Monday, September 21, 2026
The CNA Conference 2026 pre-conference workshops provided a full day of learning, collaboration, and professional development. Led by nursing associations, specialty practice groups, and subject matter experts, the sessions explored topics including innovation, leadership, communication, risk management, planetary health, Indigenous health, nursing well-being, infection prevention and control, and wound care.
Attendees participated in a range of interactive workshops, networking opportunities, organizational meetings, and site visits before joining the CNA Welcome Reception and Opening Ceremony.
Workshop highlights
Featured workshops included:
- SONSIEL NurseHack: Co-Creating the Future of Health Care
- Building Stronger Connections in the Nursing Profession, presented by ARNM
- Health Care Risk Management: Recent Developments from the Courtroom, presented by CNPS
- Holistic Nursing in Practice: Meet, Learn, and Connect, presented by CHNA
- Infection Prevention and Control: A Powerful Nursing Specialty, presented by IPAC Canada
- Clinical Decision-Making in Wound Product Selection, presented by NSWOCC
- Nursing for Planetary Health: Applying the Planetary Health Education Framework, presented by CANE
- Reviving the HeART of Nursing: Well-being, Communication, and Culture Change, presented by TheCIINDE©
- Designing a First Nations-Led Model of Health and Healing: An Indigenous Nurses Workshop for the Naawi-Oodena Holistic Health and Healing Campus, presented by Treaty One Nations
- HRNA Annual General Meeting and Membership Engagement Session
The day concluded with the CNA Welcome Reception and Opening Ceremony, featuring Indigenous drummer Denzel Blesse, followed by poster viewing and exhibitor networking.
Stay tuned for details about CNA Conference 2028, where nurses, students, leaders, researchers, educators, and partners will once again come together to advance the future of nursing and health care in Canada.