Introduction

The Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment BC Committee (CANE BC) is a group of actively practicing as well as student and retired nurses. Our work began many years ago throughout our province. We are now joining forces as one provincial committee to have a greater impact given the urgency of the Climate Crisis and the compelling need to protect our planetary health.

As the most trusted position in the healthcare profession, we use our voices to raise public awareness, implement concrete actions, and undertake advocacy efforts on environmental health issues that threaten the health and well-being of individuals in our province.

In our trusted position within the healthcare profession and the public, CANE BC nurses are actively engaging in our communities. We seek to raise Awareness, implement concrete Action and undertake Advocacy efforts on issues of sustainability that threaten the health and well-being of the citizens of our province and our planet as a whole.​

Despite our name, this organization is not limited to working with nurses, nursing students, and retired nurses. We are stronger by joining forces in conjunction with other healthcare professionals such as our physician colleagues and existing environmental groups that are equally concerned with the well-being of our planet. We believe that the synergy of these groups coming together for a common purpose is the catalyst required to bring much needed attention to our current climate change challenges.​