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BRIEFLY ABOUT CANNT

In 1968, the Canadian Society of Extracorporeal Technicians (CANSECT) was formed and Letters Patent were granted by the Canadian government. From 1968 to 1974, CANSECT was composed of members involved in the fields of heart & lung perfusion and dialysis. These two different disciplines were linked by the common concept of extracorporeal circulation. In 1975, the differences between these two groups grew to outweigh the common purpose that brought them together. The two groups separated and the dialysis membership adopted the name...Read More

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CANNT's Mission

To provide leadership and promote the best nephrology care and practice through education, research, and communication.

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CANNT as the keystone of excellence in nephrology nursing and technological care in Canada.

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Board Of Directors

Heather Dean

President

Heather is a Nurse Clinician of an outpatient Hemodialysis unit. Certified in Nephrology Nurse since 2005. View More

Active CANNT member. Kidney Marcher enthusiast. Passionate Volunteer.

Janice MacKay

President Elect/Treasurer

Janice has practiced in Nephrology Nursing and Research over the past 24 years with certifications in View More

Nephrology and Research. Dedicated to supporting research to improve the lives and outcomes of persons living with kidney disease.

Michele Trask

Director of Communications

RN, BSN, MIPH, Michele Trask is a diploma prepared Registered Nurse with a BSN from the University of British View More

Columbia and a Master of International Public Health from the University Of Sydney, Australia.

Carolyn Ingram, RN, BSc, CNeph(C)

Vice President Ontario

Rick Luscombe

Vice President Western Region

Rick Luscombe is the Vascular Access Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) at Providence Health Care, in Vancouver. He View More

has worked for 32 years in nephrology nursing. He obtained his Registered Nurse diploma in 1985.

Nancy Filteau

Vice President Quebec/ Vice-Présidente du Québec

RN, CNeph(C), BScN, MSc(A)

José Lloyd

Vice President of Technologists

Hello, I’m José Lloyd the CANNT VP of Technologists. I am currently employed as a member of the Dialysis View More

Technical Services department with the Regional Kidney Care Programme of Simcoe Muskoka. Operated from Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital in Orillia Ontario.

Jovina Bachynski

Journal Editor

(MN, NP-Adult, CNeph(C)) Currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the CANNT Journal. She has been in View More

nephrology nursing since 1996. She is a nurse practitioner in the hemodialysis program at Halton Healthcare (Oakville and Burlington, ON).

Megan Lyons

Executive Assistant | Conference Manager

Experienced Association Manager, Conference Planner, and Communications Coordinator. Bachelor of Journalism View More

(Honours) degree from University of King’s College, Halifax, NS.

Pam Lyons

Executive Director

Pamela Lyons, BCom, is Vice President of Events & Management Plus Inc., a full service association management View More

company and professional conference organizing firm. Pamela has over 20 years of experience in the field and is an experienced administrator of

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