Conference Sponsorships

BCNU hosts an annual convention each year. This is an opportunity for member delegates and observers from across the province to come together and discuss the business of the union. This is a valuable opportunity for students to connect and learn more about the workings of a union.

View convention 2024 highlights here.

The 2023 BCNU human rights and equity conference was held on Nov. 30. Restorying Our Past - Reimagining Our Future offered an opportunity to imaginatively explore important social and political issues. The conference brought members together to engage in dialogue and to reflect on how we can reimagine our future as nurses, health-care workers and union activists.

Conference Highlights

BCNU is committed to the growth and development of all our members. Every two years, the union hosts a nursing practice conference to support members’ professional development. The events feature guest speakers and interactive sessions designed to enrich members’ professional experiences.

More than 150 BCNU members from around the province gathered in Vancouver on Nov. 1 on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples for the union’s professional practice conference. Enhancing Nursing Practice: Building a Strong Foundation explored a wide range of issues relevant to the nursing profession today, including minimum nurse-patient ratios, self-care and Indigenous-specific cultural safety in the workplace.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

The Canadian Nursing Students’ Association (CNSA) hosted their national conference in Edmonton, Alberta on Jan. 17-20, 2024. The theme this year was Nursing Without Limits: Exploring the Endless Opportunities, and showcased nurses who practice in a wide range of specialties at the bedside, as well as nurses who work outside the clinical settings in the areas of research, education, policymaking, and more. The CNSA conferences are student-led and organized events.

CNSA did not organize a 2022 Western Prairie Regional Conference.

The October 28 - 31, 2021 CNSA Western Prairie Regional Conference theme was Building Nurses Self-Care and Resilience and featured engaging workshops to help soon-to-be nurses learn valuable coping skills. The conference was organized by nursing students at Thompson Rivers University and was focused on having more workshops with fewer guest speakers, so that participants could learn new skills.