/nursing/taxonomy/term/9984/all en /nursing/article/professor-margaret-e-hooton-award-nursing-leadership <p>Homecoming is an exciting time as alumni gather on campus to reconnect with their graduating class, reminisce about their student days at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and rekindle old friendships. Unfortunately for the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Nursing Class of 1970, due to the COVID pandemic, their 50<sup>th</sup> class reunion took place on Zoom. As Valerie Shannon recounted at a reception celebrating the Class of 2023 at the ISoN, during the lengthy Zoom reunion, one common theme emerged –the enduring impact of Professor Margaret Hooton on their professional lives as nurses.</p> Sun, 04 Jun 2023 17:08:40 +0000 Hena Kon 32177 at /nursing /nursing/article/students-put-advocacy-practice <p><i>When Ingram School of Nursing (ISoN) master’s student Samantha Wiesenfeld was hired at a Montreal hospital, she was shocked to discover that her starting salary would not be at echelon 7, as had been the practice for decades, but at echelon 1, representing a 20% decrease in pay. Upon further investigation, she discovered that the Ministry of Health and Social Services had negotiated that regardless of education level, all newly hired nurses who received their licenses after December 12, 2022, would start at the lowest echelon on a pay scale that was already the lowest in Canada.</i></p> Sun, 07 May 2023 13:21:13 +0000 Hena Kon 32088 at /nursing