Linda Silas
Linda Silas is the current president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, having been part of the movement inspired by Kathleen Connors, and has actively continued the fight for nurses' rights and public health care in Canada.
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Linda Silas, the president of the CFNU, said her organization plans to make violence in the health care workplace the subject of a policy breakfast with federal, provincial and territorial health ministers this fall.
Facing threat of violence, health care workers in Toronto’s ERs learn to protect themselves
Canada· 2025-09-16
Linda Silas is the president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions and has been advocating for nurse-to-patient ratios since the early 2000s.
Ontario nurses push for nurse-to-patient ratios as calls for minimum staffing requirements growCanada· 2025-09-08
Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, emphasized the slow progress in enhancing protections for health care workers.
Hospitals across Canada installing weapons detection systems amid apparent rise in ER violenceCanada· 2025-05-05
Linda Silas, current president of the CFNU, praised Ms. Connors for her ability to galvanize crowds.
Advocate Kathleen Connors gave nurses a powerful national voiceCanada· 2025-04-15
