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March 10, 2026

Preparing the Nursing Workforce for the Future by Rebuilding Nursing on Foundations of Anti-Racist Worldmaking

Nursing Leadership article introduces nursing’s political imperative for enacting anti-racism in the process of building transformative futures in present realities. Nursing leaders are well-positioned to undertake this anti-racist worldmaking through their commitments for a political imperative. By Samantha Louie-Poon, University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing. 

Nursing Leadership 38.3:

Preparing the Nursing Workforce for the Future

Readying the Nursing Workforce to Embrace an Ever-Changing World - The Editorial by Patrick Chiu and Ruth Martin-Misener introduces this themed issue.

The collection of articles and commentaries in this issue of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership reminds us that solutions do exist, but progress requires action, trust, collaboration and an openness to being guided by evidence and values to discern what to do and how to do things differently and impactfully. The authors provide us with timely examples of how the profession is navigating turbulent times and preparing nurses for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

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News

Mar 25, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Edmonton emergency doctors and hospitalists warn of ER backlogs when stipend payments end

2026-03-25 from cbc.ca Some family doctors and emergency room physicians working in Edmonton hospitals warn that an April 1 end to stipend pay arrangements could put patient care at risk and increase [...]

Mar 23, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Black people in Canada less likely to fill medication prescriptions due to cost, study says

2026-03-23 from cp24.com TORONTO — A new study says the cost of medication is stopping Black people in Canada from filling their prescriptions at a higher rate than white people. The research [...]

Mar 23, 2026 Health & Healthcare News
Breaking Down Language Barriers in Health Care: For Equitable, Safe and Quality Health Care and Health Services

2026-03-23 from sencanada.ca Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages Language barriers in health care can put patients’ well-being at risk, leaving official language minority communiti [...]

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Canada has higher rates of immigration than many high-income countries. Provinces' health systems have been slow to adapt new policies and practices to accommodate the newcomers. New immigrants are left to “shoehorn” themselves into health systems that were not designed for their languages, culture or preferences for care. For immigrants, language barriers impede communication, undermine the clinician-patient relationship and discourage healthcare-seeking behaviours. New policies are [...]

 

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