Who is coming

Dr. Doris Grinspun is Chief Executive Officer of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners. and nursing students in the province of Ontario, Canada’s largest jurisdiction. RNAO’s mandate is to advance healthy public policy and the role of registered nurses and nurse practitioners.

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Dr. Claudette Holloway was born in Barbados, grew up in Birmingham, England and has resided in Canada for many years. She has a bachelor’s degree from Ryerson, a master’s degree in nursing from D’Youville College, Buffalo, New York and a Doctorate in Health Administration from the University of Phoenix. She is also recently certified as a Health Executive by the Canadian College of Health Leaders.

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Lhamo Dolkar is a nurse practitioner (NP) at Lakeridge Health GAIN clinic, ensuring that our seniors are able to live in their own homes safely and independently. Dolkar is a second career nurse and brings her international health-care experience into her Canadian nursing career. She has worked across various sectors, such as multidisciplinary clinics, group homes as youth counselor, acute care, nursing home, public health, and community health care. 

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RN Lee Turley is a registered nurse on Manitoulin Island. He has had the privilege of working in a few health-care fields, starting his practice as a registered practical nurse in long-term care prior to graduating with his BScN from Nipissing University. Throughout his career, he has focused on holistic health care to assist individuals on their healing journeys. He has been fortunate to work in senior leadership positions within long-term care, home care and community care settings, including in some First Nations communities on Manitoulin Island. He presently works in primary care as a registered nurse at the Northeastern Manitoulin Family Health Team, and he was thrilled to obtain his RN Prescriber designation. He cherishes healthy connections and educational opportunities, and loves spending time with his husband, daughter and family, exploring the surrounding world.

NP Melissa Germann (she/her) is a Mohawk woman who has been working at De Dwa Da Dehs Nye>s for the past four years. She has found great pride in not only helping her patients reconnect to their Indigenous roots, but also herself. Her grandmother was a residential school survivor and as such her family was a victim of colonization and experienced the loss of traditional knowledge. Professionally, she obtained her masters in nursing: nurse practitioner degree at Athabasca University and her bachelor of science in nursing at McMaster University. She splits her time between primary care in the clinic and at the mobile health clinic working in encampments. She is very passionate about equal access to medical care for all despite barriers of homelessness, substance use or cultural bias. Personally, her greatest title is being a mother to three beautiful children and she enjoys all that comes with it.

Tania La Fleur, RN BScN, is a registered nurse currently working at Markham Stouffville hospital. She also works as a clinical supervisor for Seneca Polytechnic. Driven by her passion for health literacy and chronic disease management, she specializes in diabetes education. Tania was also on an expert panel guiding development of a forthcoming RNAO best practice guideline addressing anti-Black racism, and will co-chair the upcoming New RN Interest Group. In her spare time Tania enjoys reading, working out, playing the piano for her local community church and experiencing fine dining.