Safe Supply Shortage
Chief coroner’s expert panel urges safer supply, evidence-based system of care to reduce deaths from toxic drugs.
Spring 2022
In This Issue
Steward elections are taking place this June. BCNU leaders bring members’ voices to MLAs and decision makers. Exclusive interview with BC chief coroner Lisa Lapointe and the call for greater access to safe supply. Plus, the push for needed “worker-centric” changes at WorkSafe BC.
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Featured Articles
Nurse Staffing Crisis
What creative solutions are out there to address this chronic problem?
Waiting Game
Qualified US-educated nurse finds herself sidelined by glacial applications process.
Our Safety is Non-negotiable
Health-care workers’ frustration over limited access to PPE has become a defining issue of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Directions for WorkSafeBC?
More than two years after landmark report, nurses hopeful the province will act on recommendations to improve BC’s workers’ compensation system.
Equity Means Access
Advocates fight to end BC’s three-month health coverage wait period for people arriving or returning from outside Canada.
Country Roads
Benito Tuyor’s nursing journey has taken him from rural Philippines to rural BC.
UPDATED: Jul 24,2023