#3 “Inspiration for Activism”

• Canadian nursing activist
• Appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada (1998) for her tireless work in advocating for adequate and affordable housing and in its absence, advocacy for safe and sufficient shelters for homeless people
• Co-founded (1998) with other social justice advocates, the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee (TDRC), which equated homeless, a social disaster, with natural disasters
• Co-founder of Nurses for Social Responsibility and co-editor of its magazine “Towards Justice in Health”
• Wrote 2 books and participated in numerous documentary films about homelessness
• Put forward a number of resolutions to professional nursing organizations, urging them to take action on a variety of social injustices witnessed by nurses who care for homeless and disenfranchised people
• Speaks truth to power – policy makers, newsmakers

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