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The Canadian Nurses Foundation(CNF) was founded in 1962 by the Canadian Nurses Association with
a donation from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. CNF is
committed to promoting
health and patient care across Canada by supporting nursing
research and education.
Contributions from individuals,
corporations, foundations, and organizations help
CNF to support nurses entering the profession or seeking
advanced education. CNF initiatives are building research
capacity in the profession.
Our Mission
The Canadian Nurses Foundation will build and sustain diverse partnerships with organizations and individuals to promote increased funding to advance nursing knowledge through the provision of research grants, awards, and scholarships.
Our Vision
Canada’s preeminent Foundation dedicated to the advancement of nursing knowledge, leading to superior patient outcomes.
Our Values
- Excellence: CNF will foster excellence and capacity-building in advancing the nursing profession.
- Fairness and Transparency: CNF will be fair and transparent in everything we do.
- Accountability: CNF will be accountable to our donors to use the funds entrusted to us responsibly and effectively.
Our Goals
- To ensure operational excellence.
- To increase our visibility and outreach among diverse stakeholders, ensuring that CNF is the go-to organization for enabling nursing education, research, mentorship and continuing competence.
- To support programs that are relevant to the advancement of health care.
- To focus on developing nursing leaders today and for the future.
- To expand the Board’s effectiveness by increasing participation from our stakeholder communities.
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