BCNU is pleased to sponsor a student member from each of our 16 regions to attend the following events.
Applications will be scored and ranked based on submissions, this may include previous involvement with BCNU and a description of why you would like to attend the event.
In order to be eligible for conference sponsorships, you must be a nursing student in British Columbia, and you must be registered as a BCNU student member. If you are not yet a BCNU student member, please
register here.
BCNU Nursing Professional Practice Workshop*
Equity, Political Economy, & Pandemic: What nurses need to know
Thursday, May 13, 2021, 11:00 – 1300
BCNU will be hosting a number of online nursing professional practice workshops with local and global experts on a variety of themes this year. These will replace BCNU's "physically attended" nursing professional practice conference, which cannot proceed due to the Provincial Health Officer's order restricting group gatherings.
BCNU student nurse members are invited to attend the first of these workshops, being held on May 13. In this workshop, Dr. Katrina Plamondon will explore issues of equity and COVID-19, especially equitable access to vaccines. Situating the pandemic as an inherently global health issue that requires global responses.
This event does not require students to submit an application form. Students will be registered alongside regular members on a first come, first served basis.
*This is part of BCNU's National Nursing Week Activities
International Council of Nurses Congress 2021*
November 2-4, 2021
Competition opening soon
*This is part of BCNU's National Nursing Week Activities
BCNU Convention 2021
June 1 - 3, 2021
Competition closed.
Each year delegates and observers from across the province meet to do the union's business. It is an opportunity for students to connect with other student nurses, future colleagues and learn more about the workings of a union.
BCNU will sponsor one student from each of the 16 regions to attend this event.
Canadian Nursing Students' Association (CNSA)
National Conference
Competition closed.
The conference was hosted by MacEwan University and the theme was Devitalizing Fears by Conquering Crisis: A Focus on Crisis Intervention.
Human Rights and Equity Conference
Competition closed.
The
2020 BCNU Human Rights and Equity Conference offered an opportunity to explore some of the significant social and political issues that have arisen in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference brought nursing colleagues together to engage in dialogue on these and other related issues and to reflect collectively on how we can shape our future as nurses, health care workers and union activists.
BCNU sponsored one student from each of the 16 regions to attend this event.
Canadian Nursing Students' Association (CNSA)
Western Prairie Regional Conference
Competition closed.
BCNU sponsored students from each of the 16 regions to attend the CNSA 2020 Western Prairie Regional Conference.
The conference theme was Uplifting Indigenous Voices and featured engaging commentary and workshops relating to disparities that Indigenous people face in the healthcare system.