PRIDE across the Province!
Members and staff are looking forward to participating in PRIDE parades and festivals in their communities again this year. BCNU supports the efforts of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) community and their allies to end discrimination in all areas of society, including health care.
We support the LGBT population's efforts to ensure everyone receives appropriate care with dignity and respect.
Celebrating Pride is a great way to demonstrate our union's ongoing commitment to human rights advocacy. BCNU members are encouraged to promote inclusion and safe, publicly funded health care by joining their colleagues at the following events:
Victoria Pride Parade & Festival
Sunday July 5, 2015
BCNU contact Cynthia Reid: cjr1660@shaw.ca
Prince George Pride Festival
Sunday July 11, 2015
BCNU contact: Lynda Anderson lgbt@bcnu.org
Port Alberni First Annual Pride BBQ
Sunday July 26, 2015
BCNU contact: Marianne Pitt lgbt@bcnu.org
37th annual Vancouver Pride Parade
Sunday August 2, 2015
BCNU contact: Frances Beswick lgbt@bcnu.org
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Get in touch with your local BCNU Pride contact for details to get involved. Members who participate will hand out various BCNU-branded health-promotion products along parade routes, and may perform blood pressure and glucose checks at the BCNU campaign bus or booth afterwards. The public response to our participation in past years has been excellent as it provides community members a chance to appreciate the value of nurses' work all while promoting health awareness.