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Nursing Research Interest Group (NRIG)

NRIG President: Veronique Boscart boscart.veronique@torontorehab.on.ca
NRIG Website: http://nrig.rnao.ca

The NRIG promotes the conduct and utilization of nursing research in Ontario through lobbying, funding, educating, collaborating and networking, with the goal to improve the health of people in Ontario.

Our Web site is updated quarterly to inform members of current research issues, conference, publication and funding opportunities. Research resources are developed for nurses and there are minimal start-up funds available for small research projects.

2010 Scholarship and Research Award winners have been announced! Click here for details.

The deadline for applications for graduate scholarships and research grants is February 16th, 2010. For application procedures, see the following links:

NRIG Executive 2010 - 2011

Chairperson
Veronique Boscart
Boscart.Veronique@TorontoRehab.on.ca

Chairperson Elect
Nancy Purdy
npurdy@uwo.ca

Past Chairperson
Lynn McCleary
lmccleary@brocku.ca

Secretary
Betiel Debessai
betiel_d@hotmail.com

Finance Officer
Melissa Biscardi
melissa.biscardi@utoronto.ca

Education Officer
Angela Cooper Brathwaite
angela.cooperbrathwaite@durham.ca

Communication Officer
(Newsletter)
Angela Frisina
angela.frisina@hamilton.ca

Communication Officer
(Website)
Sue Bookey-Bassett
s.bookey-bassett@sympatico.ca

Membership and Service Officer
Maria Tandoc
mtandoc@thc.on.ca

Policy and Political Action Officer
Hilda Swirsky
hswirsky@hotmail.com

Members-at-Larger-RNAO Board
Raquel Myer
Raquel.Meyer@utoronto.ca

NRIG Representative to CANR
Riek van den Berg
riek@ncf.ca

Student Representatives
Winttana Debessai
wintad@hotmail.com
&
Cheryl Silveira
cheryl.silveira@utoronto.ca

Newsletters


Past Events

Invitational Workshop: Enhancing Skills for Nursing Research

Thursday May 14, 2009 & Thursday May 21, 2009

When: 9 am – 4 pm

Where: McMaster University
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario

Registration cost: $250
Registration deadline: April 27, 2009

View the poster for more details. [PDF – 66 KB]

View the NRIG Annual General Meeting minutes [PDF - 62 KB] from the April 12, 2008, meeting. 

At the NRIG AGM on Saturday April 25, we discussed research funding in Canada. As discussed, The Agenda (TVO) the night before was on this topic. The show "Science in Peril?" features a debate with Mohamed Elbestawi, VP Research and International Affairs, McMaster; Jim Turk, ED of the Canadian Association of University Teachers; Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist at the University of Victori; and Jim woodgett,Director of Research at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital. You can watch the show at: http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=779473&ts=2009-04-24%2023:00:35.0


Join NRIG when you sign up or renew with RNAO

If you are already an RNAO member and wish to add NRIG to your membership, please contact RNAO at 1-800-268-7199 (toll-free) or 416-599-1925.