The Ontario Broker - Volume 22, Issue 5 - 25

WHAT'S NEW
Ontario Brokers Donate $110K
To Support Ontario Nurses
I
t's the season of giving and
brokers across Ontario did
just that with a donation of
$110K to the Registered Nurses'
Foundation of Ontario (RNFOO).
RNFOO was chosen as the official
charity of the IBAO's 2022 Annual
Convention in October, where the
funds were raised. The foundation,
who is known for providing
scholarships, grants and awards to
Ontario nurses and nursing students
to enhance and advance the practice
of nursing was ecstatic to receive the
donation-marking the largest in the
Foundation's history.
It is no surprise that the past
three pandemic-wrought years have
marked some of the most challenging
in the world of healthcare, with front
line nursing staff being some of the
most deserving of extra assistance
through charitable donations.
The funds for this incredible
donation came from a portion
of every registration to the IBAO
Annual Convention-the 2022 event
broke historical records in terms
of attendance. In addition, IBAO
CEO Colin Simpson announced
an additional contribution of
$10,000 in the names of the four
panelists: Matthew Turack, Group
President, CAA Insurance; Rowan
Saunders, President & CEO, Definity
Financial; Louis Gagnon, Chief
Executive Officer, Intact Financial
Corporation's Canadian Operations;
and Carol Jardine, EVP & President,
Canadian P&C Operations,
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance
Company.
Thank you to everyone who
donated to this importance cause!
" We are so grateful for
this generous donation-it
will go a long way toward
supporting future nurses
and helping today's nurses
continue their education-
making improvements
in patient care. As we
all know, Ontario is
experiencing a critical
nursing shortage, so it's
never been more important
to encourage more people
to become nurses and
enable practising nurses to
realize their full potential. "
-Margaret Blastorah,
RNFOO President
" Nurses are unsung heroes here in Ontario
and given the challenges frontline health
care workers in Ontario have had to face
in recent years, it was important to show
our support for them and to do what we
could to assist the people looking to join to
their ranks. "
-IBAO President Joseph Carnevale
" In the past few years, almost everyone has
either personally or had someone close to
them have some interaction with our health
care system, " " It's crucially important that
we support nurses, because they are who
care for all of us when we need them-they
are truly the immune system of our society. "
-Colin Simpson, IBAO CEO
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