BCNU Convention - May 2019
Each year delegates and observers from across the province gather to do the union's business at the annual Convention. BCNU sponsors student members from each of our 16 regions to attend. Funding includes registration, travel, and accommodations where applicable. Please note that only BC students are eligible for this funding. Competition closed March 20 at 4:00 pm PST. Applicants will be notified of selection decisions via email in early April. If you applied to this competition before the deadline and have not heard from us by April 10, please check your spam/junk folder.
Women Deliver – June 3-6, 2019
In celebration of National Nursing Week, BCNU will send two student nurse members to the Women Deliver 2019 Conference in Vancouver June 3-6. This professional development & learning opportunity is offered as part of BCNU’s Professional Practice & Advocacy department activities. The expression of interest was open February 19 - March 15, 2019.
Human Rights and Equity Conference – November/December 2019
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BCNU sponsors a student member from each of our 16 regions to attend our annual human rights and equity conference in Richmond (with complimentary travel and accommodations if required).
Last year's conference, Self, Body, Place, Community: The Many Meanings of Belonging, encouraged attendees to reflect on what it means to belong - to feel at home - as oneself - in one's body – as part of a place. How that belonging builds and sustains community. And what happens when we feel like we don't belong - what is that experience of not belonging - of feeling estranged as oneself - from one's body - out of place and community?
Canadian Nursing Students' Association (CNSA) - January 2020
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BCNU sponsors a student member from each of our 16 regions to attend the CNSA National Conference (registration fees, travel, and accommodations provided).
BCNU Nursing Practice Conference - 2020
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BCNU is pleased to sponsor one BCNU student member from each of our 16 regions to attend our nursing practice conference. Please note that only BC students are eligible to apply. Funding includes registration. (Travel and accommodations available if required).
The 2018 nursing practice conference, Nursing Through Relationship: Care & Resilience, was an opportunity to reflect on many relationships in the challenging contexts of care. Student nurse colleagues enjoyed some of the most interesting nurse leaders and thinkers in North America for absorbing presentations, dialogue and discussion.