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The Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union is a professional union representing over 8,000 nurses in the province.

The Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union (NSNU) is a professional union representing over 8,000 Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners in Nova Scotia hospitals, long term care facilities, adult residential centres and community nursing practices. As a member organization of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, we join with 200,000 nurses and student nurses across Canada, advocating for improved patient care, safe and fair working conditions and the protection of the Canadian healthcare system. The NSNU collaborates with other provincial unions on awareness campaigns, and is also affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress. Uniquely, the NSNU is the only union in Nova Scotia that exclusively represents nurses, and the only union representing all three nursing designations.

02/20/2026

Joint media release from NSNU, NSGEU, Unifor, CUPE 8920 and CUPE NS February 20, 2026 Share OPOR Joint Media ReleaseDownload

02/17/2026

The NSNU and other affiliated organizations are pleased to offer scholarship and bursary opportunities. Successful applicants will be chosen by the Education Committee using a blind selection process and notified at the completion of the NSNU Annual General Meeting.

Criteria and application forms for all scholarships and bursaries can be found on the NSNU website at nsnu.ca/resources/education/scholarships/nsnu.

NSNU and CFNU scholarship applications are due by the end of the day on March 13, 2026.

02/16/2026

February 16th is Nova Scotia Heritage Day. This year, we honour Senator Joseph Willie Comaeu.

Joseph Willie Comeau (1876–1966) was an Acadian educator, businessman, and politician from Digby County. A graduate of Collège Sainte-Anne, he worked as a teacher and entrepreneur before entering provincial politics in 1907. Elected nine times to the Nova Scotia Legislature, he consistently advocated for Acadian language, culture, and education, including support for French-language teacher training and educational resources.

In recognition of his long public service, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1948. Throughout his life, Comeau was widely recognized as a strong advocate for Acadian culture and public service.

We wish all our members a safe, happy and healthy day with family and friends, and offer sincere thanks to our many members who are working through the holiday.

02/14/2026

The world feels heavy, but love can lighten the load.

Love that looks like care, solidarity and showing up for one another.

This Valentine’s Day, and all the days in between, we choose love.

02/13/2026

Please note the NSNU Office in Burnside will be closed on Monday, February 16th in observance of Nova Scotia Heritage Day.

We wish all of our members a safe, happy and healthy day with your families and friends, and offer sincere thanks to our many nurses who will be working through the holiday.

02/13/2026

The evidence is clear – Canada needs safe nurse-patient ratios.

This week, the CFNU hosted the first meeting of the National Council for Nurse-Patient Ratios Implementation.

Read more: https://nursesunions.ca/cfnu-hosts-first-meeting-of-national-council-for-nurse-patient-ratios-implementation/

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Les données sont probantes : le Canada a besoin de ratios infirmières-patients sécuritaires.

Cette semaine, la FCSII accueille la première réunion du Conseil national pour la mise en œuvre des ratios infirmières-patients.

Pour en savoir plus : https://fcsii.ca/la-fcsii-accueille-la-premiere-reunion-du-conseil-national-pour-la-mise-en-oeuvre-des-ratios-infirmieres-patients/

02/11/2026

In honour of International Day of Women and Girls in Science coming up tomorrow on February 11th, today we are highlighting the late nursing pioneer Clotilda Douglas-Yakimchuk (1932-2021). Douglas-Yakimchuk was a trailblazer in the field of nursing and a social activist who lent her voice to advancing many causes, including awareness and action on environmental racism near her hometown of Whitney Pier, Nova Scotia. The first Black graduate of the Nova Scotia School of Nursing, Douglas-Yakimchuk had a long career in a variety of capacities including management, psychiatry, and education. To this day, she remains the first and only Black president of the College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia. A proponent of continuous, lifelong education, Douglas-Yakimchuk paved the way for generations of nurses and advocates who followed in her footsteps.

02/11/2026

Our thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims, teachers, students, school staff, first responders, nurses and other healthcare workers caring for the injured in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. in the wake of yesterday’s devastating tragedy.

We extend our deepest condolences at this very difficult time.

02/11/2026

“It’s time the federal government acts to safeguard our health system. Nurses and health-care workers point to chronic understaffing and unsafe workloads as the most urgent challenges in health care in our country. Policy choices that funnel public dollars towards privatization compound these pressures.

The consequences are already being felt at the bedside.”

As CFNU President Linda Silas explains in her latest opinion piece, we know that privatization is not the answer to the health care crisis, and investments in public health are essential to protecting the timely and equitable health care Canada needs. Funding decisions made now will determine whether Canadians will continue to have access to public health care in practice, not just in theory.

The CFNU is calling on Health Minister Marjorie Michel to enforce the Canada Health Act and protect Canada’s public health care system.

Find the full opinion piece on the risks of private, for-profit health care in the Hill Times here: https://linktr.ee/CFNU

02/11/2026

Out of an abundance of caution the NSNU office in Burnside is now closed for the day. Staff can be reached by email. Go to nsnu.ca/contact-us for the staff directory. Stay safe and thank you to all essential workers in our province.

02/05/2026

CFNU supports the federal government’s decision to introduce legislation that would build a more connected health care system. The Connected Care for Canadians Act, Bill S-5, aims to empower health care providers and protect patient safety by ensuring providers are able to share electronic information securely and seamlessly outside of their offices.

“Nurses welcome the Connected Care for Canadians Act as an important step towards greater transparency and patient safety in Canada’s health care sector. Fulsome access to patient health data gives nurses the information they need to make safe decisions and reduces unnecessary stress on frontline providers and their patients,” said CFNU President Linda Silas.

Read more: https://nursesunions.ca/cfnu-applauds-the-federal-governments-move-to-build-a-more-connected-health-care-system/

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150 Garland Avenue
Dartmouth, NS
B3B0A7

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

(902) 469-1474

Website

http://www.nsnu.ca/, https://bsky.app/profile/nsnu.bsky.social

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