How about nurses from usa? Catherine DeLorey, RN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 9/11/2023 3:42 PM, Corina Thompson wrote: > Dear colleagues, > Please consider signing this petition. You do not have to be a nurse > to participate. > Regards, > Corina Thompson, RN > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario* <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 2:42 PM > Subject: ACTION ALERT: Canada is burning and our future is in peril! > Act NOW, Premier Ford and Prime Minister Trudeau! > To: Ms. Corina Thompson <[log in to unmask]> > > > *View in Browser* <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=26810> > Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171467&qid=144027477> > > > Dear Corina, > > As of late August 2023, 15 million hectares of land across Canada – > almost twenty-seven times the size of Prince Edward Island – have gone > up in smoke as a result of thousands of wildfires. The 2023 wildfire > season has already been Canada’s most severe on record. > > These wildfires, which led to mandatory evacuations of Yellowknife, > Northwest Territories and many other communities, also threaten the > millions forced to breathe the massive quantities of harmful > pollutants released. At one point in June, Toronto had the worst air > quality of any major city in the world due to forest fires in > northeastern Ontario and Quebec. > > *We're calling on governments to put forward a science-based plan to > address the climate emergency -_join us! > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171467&qid=144027477>_*_<https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171467&qid=144027477>_ > > The wildfire smoke that has surrounded millions of Canadians this > season – impacting our health and wellbeing – is a reminder that we > can’t escape the climate crisis. And, it is but a taste of what’s to > come unless our governments take decisive and strong action – *now*. > > And, it’s not just the air we breathe, it’s much more: heat domes, > powerful rainstorms, thawing permafrost and catastrophic hurricanes. > The news cycle has become consumed by climate disasters of all types > happening everywhere. > > The response should not be gloom and doom. The scientific consensus is > clear. We *can* take action to mitigate and adapt to the climate > crisis. There are solutions and opportunities! The technology and > know-how are available, and time is of the essence. It’s critical that > all orders of government end their support for the fossil fuel > industries and focus on building a sustainable economy and society. > > Nurses demand that politicians from all parties wake up to the urgency > and scale of the emergency, and act accordingly. > > _*Join us!* > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171467&qid=144027477>_ Call > on governments to put forward a science-based plan that addresses the > scale and urgency of the climate crisis. Tell Premier Ford and Prime > Minister Trudeau to behave like this is an emergency – because it is one! > > *O**ther ways you can get involved: * > > * RNAO, a member organization of the Ontario Climate Emergency > Campaign (OCECD), has signed on to the campaign’s *_12-point > climate action plan > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171468&qid=144027477>_**. > *Read it or download it from their website. > * Many RNAO members are participating in the Global Fight to End > Fossil Fuels this month. *In Ottawa:* Join Rob Samulack, co-chair > of the Ontario Nurses for the Environment Interest Group (ONEIG), > at the *Ottawa Fridays for Future Rally*, *Friday, Sept. 15, > starting at 1 p.m., *at Parliament Hill. *In Toronto: *Join Dr. > Claudette Holloway (RNAO President), Lhamo Dolkar (RNAO > President-Elect) and ONEIG co-chair Josalyn Radcliffe at the > *Toronto Rally to End Fossil Fuels*, *Saturday**, Sept. 16 > starting at 11 a.m. *at Queen's Park. Please contact Ann-Marie > Morris (*[log in to unmask]*) for more information. > * Not in Toronto or Ottawa? View the interactive map on the > fridaysforfuture.ca <http://fridaysforfuture.ca> site to find out > what’s going on in your area. > * Engage with social media and amplify your action – *_sign and > share the action alert_ > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171467&qid=144027477>*, > and tag @RNAO so we can share your message. Or, for more ideas and > a list of demands, downloadthis action and amplification pack > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171469&qid=144027477>. > > Warm regards, > > Doris Grinspun, RN, BScN, MSN, PhD, LLD(hon), Dr(hc), DHC, FAAN, FCAN, > O.ONT. > Chief Executive Officer, RNAO > > *Follow us* > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171470&qid=144027477> Follow > us on Instagram > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171471&qid=144027477> > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171472&qid=144027477> > > You have received this email because you indicated you want to receive > information about RNAO’s political advocacy and health policy. > > If you no longer wish to receive emails about RNAO’s political > advocacy and health policy, please update your email preferences below: > > * I no longer wish to receive emails about RNAO’s political advocacy > and health policy > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=101576&qid=144027477&h=b2472c58886f6147> > * I no longer wish to receive any emails from RNAO > <https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/mailing/url?u=171473&qid=144027477&cs=4359818592913d2e45f5ad6bcdc8ad75_1694457658_720&oi=9235132df9c2dae15ff410b277fb565ca7e7ae9> > * Log in to update your email preferences > <https://myrnao.ca/user/9954/email-preferences> > > Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) > Copyright 2023 > All rights reserved > > To leave, manage or join list: > https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1 > <https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1> > To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1