Celebrating National Nursing Week 2025

The School of Nursing is pleased to celebrate National Nursing Week from May 12-18. This special week honours and celebrates the hard work and dedication of all nurses across Canada. This year’s theme is “The Power of Nurses to Transform Health.” This is a fitting theme as our healthcare services and systems are led by nurses and other valued members of multi-disciplinary team into transformational, post-COVID changes.

This acknowledgement of Canadian nurses is actually launched on May 8th with the celebration of National Indigenous Nurses' day. May 8th specifically honours the important contributions and achievements of all Indigenous nurses, including First Nations, Inuit, and Metis nurses in Canada.

Nurses work across many sectors and in many diverse and challenging roles, including roles in acute care, chronic care, long-term care, public health, community care, education, research, policy, administration, and more! The School of Nursing is proud to have many amazing alumni across the world. Together, with our colleagues, workplaces, and communities we celebrate this week to honour all nurses. The School is so proud of all that Lakehead’s nursing graduates accomplish as leaders and as valued care providers with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to truly make a difference in the lives of individuals, families, and communities.

The School of Nursing is very proud to acknowledge one of our Master of Nursing- Advanced Nursing students, Andrea Oltsher. Andrea was nominated for and won the prestigious SE H.O.P.E. Award by the Registered Nurses’ Foundation of Ontario (RNFOO). With a value of $2,500, this scholarship is one of highest valued awards offered by RNFOO's academic awards program. The judging for the awards was rigorously conducted by 43 judges on the RNFOO Awards & Scholarship Review Panel. Andrea (see photo attached) attended the Hybrid Gala to receive her award on May 7th, along with current and future leaders of the nursing profession. Recipients of this award must show that their career path is dedicated to the principles of the H.O.P.E. Model® (Home, Opportunity, People, Empowerment) in Community Nursing. Congratulations Andrea!