The Canadian Nursing Informatics Association, an acknowledged group of the Canadian Nurses Association has just announced their first Board of Directors and first group of ten Jurisdictional Representatives. . The Board members include: PRESIDENT: Dr. Lynn Nagle, Toronto, Ontario, PRESIDENT ELECT: Robin Carriere, Toronto, Ontario; DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION: Jack Yensen, Vancouver, British Columbia; DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP SERVICES: Lucy Reyes, Calgary, Alberta; DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS: June Kaminski, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The ten jurisdictional representatives are Margie Munch, Newfoundland; Mary Eileen Wall, Nova Scotia; Mary Lou Casey, New Brunswick; Claude Lemay, Quebec; Sally Remus, Ontario; Dawn-Marie Turner, Manitoba; Laureen Larson, Saskatchewan; Lori Forand, Alberta and Alyse Capron, British Columbia. The executive have noteworthy plans to unite Canadian nurses interested in learning and working with informatics; provide guidelines and opportunities for informatics theory
and practice skill development and to be the national voice for nursing informatics. Visit the CNIA website for more information at www.cnia.ca
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