Mission Statement

The Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA) is a national organization that represents registered nurses who work with older adults in a wide variety of settings across Canada. Our mission is to address the health concerns of older Canadians and the nurses who participate with them in health care.

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Message from the President

Welcome to the web site of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA). We represent registered nurses who work with and for older adults in a wide variety of settings, across this country. Our interests include education, research, and clinical practice. We encourage and support our members through research grants, scholarships, conference funding, and certification study sessions.

I invite you to explore the information available off our site and to consider membership in our Association. The benefits of membership, we believe, are worthwhile.

CGNA Executive 2007

leaf President
Belinda Parke, RN, MN, GNC(C), PhD
Belinda.parke@ualberta.ca

Secretary
Diane Buchanan, RN, MScN, PhD, GNC(C)
buchan@queensu.ca

President Elect
Beverley Laurila, RN, BN, MSA, GNC(C)
blaurila@sogh.mb.ca

Past -President
Sandra Hirst, RN, PhD, GNC(C)
shirst@ucalgary.ca

Treasurer/Membership Elect
Denise Levesque
deniselev2@hotmail.com

Newsletter Editor
Dr. Carole-Lynne Le Navenac RN, PhD
cllenave@ucalgary.ca