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BCNU’s campaign bus has been busy again this year criss-crossing the province and rolling into towns at community events across BC. The bus began its tour with visits to several BCNU regions during National Nursing Week May 8 – 14, helping to put the focus on the thousands of highly skilled professionals in BC and across Canada who advocate for safe patient care every day. Look out for the BCNU bus in your community this summer!
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THE PEOPLE 1. BCNU Vice President Christine Sorensen and BCNU Central Vancouver region co-chair Marlene Goertzen meet Vancouver General Hospital members at the bus on May 24. 2. BCNU Okanagan-Similkameen region lobby coordinator Deanna Jerowsky, treasurer Linda Partington and region char Rhonda Croft welcome the bus to their region. 3. The bus travels to meet members at the
Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addiction on May 10 during National Nursing Week. From left: Angelica Custodio, Andrew Lou, Michael Scott, Aletta Felderer, Ariel Gabriel, Eleanor King, BCNU RIVA region lobby coordinator Romy de Leon along with two Langara College nursing students. 4. BCNU President Gayle Duteil joins members at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam for a barbecue on
May 4. 5. National Nursing Week saw the bus visit Richmond General Hospital on May 9. BCNU RIVA region chair Lauren Vandergronden is pictured centre with RIVA region communications secretary Liz Goba on her left. 6. BCNU members bring the bus to the BC Highland Games in Coquitlam June 17. From left: Simon Fraser region mental health advocate Suellen Larsen, steward liaison Jereme Bennett,
region co-chair Lynn Lagace and lobby coordinator Maria Huertas. 7. The bus visits the University Hospital of Northern BC on June 21. From left: OH&S rep Danette Thomson, PRP advocate Barb Erickson (partially hidden), unit clerks Sharon Bryce and Lynda Heaslip, region chair Roni Lokken, Judi Dindayal, treasurer Hanna Embree, steward liaison Tracey Jonker and communications secretary Bal Badial.
UPDATE MAGAZINE • JULY/AUGUST 2017
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