Mentorship
One-on-one guidance connecting students and early-career nurses with experienced Black nurse leaders.
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Advancing Equity.
Transforming
Healthcare.
Connecting, developing, and championing Black nurses to shape the future of Canadian healthcare.
Over 50+ Community Leaders
At the Canadian Black Nurses Alliance (CBNA), joining the Alliance is more than becoming a member – it is joining a national movement to develop leaders, advance research, influence policy, and transform healthcare systems. Together with our members and partners, we are building a future where nurses, educators, leaders, and communities are empowered to thrive, organizations are strengthened through equity and excellence, and Canada’s healthcare system is better equipped to serve future generations.
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Advance Your Career. Strengthen Healthcare. Transform Systems.
Whether you're entering nursing, leading practice, or building equity, CBNA is the network behind your next step.
Students
Grow Your Career
Access Canada's largest national network of Black nursing students and leaders. Academic chapters, mentorship and more.
Find Your ChapterNurses & Leaders
Accelerate Your Impact
Grow your leadership through mentorship, provincial chapters, national advocacy, executive development, research collaborations, and career opportunities.
Explore Regional ChaptersHealth Systems & Organizations
Partner for System Change
Collaborate with CBNA to strengthen workforce strategies, leadership pipelines, anti-racism initiatives, research, education, and organizational transformation.
Partner With CBNA
Our Programs
Everything You Need to Thrive in One Alliance
Join a growing movement that clears systemic barriers, supports your growth, and builds belonging.
Scholarship
Funding that opens doors — scholarships that recognize excellence and reduce barriers to nursing education.
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Mental Health & Wellness
Care and community for those who care — resources that support the wellbeing of Black nurses across Canada.
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Summer HighSchool Workshops
Hands-on pathways into nursing through clinical exposure, mentorship, and belonging before the degree begins.
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Academic Chapters
Student Leadership. National Impact.
CBNA’s Academic Chapters are student-led communities that equip nursing students with the leadership, mentorship, and professional networks needed to thrive. Through campus engagement, advocacy, and national collaboration, chapters help shape the next generation of Black nursing leaders while welcoming allies committed to equity and belonging.
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Membership
Join the Alliance
We create pathways for learning, leadership, and lasting impact — for people and communities.
Individual Membership
For professionals investing in lifelong leadership and career growth. Access a national network, leadership development, mentorship, and opportunities that expand your influence across nursing and healthcare.
Student Membership
For future nursing leaders. Build the relationships, skills, and confidence that strengthen your transition from education to practice while creating a foundation for long-term career success.
Organizational Membership
Enable your employees, faculty, clinicians, researchers, or students to become CBNA members through an organization-sponsored membership.
Business Partner
For organizations and professionals contributing expertise to advance excellence. Deliver education, innovation, wellness, and professional development that creates lasting impact across Canada's healthcare system.
Find Your Path
A Movement for Change
A movement shaping healthcare so Black nurses are seen, heard, and valued.
Support & Advocacy
Supporting you as you navigate discrimination, unsafe workplaces and academic environments and marginalization through advocacy and navigation resources.
Leadership Development
From first-year students to executive nurses — CBNA builds pathways for Black nurses to lead at every level of the health system.
Research & Evidence-Informed Advocacy
Grounded in lived experience and Black scholarship, CBNA advances policy change through data, testimony, and sustained national advocacy.
Healing as a form of Black Joy
Healing as a form of resistance — wellness programming that acknowledges the weight of racialized stress and prioritizes sustainable practice.
Got Questions?
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about CBNA, membership, programs, chapters and more.
View All FAQsBoth chapter types operate under CBNA’s national framework and collaborate on shared initiatives. Academic Chapters focus on student needs while Regional Chapters support practicing nurses, creating a pipeline from education to practice.
The Community Speaks
Real voices. Real impact. In the words of the nurses, students, and leaders who live it every day.
“Volunteering with CBNA helped me connect with people who genuinely care about making a difference. Every event feels organized, meaningful, and truly impactful for the communities involved.”
Stronger Together
Every partnership is rooted in shared purpose — advancing equity, amplifying voices, and strengthening nursing across Canada.
