MEDIA ADVISORY - Ontario Nurses' Association Leaders, Members and Staff Celebrate Toronto Pride

TORONTO, June 22, 2019 /CNW/ - Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) board members, leaders and staff will show their pride this Sunday as they join in Toronto's 2019 Pride Parade.

The ONA contingent will ride or march with the ONA float when the parade gets underway to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Ontarians.

ONA President Vicki McKenna, RN, says, "As nurses and health-care professionals, we join with the LGBTQ+ community, our colleagues and our patients in celebrating Pride. Nurses strongly support human rights and equity, and Pride is a great opportunity to celebrate our diverse histories, experiences, backgrounds."

ONA is the union representing 65,000 registered nurses and health-care professionals, as well as more than 16,000 nursing student affiliates providing care in hospitals, long-term care, the community, public health, clinics and industry.

WHO:	Ontario Nurses' Association RNs, Board members and staff
WHAT:	Toronto 2019 Pride Parade
WHEN:	Sunday, June 23, 2019
WHERE:	Toronto Pride Parade Route

Visit us at: www.ona.org; Facebook.com/OntarioNurses; Twitter.com/OntarioNurses

SOURCE Ontario Nurses' Association

Ontario Nurses' Association, Sheree Bond, [phone], ext. 2430; cell: [phone], [email protected]

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www.ona.org