Tyler Levitan
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
| Degrees: | MA (Carleton University) |
| Email: | tlevitan@nursesunions.ca |
I work as a Government and External Relations Officer with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU). I’m a graduate of the Institute of Political Economy, having completed the program in 2012. I served in various advocacy roles following my graduation on issues ranging from human rights to agricultural policy, before beginning work on health policy and advocacy with the CFNU in 2019.
The CFNU is Canada’s largest nurses’ organization, representing Canada’s frontline nurses in every sector of health care – from home care, long-term care, community care and acute care, including nursing students – and advocating on key health priorities and federal engagement in the future of public health care.
More than 10 per cent of all employed Canadians work in health care. Over two thirds of health care spending goes towards health care workers, representing nearly eight per cent of Canada’s total GPD in 2019. The Work and Labour Program is a venue through which we can aim to better understand the forces shaping the health care system and impacting its labour force, including privatization, austerity, and a chronic shortage of workers.
You can learn more about CFNU’s work and access our research reports through our website: https://nursesunions.ca/.