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Submission Deadline: January 7, 2021 @ 1600 hours Official Call for Resolutions  |  Offical Call for Discussion Papers In preparation for the 2021 Annual Meeting, the Constitution, Bylaws & Resolutions Committee is accepting submissions for: Constitutional Amendments Bylaws Amendments Policy Resolutions Position Statements Resolutions Business Resolutions Negotiations…

SUN is advocating for a mandatory masking policy in Saskatchewan as the province grapples with a growing threat of increased community transmission of COVID-19.   We must be vigilant now more than ever. Canada is on the cusp of a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic along with annual flu season, and new case numbers here at home in Saskatchewan, and across the country, are steadily on the…

“This isn’t a Saskatchewan case or a Canada case. This became a North American case, and frankly global." Saskatchewan nurse Carolyn Strom has won a landmark appeal against her regulatory body in a years-long case that delved into questions about the limits on a nursing professional’s freedom of expression. A Saskatchewan Court of Appeal panel ruled on Tuesday morning…

We are extremely pleased that Carolyn Strom has won her appeal. SUN is proud to have supported Ms. Strom and the voice of all registered nurses in Saskatchewan and Canada throughout this important case – a case that had far-reaching implications for freedom of expression, democracy, and the ability of registered nurses to speak out both as professionals and as individual…

(OTTAWA, ON) – An investigation into Canada’s management of COVID-19 and the safety of the nation’s health care workers has been released. The investigation’s report, A Time of Fear, details Canada’s systemic preventable failure to adequately prepare and urgently respond to the gravest public health emergency in a century. An independent investigation…