Saskatchewan Union of Nurses

Saskatchewan Union of Nurses SUN represents RNs, NPs, and RPNs in Saskatchewan. SUN members work in a single discipline – registered nursing.

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) is a trade union established in 1974 under the Saskatchewan Trade Union Act. SUN represents Registered Nurses (RNs), Registered Nurse (Nurse Practitioner)s (RN(NP)s), Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPNs) and graduates employed in rural and urban acute care hospitals; long-term care facilities; home care services; integrated facilities; public and mental health services; school boards and Canadian Blood Services offices; as well as nurses working in advanced practice roles. They work in both preventative and treatment settings; they work alone and in teams. In all settings, SUN members must practice in accordance with standards set by the professional associations: the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association (SRNA) and the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of Saskatchewan (RPNAS). SUN is affiliated with, and a proud member of, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL).

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10/29/2025

SUN STATEMENT: AIMS Employee Scheduling Component to Return to Previous Systems

In recent weeks, SUN prioritized meeting with the Minister of Health, representatives from the Ministry of Health, and the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) to discuss the numerous concerns members have raised regarding the new Administrative Information Management System (AIMS).

We welcome the Government of Saskatchewan’s decision to pause the employee scheduling component of AIMS, and to revert to the previous scheduling systems and processes.

We would also like to thank SUN members for using your voice to speak up for patients, registered nurses and all your health team colleagues. Your actions and advocacy do make a difference.

SUN is committed to continuing to elevate all unresolved issues and concerns with AIMS that persist for members with decision-makers.

SUN president, Bryce Boynton, has reached out to Minister Cockrill to express appreciation for his attention to member concerns and to stress the importance of continued dialogue on resolving ongoing issues.

In the interim, we ask that members please continue to reach out to SUN by contacting your Labour Relations Officer, duty roster, or by sharing your experience using the YourVoice@sun-nurses.sk.ca inbox.

SHA Update – October 29, 2025:

“In response to the significant challenges health-system employees have reported, the Government of Saskatchewan has directed the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), in partnership with 3sHealth and the Ministry of Health, to return employee scheduling to the previous systems and processes.”

The targeted date to return to the previous system is November 30, 2025.

YOUR VOICE drives change.

Thank you.

10/24/2025

“This is just one step into providing a better future for generations to come.” -- Meet Kirsten, a First Nations and Métis Registered Psychiatric Nurse working in community mental health. -- “I really do love my job.”

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10/23/2025

For every 100 nurses under the age of 35 who registered to practice, 40 others quit the profession.

“I’m really concerned,” [Bryce Boynton, SUN president] told CTV News, adding moral injury and burnout are the biggest factors driving nurses out. “We do a lot of discussions on recruitment, but we never talk about retention. We never talk about retention of the mid-to-late career nurses who are going to be able to provide that expertise.”

“I think a lot of us are just tired,” said Sara Peters, a registered nurse and clinical coordinator in the emergency department at Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital (RUH).

Earlier this month, 450 health-care workers at RUH signed a letter that calls on the provincial government to address emergency department overcrowding, nurse retention, staffing and patient safety concerns.

Source: CTV National News

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Sources:

CTV Saskatoon
Star Phoenix
650 CKOM

10/20/2025

SUN President, Bryce Boynton, met with Minister Cockrill last Friday to discuss some of the pressing issues impacting SUN members and patients in Saskatchewan. Bryce asked for a critical pause on any further rollouts of AIMS to remedy the thousands of mistakes that have already happened and to prevent any more in the future. Saskatchewan’s largest emergency departments were also on the agenda. Their constant state of overcapacity and unsafe hallway nursing is leading to chaos and, as members frequently describe it, a “moral and humanitarian failure”. Bryce emphasized the urgent need to focus on issues like mental health services, access to a primary care NP or family physician for everyone, reliably staffed and open rural facilities, more home care services, and addressing the state of seniors’ care and number of ALC patients in the acute care system. They also talked about ending workplace violence, and how health care needs a culture change to ensure violence is no longer normalized.

Please keep a lookout for a more detailed SUN president’s message in your inbox.

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses is proud to recognize the eight SUN members who will be volunteering for the upcoming F...
10/17/2025

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses is proud to recognize the eight SUN members who will be volunteering for the upcoming February 2026 mission to Guatemala, continuing vital outreach work and strengthening global health through compassionate, Registered Nurse-led care: Chloe Merifield, Brittany Rousseaux, Camille Cole, Sydney Malecki, Shannon Williams, Darian Barnie, Jackie Wilson and Kathryn Merk. — In 2016, a small, dedicated group of medical professionals from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan – including a registered nurse from Moose Jaw's operating room – travelled to rural Guatemala to provide essential surgical care. What began as a single initiative has since grown into the Moose Jaw International Medical Mission (MJIMM), a collaborative effort and non-profit organization that has involved numerous Registered Nurses and SUN members over the years.

Led by several Registered Nurses and physicians, the team has embraced a holistic approach to global health, focusing not only on surgical interventions but also on health promotion, disease prevention, and community outreach. In addition to performing a wide range of surgeries, the Registered Nurses work alongside physician colleagues to deliver basic first aid, conduct medical assessments, and provide women’s health education in underserved communities.

Consider donating to their mission at https://bridgesofhope.ca/project/moose-jaw-medical-mission/

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