Social Program
Welcome Reception
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 19:00 – 21:00
The Core Steering Group of the International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network and the 2008 INP/APNN Conference Planning Executive is looking forward to welcoming you to Toronto. Don’t miss this first opportunity to renew old acquaintances and network with your peers while enjoying refreshments and a musical interlude.
Opening Ceremony
Thursday, September 18, 2008 08:30 – 09:30
The Opening Ceremony will set the tone for the conference with official words of welcome, and local entertainment including a Parade of Flags representing delegates’ countries of origin and traditional Scottish bagpipes followed by the voices of children raised in song.
International Networking Round-Tables
Friday, September 19, 2008 15:00 – 17:00
Join your colleagues to discuss issues relevant to advanced nursing practice from an international perspective. A variety of facilitated round-table discussions will run concurrently, each focusing on a specific issue. No preparation is required. Just come and join the discussion of your choice and help us build our community of practice!
Gala Dinner
Friday, September 19, 2008 18:30 – 00:30
You won’t want to miss this culinary Journey Across Canada, featuring a menu reflecting Canadian cuisine from one coast to the other. Then join in the fun when our local entertainment takes to the stage and gets you involved! You won’t want to miss this night of Canadiana!
Dress: Glitz and Glamour
Closing Ceremonies
Saturday, September 20, 2008 11:30 – 12:30
Join us for a review of conference highlights. Help us say farewell to Canada and celebrate as we look forward to the 2010 INP/APNN conference.
Site Visits
Friday, September 19, 2008 13:30 – 17:00
Delegates will be offered opportunities to meet with advanced practice nurses in local academic health science centres who have expertise in specialized areas of practice such as pain management, oncology, paediatrics, cardiology, eldercare and mental health/addictions.
Registration is limited and pre-conference registration is required.
St. Michael’s Hospital is known as the Urban Angel in Toronto. Join their team of APNs in An Examination of Innovative Advanced Practice Roles within an Inner-city Health Population, including dialogue about the role of APNs in caring for patients with cardiac problems as well as innovative APN roles in geriatric trauma, pain management and wound care.
The Hospital for Sick Children’s mission is ‘Healthier Children, A better World”. Join ‘Sick Kids’ team of APNs for a tour of the hospital and then dialogue about complex paediatric care, APN managed orthopaedic inpatient care and innovations in paediatric chronic illness care including children with diabetes, renal failure and those requiring technological support.
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute invites delegates to dialogue about the emerging frontier of rehabilitation science. Join their team of APNs to discuss innovations in stroke and brain injury, geriatric care, palliative care and complex continuing care. There will be opportunities to examine the role of APNs in pain and symptom management, wound care, dealing with challenging behaviours in brain-injured patients and facilitating patient-centred goal setting.
The University Health Network’s mission is to provide exemplary patient care, research and education and APNs are key in realizing these goals. Meet with the Chief Nurse Executive before meeting with APNs who will offer their perspectives on acute pain management, inpatient cardiology, nephrology and innovative practice models such as telehealth consultation and assessment.
SIGHTSEEING TOURS
Acquaint yourself with Toronto – City & Harbour Tour – 4 hours
Wednesday, September 17 – 14:00-18:00 - $56 per person
Sit back and enjoy the sights as the city’s fascinating past and vibrant present unfold.
We’ll take you through the financial district, which make up Toronto's powerful skyline. The city's large population is made up of many ethnic groups. While they have made Toronto their home, they have also maintained the traditions and lifestyles of their ancestors. From Chinatown to Little Italy, from Cabbagetown to Forest Hill, you will be provided with an insightful commentary on the development of these communities.
No tour of Toronto would be complete without seeing such landmarks as century-old churches, unique neighbourhoods, the dynamic theatre district, and the fairy tale castle - Casa Loma.
The Harbourfront has been completely rebuilt over the years and is now one of the most popular areas of the city. We’ll top the tour with a delightful one-hour, commentated Harbour tour on Lake Ontario. As you pass along the Toronto Islands, notice the abundance of geese, swans cormorants, herons, and the rare Eastern Bluebird.
Package includes: tour guide, transportation via deluxe coach, one-hour harbor & Island boat cruise, and all applicable taxes
Postcards of Toronto – Walking Tour – 3 hours 
Saturday, September 20 – 14:00-17:00
$21 per person
This unique tour of Toronto intends to share with you the most interesting architecture, street art, historic sites and "picture postcards" of our city - the small treasures that can’t be fully appreciated going past
at 30 mph.
Discover some of the beautiful sites and historic monuments of the city, including: Old City Hall, New City Hall, Osgoode Hall (Supreme Court of Ontario), Canada Life Building, the financial district, the old Stock Exchange building, Union Station, the Dominion Public Building, the Gooderham ("Flatiron") building, the old storefronts of Front Street, St. Lawrence Market (the farmer's market), St. Lawrence Hall, the Eaton Centre, and the historic theatres of Yonge Street.
Bring a camera and take your own picture postcards of Toronto.
What a great opportunity to see Toronto up close!
