Highlights

Understanding your experience: New diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) census coming

In the new year, CNO will release its first workforce census. The census will provide CNO with an important snapshot of the demographic composition of registrants. Results will provide CNO with a baseline, making it possible to identify gaps and track progress over time.

Results from the census will allow CNO to measure changes and progress toward advancing more equitable, diverse and inclusive policies and defining positive working environments.

The census is voluntary, anonymous and open to all nurses registered with CNO. Participants will be able to self-identify in a variety of ways that reflect the rich diversity of nurses in Ontario.

Throughout our consultations, we have heard from equity-deserving groups about the barriers that nurses in Ontario experience. At CNO, we know members of historically marginalized groups may experience racism, discrimination or harassment in both their personal and professional lives. This survey is designed to ensure we understand better what systemic issues and challenges nurses currently face.

Brent Knowles, Director, Analytics and Planning at CNO, said, “We look forward to hearing from nurses and we’re excited for the release of the first-ever Workforce Census. It will allow us to collect anonymous data that will help CNO understand and measure the experiences and perspectives of nurses and share this information with the health system.”

The survey was developed in collaboration with members of equity-deserving groups, and in consultation with external and internal DEI experts, who specialize in collecting data in health systems.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more information about this initiative.

We hope nurses will participate so CNO has a full and accurate profile of our registrants.

Are your contact details up-to-date? 

The end of the year is an excellent time to make sure your contact info, including your home address, email and phone number, is up-to-date on Maintain Your Membership (MYM).

Keeping your contact information current is an accountability for all nurses. It’s how CNO contacts you with notifications about Quality Assurance (QA) Assessment, the latest issues of The Standard and other important nursing regulatory updates. CNO no longer distributes QA Assessment notifications or The Standard via mail, so it’s necessary for your email to be accurate.

Your contact information does not appear publicly on Find A Nurse – it's for CNO use only.

You can login to MYM here with your username and password. For more information, refer to our Update Your Info page.