Join us for the 2025 PEINU Professional Development Day, a day designed to inform, inspire, and strengthen your professional growth. This year’s program will focus on advocacy, burnout, and navigating difficult conversations, with engaging and practical sessions you can take back to your workplace.
We are excited to welcome Kieran Maxwell from the Ontario Nurses’ Association as our featured educator, bringing valuable insights and strategies to support you in your practice.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn, share, and connect with fellow members.
Kieran Maxwell – Bio
Kieran Maxwell (she/her) is the Senior Manager of Member Education and Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression at the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA). A Registered Nurse and Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Kieran brings a unique blend of clinical, educational, and leadership experience to her role.
Since joining ONA in 2018, Kieran has served as a Servicing Labour Relations Officer and later as an Educating Labour Relations Officer, supporting nurses and health-care professionals across the province. Prior to her work with ONA, she was a Public Health Nurse with York Region Public Health and held several union leadership positions, including Bargaining Unit President.
Kieran’s clinical background includes extensive experience as a Mental Health Nurse at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, where she worked with both Dual Diagnosis and Adolescent populations.
In addition to her leadership at ONA, Kieran has been invited to present to nursing unions across Canada on topics including advocacy, burnout, and navigating difficult conversations. Most recently, she presented to the New Brunswick Nurses Union on incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and anti-racism lenses into union work. She also facilitated the Racialized Workers Caucus on equity and the effects of marginalization in health care at the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions’ Biennial Convention in 2025.
LOCATION:
Credit Union Place
511 Notre Dame St.
Summerside, PE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY DETAILS
- Professional Development Day Registration Fee: $20
- Payment can be made in person at the PEINU provincial office or by etransfer to admin@peinu.com by October 15th. Please include your name and employee ID in the notes so we can match the payment to the registration form.
- PEINU Members Only
- Last day that registrations can be submitted: October 15, 2025
- Last day for cancellation of registration with a full refund of registration: October 17, 2024
- Registration begins at 8:15 am
- Session begins at 8:45 am and ends at 4:30 pm
- Lunch and refreshments at breaks are provided
Registration is now closed for this event.