Canadian Nurses Association, the national organization dedicated to championing nurses across Canada, unveiled a 28-storey mural entitled ‘We Are Nurses—We Answer The Call,’ located at Toronto’s Dixon Hall shelter in the Yonge-Dundas area. Photo courtesy CNW Group/Canadian Nurses Association
The Canadian Nurses Association (CAN), the national organization dedicated to championing nurses across Canada, unveiled a 28-storey mural entitled ‘We Are Nurses—We Answer The Call,’ located at Toronto’s Dixon Hall shelter in the Yonge-Dundas area.
The mural was created as a reminder to people in Canada of the role nurses have played and continue to play amidst a continuing worldwide health-care crisis in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The mural, created by artist collective Oneday Creates, depicts the diverse faces of four nurses looking out at the city’s skyline. The mural also contains an augmented reality overlay, launched via QR code on mobile devices. The AR experience brings the nurses’ faces to life with voiceovers and links to stories from the front line and other CNA initiatives.
“If we don’t care for our nurses, how can we expect them to care for us?” said CNA spokesperson and JUNO award-winning Indigenous singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark. “The nursing profession is on the brink of collapse. Nurses are burnt out, demoralized, and have little left to give—and yet they still show up.”
