Chapter President: Vacant
Vice-President: Mona Burrows
Membership: Deb Jenkins
Finance: Margaret Wheeler
Immediate Past President: Colleen MacDonald
Region 9 Board Representative: Michele Bellows - mbellows@rnao.ca
Book Launch - Dr. Thomas Foth
Dr. Thomas Foth presented at last year's Nursing Week Dinner. His book launch is set for March 8, 2013.
Call for 2 [Voting] Representatives for RNAO AGM April 11-13, 2013
Seaway is eligible to send 2 representatives (+ appoint 1 alternate) to the RNAO AGM in Toronto from April 11-13, 2013. One night's shared accommodation + travel expenses will be reimbursed. Please contact Brandi Vanderspank-Wright ASAP if you are interested in this opportunity at bwright.rnao@gmail.com
Call for Seaway Executive Membership
Currently there are 2 Executive Network Officer positions vacant on the Seaway Chapter Executive - Communications ENO & Policy & Political Action ENO. Please see the attached poster for further information.
Laurentian University St. Lawrence College Collaborative BScN - Pinning Ceremony
Written by: Laura Burrows
The St. Lawrence College/Laurentian University Bachelor of Science in nursing class of 2012 had their first-ever pinning ceremony on Thursday, June 7th. The intimate gathering was held at St. Lawrence College and aimed to commemorate the past four years of hard work in addition to the graduation ceremony which was held the next day.
Keynote speaker and retired teacher, Ruth Pollock commented on the purpose of the occasion, “The pinning ceremony is just a special thing that nurses do, having a nursing pin is a long tradition that goes back a thousand years.”
Seaway Chapter at Remembrance Day 2012
A wreath was also laid in Iroquois, ON by Seaway President Brandi Vanderspank-Wright at the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #370 Remembrance Day Service. This wreath was donated by Br. #370 President Bill Vanderspank.