Ontario Nurses' Association
Adrienne Anderson serves as Legal Counsel for the Legal Expense and Assistance Plan at the Ontario Nurses' Association since October 2018. Prior to this role, Adrienne held the position of Legal Counsel at the Labourers' International Union of North America from December 2012 to September 2018. Adrienne has experience in academia as an instructor for the course "Lawyer as Negotiator" at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2016. Early legal career positions include working as an Articling Student and Contract Associate at Ryder, Wright, Blair & Holmes LLP, as well as a Law Student Intern at Legal Assistance of Windsor. Additional internships were completed at Machik, including a role as Summer Enrichment Program Coordinator, and at the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund. Adrienne holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and International Development from Queen's University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Windsor.
Ontario Nurses' Association
The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is a proactive union committed to improving the economic welfare and quality of work-life for our members, to enable them to provide high-quality health care. Founded in 1973, the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is the trade union that represents 60,000 registered nurses and allied health professionals working throughout Ontario, including: hospitals community health long-term care public health clinics industry Each facility represented by ONA has a Bargaining Unit President that oversees union activities within that facility. The provincial organization is divided into Locals, which is headed by a Local Coordinator. Bargaining Unit Presidents as well as Local Coordinators are ONA members, and are members' best source of information as it pertains to their facility.