Package includes: guided walking tour with commentary and all applicable taxes
Niagara Falls - Journey Behind the Falls & Dinner – 7 hours
Saturday, September 20 – 15:00-22:00 - $137 per person
Embark on this fully conducted tour to one of the natural wonders of the world - Niagara Falls. With a blend of contemporary man-made achievement and nature's own beauty and wonder, the region is truly a Canadian jewel.
Travelling towards Niagara, around the western perimeter of Lake Ontario, the beautiful Niagara Escarpment will slowly come into view. Its sheltering ridge is the reason for the area’s productive vineyards and fruit orchards yielding some of the world's finest wines, jams and fruit nectars. Your tour will proceed through Niagara-on-the-Lake, one of the earliest British settlements in Canada and nowadays a charming town considered one of the prettiest in Ontario.
Since the early 1820’s, millions of visitors have been attracted to Niagara Falls. You will have the opportunity to feel the Falls up close as they venture down below the Falls and feel the thundering water pour over them! Don’t worry - everyone is given a rain cape to protect them from the mist! Elevators will take your group through the rock face to the network of tunnels that run behind the Falls. One of the tunnels leads out to a lookout point just to the side of the thundering water, while the other leads to an opening behind the falls. The water literally pours right over you!
As for an evening meal, your group will enjoy a delicious buffet dinner overlooking the Falls. As you head back to Toronto, take a last glimpse of the magnificent Falls illuminated at night.
Package includes: tour guide, return transportation to Niagara Falls via deluxe coach, admission to Journey Behind the Falls, buffet dinner overlooking The Falls and all applicable taxes & restaurant gratuities
PRE & POST TOURS
Niagara-on-the-Lake & Winery Tour – 7 hours
Wednesday, September 17 – 10:30-17:30 - $92 per person
Travel through the Niagara region to uncover the mysteries behind the making of Ontario wine.
There are some 15,000 acres of vineyards in the Niagara area producing a glorious range of wines to delight all palates. Its temperate climate, blending of soils, and warm summers nourish and mature grapes for these superb wines. There are now more than forty Ontario wineries in the Niagara region, the first of which was established in 1873.
The tour will proceed through Niagara-on-the-Lake, a charming town considered to be one of the prettiest in Ontario. Guests will have free time for lunch here before heading to the first winery.
Learn about the making of wine through discussion and tasting as the group visits two world-class wineries. Upon arrival at the first, experts will guide your group through the vineyard, the underground barrel cellar as well as a structured tasting of three VQA wines.
En route back to Toronto, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a second VQA winery tour and tasting.
Package includes: tour guide, return transportation to Niagara Falls via deluxe coach, free time in Niagara-on-the-lake, two guided winery tours with wine tasting, and all applicable taxes.
Niagara Falls Excursion - with lunch & ‘Maid if the Mist” – 9 hours
Sunday, September 21 – 09:30-18:30 - $164 per person
Come experience one of the most breathtaking natural wonders of world… Niagara Falls.
On the journey to the falls, your coach will wind past luxurious country homes, plentiful orchards and rich vineyards. There will also be some free time in the lovely historic town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Upon arrival at The Falls, capture a few pictures and enjoy a lunch buffet overlooking the Falls. Then, feel the rush of nature's own wonder with a half hour thrill of a lifetime aboard the world-famous Maid of the Mist. Water literally rushes all around as you "soak" in the excitement and explorethe roarof the Falls.
Relax on the way back to Toronto as you reflect on a journey that you won’t soon forget.
Package includes: tour guide, return transportation to Niagara Falls via deluxe coach, buffet lunch overlooking the Falls, “Maid of the Mist” ride, and all applicable taxes & restaurant gratuities
BOOKING & CANCELLATION POLICIES
All tours are sold on an optional basis. Space is limited, and advance registration is advised.
Tours must be paid in full in order to be registered.
ICS reserves the right to cancel any or all tours at any time, if minimum number requirements are not met; registrants will then receive a full refund.
If you wish to cancel a pre-booked optional tour, you must notify ICS by email at tours@meet-ics.com or by fax at (604) 681-1049, no later than August 26, 2008. There will be a $25 service fee per tour cancelled. No refunds will be issued after August 26, 2008.
Liability Conditions
The supplier companies providing transportation and other services are independent contractors and are not the agents, employees or servants of, or joint ventures with ICS or its affiliates. By agreeing to utilize the services of ICS and its affiliates or their employees or agents, participants are aware that ICS and the companies providing transportation (i.e. the bus companies, boat companies etc.) and other suppliers, shall not be liable for any damage, loss, claim, cost or expense arising out of personal injury, accident or death, loss, damage or delay of baggage or other property resulting from:
a) The act of omission on the part of any person other than ICS or its employees;
b) Acts of God, sickness, theft, labour disputes, mechanical breakdown, government actions, weather or any other causes beyond ICS's direct control.
All terms and conditions, including fares, schedules, venues and rates may be subject to change, due to circumstances beyond ICS’s control. In this case, ICS will provide participating delegates adequate notice so that any alternate arrangements may be made.
Should you have any questions, please contact
tours@meet-ics.com and be sure to mention “INPAPNN08”
