ORORNA Eligibility for Education Funding

Background

The Ottawa Regional Operating Room Nurses Association (ORORNA) has not had an active executive for nearly a decade. For this reason, in 2023 the financial holdings were transferred to the provincial association, the Ontario Operating Room Nurses Association (ORNAO). These funds are being held in trust, by ORNAO, for ORORNA members. The Regional Representative for Ottawa, Martha Bowden, has been working with ORNAO board and President, Denise McLaughlin, to ensure these funds are accessible to the ORORNA members to support education sponsorship.

Plan

The plan for these funds is to support ORORNA members to attend the ORNAC National Conferences in 2025 & 2027.

2025 ORNAC Conference Funding for ORORNA Members

Eligibility

Eligibility to apply for funding includes:

Must be an ORORNA member for a minimum 2 years leading up to the 2025 conference
Must have attended a minimum of four (4) ORNAO or ORNAC education sessions over two (2) years or attended two (2) meetings such as AGM, and served on a provincial or national board or committee.
Not being provided full or partial funding from other sources
Serving on the Provincial (ORNAO) or National (ORNAC) Board, or committees for either organization.

All applications will be graded on a rubric if there are a greater number of applicants than sponsorships.

No general member may be sponsored for two consecutive National conferences (i.e. if sponsored in 2025, ineligible for 2027 sponsorship)

Eligible expenses:

Conference registration
Travel
Shared accommodation. Those who would like single occupancy will only receive funding for ½ the conference room rate.

Up to $2,500 in funding for the above will be available for successful applicants

Note: Food and drinks, other than what is included in the conference registration, are not eligible for reimbursement.

An ad hoc committee from the ORORNA membership, in collaboration with ORNAO leadership, will be formed to review applications, conduct scoring (if applicable), and support fund distribution.

Application Deadline & Accessing funds

Interested applicants shall complete the Application for Sponsorship form in this email and send to Martha Bowden (ORNAO Regional Representative for ORORNA) by April 19, 2025, at conferencesponsorship@ornao.org

Successful Applicants

Receipts (up to $2500) need to be submitted within two weeks post conference (June 7th, 2025) to conferencesponsorship@ornao.org
Funds will be reimbursed directly to members via E-Transfer within one month of receipts being provided and verified

2025 ORNAC Conference-Calgary, AB

Two sponsorships, maximum of $2500 each will be available for eligible ORORNA members.