Network(UHN)-Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
Poster 23 Assessing Barriers and Facilitators to Clinical Debriefing in Critical Care Nursing Practice: An Integrative Review
Meagen Boisvenue, BScN, MHM, CHE, Deep River and District Health
Poster 24 Nurse Leaders and Resilience- Starting with Self
Norma Tomlin, RPN, BHA, MHA, The Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (WeRPN)
Poster 25 Talking Our Way to Better Care: Enhancing patient experience and strengthening therapeutic and interprofessional communication within subacute geriatric rehabilitation
Ericha Seidenz, RN, BScN, MScN, Bruyere Health
Poster 26 Multihospital Critical Care Resource Team (MCCRT): Enhancing Capacity and Retaining the Nursing Workforce
Kimberly Lawrence, RN, BScN, MN, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre