Convention
BCNU Convention 2025
The BC Nurses' Union will hold its annual convention from May 26 to May 28, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver, located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. This year’s theme, Bold, Committed, and United, highlights the values nurses uphold in their work, union activism and communities.
Agenda-at-a-Glance
Monday, May 26
- President’s Opening Remarks
- Vice President Report
- Executive Councillor, Occupational Health & Safety and Mental Health
- Executive Councillor, Pensions and Seniors Health
- Provincial Financial Report
- CEO Report
- Keynote Speaker
Tuesday, May 27
- Canadian Federation of Nurses Union Presentation
- Bylaws and Resolutions
- BCNU Leadership Awards
Wednesday, May 28
- Bylaws and Resolutions (cont.)
- Rally
- President's Closing Remarks
Keynote Speaker
Catherine Kennedy, RN is a president of National Nurses United (NNU), the largest U.S. union of registered nurses. She is also a president of NNU affiliate California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC).
A registered nurse of more than 40 years, Kennedy currently works in the neonatal intensive care unit at Kaiser Permanente in Roseville, California.
Kennedy has testified to U.S. Congress, served as a commissioner to the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission, served as a member of the California Health Workforce Education and Training Council, and volunteered with NNU’s disaster relief project, the Registered Nurse Response Network.
Convention Charity of Choice
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre has been selected by BCNU convention host region Richmond Vancouver as 2025’s charity recipient. The union is kicking off the fundraising efforts by contributing a $2,500 donation. Richmond Vancouver members will be organizing fundraising activities at convention.
All members are invited to support this important violence prevention work by making an individual donation through the dedicated BCNU online link until June 6.
Salal, founded in Vancouver in 1982, offers free-of-charge anti-oppressive, decolonizing, intersectional feminist support to survivors of sexualized violence. Their services are open to women, trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary, and gender diverse people. The organization advocates for social and systemic change through education, outreach, and activism.
About Convention
BCNU hosts an annual convention each year. This is an opportunity for members to come together and discuss the business of the union. Delegates to convention are elected at regional meetings in advance of the convention date. Each region is assigned a specific number of delegates to attend. If you are interested in attending, please contact your regional chair for more information about the process.
BCNU Convention 2024
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