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Get in touch Explore the Health Care Shield

Call 416 567 7556
Email janursingservices@gmail.com
Serving the GTA and surrounding areas.

For organizations

Nursing beyond the bedside

Practical health education your people can actually use.

Michelle works with workplaces, organizations, community groups and event organizers to deliver engaging speaking and educational sessions, share the Health Care Shield with their communities, and provide consulting and education tailored to their needs.

  • Speaking and workshops
  • Health Care Shield for groups and events
  • Consulting and education
Michelle Smith speaking on stage at a professional event
24+Years as an RPN
7+Years CRTWC certified
314K+Blog page views

Three ways to work together


Give your people practical tools to better navigate their health.

01Bring her in

Speaking and workshops

Keynotes, workshops, panel moderation and event hosting, shaped around your audience rather than delivered off the shelf.

  • Health navigation and self advocacy
  • Caregiving and healthy aging
  • Workplace wellness, disability and return to work
  • Mental health and resilience
Check availability
02Share the Shield

Health Care Shield for groups and events

Share the Health Care Shield with your staff, members, event attendees or community. Bulk copies are available for organizations, workplaces, groups, conferences and community events.

  • Bulk copies for staff or members
  • Conferences and special events
  • Community and group distribution
  • Copies with a workshop or session
Ask about bulk orders
03Build it together

Consulting and education

For organizations looking for more tailored education, guidance or support beyond a single speaking session.

  • Health literacy initiatives
  • Workplace and community education
  • Occupational and non occupational disability education
  • Return to work education
  • Program development
Start the conversation
Michelle Smith addressing a community audience

Why Michelle


Professional experience grounded in real world advocacy.

Michelle Smith is a Registered Practical Nurse, Certified Return to Work Coordinator, health and social advocate, author and community educator. With more than 24 years of nursing experience, she brings practical professional knowledge and lived experience to sessions designed to be informative, relatable and useful to real audiences.

  • Registered Practical Nurse, 24+ years
  • Certified Return to Work Coordinator through NIDMAR, 7+ years
  • Top 100 Canadian Black Women to Watch by CIBWE, 2015
  • Role Model and Achiever Award, Black Canadian Awards, 2016
  • Contributor to the Toronto Caribbean Newspaper, with previous health education experience on 105.5 FM
  • More than 314,000 page views across health education and community blog content
  • Author of The Health Care Shield Workbook

Signature topics


Built for real audiences

Each topic can be delivered as a keynote, workshop or facilitated session and adapted to the needs of your audience or event.

01Theme

Health care literacy, advocacy and community empowerment

Helping individuals, families and communities better understand and navigate health care through education, self advocacy, cultural awareness, inclusion and health equity.

02Theme

Workplace disability, accommodation and return to work

Practical education on occupational and non occupational disability management, workplace accommodation and return to work processes to support more informed and effective workplace practices.

03Theme

Mental wellness, resilience and entrepreneurship

Practical conversations about emotional wellness, stress, resilience and the pressures that can come with work, leadership and entrepreneurship.

Looking for something tailored to your audience?

Tell Michelle who the audience is and what you want them walking out with. Youth leadership, life skills and other topics are also available on request.

Start the conversation

Who Michelle works with


Organizations she is brought into

  • Employers and workplaces
  • Seniors organizations
  • Health care organizations
  • Caregiver organizations
  • Professional associations
  • Churches and faith communities
  • Community organizations
  • Non profit organizations
  • Schools and youth groups
  • Conferences and special events

What to expect


What participants walk out with

  • Interactive and engaging sessions
  • Real world examples and practical strategies
  • Thought provoking discussion
  • A welcoming and inclusive environment
  • Actionable takeaways that can be used immediately

Work with Michelle


Tell us about your organization.

Send the audience, the outcome you want and any dates you are working to. You will hear back with availability and next steps.

Prefer to talk it through first?

Call or email directly. Conference, staff development day, wellness initiative, panel or community gathering, the first conversation costs nothing.