Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nursing issues : a call to political action -- Race and racialization in health, healthcare, and nursing education -- Homelessness as a health equity and social justice concern in nursing -- Inviting compassionate conversations about end of life : medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canada -- The legacy of colonization for the health and well-being of indigenous people : toward reconciliation -- Canadian healthcare -- Canadian Nurses Association and International Council of Nurses -- Canadian provincial and territorial nursing organizations -- Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions : standing for workplace safety -- Challenges and change in undergraduate nursing education -- Graduate education -- The political nature of knowledge generation and utilization : nursing research in Canada -- Nursing informatics : a growing field of science and practice -- Influencing policy and leading change : essential steps in successful transformations -- Issues in contemporary nursing leadership -- The gendered nature of nursing -- Issues in interprofessional practice -- Issues arising from the nature of nurses' work and work environments -- The nursing shortage : assumptions and realities  -- Rural nursing in Canada : issues of access -- Ethical and legal issues in nursing -- Issues in healthcare for an aging population -- Orientating to difference : beyond heteronormative sexualities  -- Environment : an issue for nurses -- Interpersonal violence and abuse : ending the silence -- Onward to 2030 : nursing's momentum for global health equity.