Conference Sponsorships

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 sponsors one student from each of the 16 regions to attend the convention.

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

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) will be hosting their national conference in Edmonton, Alberta from Jan. 17-20, 2024. The theme this year is Nursing Without Limits: Exploring the Endless Opportunities. The conference is a student-led and organized event and will be showcasing 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.

One student from each of BCNU's 16 regions will attend the in-person event. Sponsorship will include conference registration, travel and accommodation.

*Please note this is an external event, organized by the CNSA.

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.