Welcome to CNAR’s
20th Anniversary Celebration Hub!
Learn more about CNAR, our Members, Partners, and Affiliates as well as our historical milestones! Be sure to also share your story and join the trivia contest for a chance to win a CNAR 2024 Conference ticket!
Follow CNAR’s Journey
2007: CNNAR hosts its first national conference, and follows with annual educational events.
Share your CNAR Story!
Did CNAR have an impact on you, either personally or professionally? Did a chance meeting at a CNAR Conference create a lifelong friendship? Did a Coping with COVID Virtual Discussion help guide your best practices during an unprecedented time during the pandemic? Did you meet a professional mentor or develop a professional network through CNAR? Tell us your story and send your good wishes, and qualify for a free ticket to CNAR 2024! See below for details.
Learn More about CNAR and Win!
Do you love the CNAR Conference’s Annual Trivia Challenge? No need to wait till October! From August to December, we will be posting a trivia question every week to this website as well through our social media channels. Each correct answer will qualify you for entry in a draw for a chance to win a free (non-transferable) ticket to CNAR 2024 in Ottawa!
We welcome our first contribution to Share Your CNAR Experience!
By Katya Masnyk, Senior Consultant, Evidence and Research, Ontario College of Pharmacists and former CNAR Chair of the Board.
FOLLOW
CNAR’s JOURNEY
Over the next few months, we will give you the opportunity to learn more about CNAR – and provide the keys to answering CNAR trivia questions correctly! Keep an eye on this space, as it will continually be updated with interesting milestones about CNAR’s journey over the last 20 years!
2000
Engineers Canada and the Canadian Nurses Association discuss responding to changes to the Immigration Act. They invited other national associations of regulators to join and created the Coalition of Regulatory-related Agencies. The first meeting welcomes 14 national organizations.
2003
“CNNAR” is born! CORA becomes the Canadian Network of National Associations of Regulators (CNNAR) to reflect the increasing need to address common issues at the national level.
2006
CNNAR becomes a non-profit corporation under the Canada Corporations Act.
2007
CNNAR hosts its first national conference! This is followed by annual educational events.
2000
Engineers Canada and the Canadian Nurses Association discuss responding to changes to the Immigration Act. They invited other national associations of regulators to join and created the Coalition of Regulatory-related Agencies. The first meeting welcomes 14 national organizations.
2003
“CNNAR” is born! CORA becomes the Canadian Network of National Associations of Regulators (CNNAR) to reflect the increasing need to address common issues at the national level.
2006
CNNAR becomes a non-profit corporation under the Canada Corporations Act.
2007
CNNAR hosts its first national conference! This is followed by annual educational events.
2012
CNNAR holds its first conference outside of Toronto, Ontario, and welcomes its largest number of attendees to date in Ottawa.
CNNAR renamed the Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation (CNAR) to embrace its growing membership. CNAR creates Communities of Interest for professional regulators to share information, best practices, and resources. CNAR adds investigations training to its roster of educational offerings.
CNAR launches its new website and self-serve member portal. The new site includes collaborative work spaces, searchable directories, event registration, a job board, and a survey tool.
CNAR introduces a more inclusive membership model in which provincial organizations from the not-for-profit sector become eligible to join CNAR. CNAR’s organizational membership more than doubles by the end of the calendar year. CNAR hosts its largest annual Conference to date, with almost 400 delegates attending the event in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
CNAR launches its Corporate Partnership Program, formalizing relationships with four key organizations.
CNAR Annual Conference, hosted in Quebec City, attracts almost 600 delegates from every province and territory in Canada.
2020
CNAR introduces ‘virtual discussions’ open to the entire community to discuss the challenges presented by the pandemic. Virtual discussions evolve to become a staple a CNAR programming going forward.
2021
CNAR deepens live virtual content offerings and launches eBooks and a video library.
2022
CNAR launches a hybrid Conference format, attracting a record number of delegates with virtually and on Prince Edward Island. CNAR 2022 also marks the first in Canada’s smallest province, demonstrating commitment to serving regulators nationwide.
2023
We mark our 20th-Anniversary celebration in Vancouver, BC with our largest ever conference! CNAR hosts an augural International Symposium, featuring speakers from the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S.
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CNAR TV presents
Share Your CNAR Story
We sincerely thank Katya Masnyk, Senior Consultant, Evidence and Research, Ontario College of Pharmacists and former CNAR Chair of the Board, for sharing her CNAR experience.
Did CNAR have an impact on you, either personally or professionally? Did a chance meeting at a CNAR Conference create a lifelong friendship? Did a Coping with COVID Virtual Discussion help guide your best practices during an unprecedented time during the pandemic? Did you meet a professional mentor or develop a professional network through CNAR?
Share your story with us and qualify for a chance to win a ticket for CNAR 2024! Each submission will give you a chance to win; share several stories and increase your chances!
Please see the rules and guidelines below. Don’t have a story but would like to extend best wishes? We welcome your comments!
- Each submission counts as one entry. (If you submit three stories, your name will be entered three times into the draw.)
- Submit your story or link to your MP4 files to: CNAR20th@cnar-rcor.ca
- A name entry only does not qualify. However, simple best wishes to CNAR are welcome both by video and an in writing – as long as we can use your quote!
- You may submit your story via a recorded video (MP4, 90-seconds to two minutes in length) or a brief written piece.
- The story must be true and must be from your own personal experience.
- For written stories, there is no minimum word count – nor is it limited!
- You must be comfortable with CNAR publishing the story or video via various channels (social media, on the 20th Anniversary website, at the Conference, etc. (Stories will be selected at CNAR’s discretion.)
- Feel free to share an accompanying photo with a written story.
- Your entries will go towards winning a complimentary (non-transferable) ticket to attend CNAR 2024 in Ottawa next October, valued at approximately CDN$1,000 each. Select submission applicants will receive a CNAR water bottle or other small surprises for their time!
- The winner will be announced in the December issue of Network News. CNAR will also contact you via email if you do not claim your prize.
- The complimentary ticket cannot be exchanged for cash, applied to another CNAR event, or deferred to a future CNAR Conference.
Celebrate CNAR and Win!
CNAR Trivia Contest
Do you love the CNAR Conference’s Annual Trivia Challenge? No need to wait till October! From August to December, we will be posting a trivia question every week to this website as well through our social media channels. Each correct answer will qualify you for entry in a draw for a chance to win a free (non-transferable) ticket to CNAR 2024 in Ottawa! Please see the rules and guidelines below.
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Trivia Questions
1. What did ‘CNNAR’ do for the first time in 2007?
Email your answer to CNAR20th@cnar-rcor.ca. See below for the rules and details. Each entry qualifies you for a chance to win a ticket to CNAR 2024!
Leader Board
The Leader Board represents those who have answered the most correct answers. When there is a tie, those who answered first appear on the Board. Please note, the person in first place is not the guaranteed winner of the Trivia contest, but is in the lead in terms of the number of opportunities entered to win the complimentary ticket. The top three on the Leader Board will also receive an extra entry at the time of the draw. Good luck!
1st Place
Marla N.
2nd Place
Tammy L.
3rd Place
Nicole F.
- Each correct answer counts as one entry and will be entered into the draw to win a complimentary (non-transferable) ticket to CNAR 2024, valued at approximately CDN$1,000!
- To submit your answer, please send it to CNAR20th@cnar-rcor.ca with the subject line: CNAR 20th Trivia Contest. In the email body, please state the question and answer.
- Hints in solving the question will be on the Anniversary page!
- If your answer incorrect, you may submit again before the answers are revealed 72 hours after the initial posting.
- The winner will be announced in the December issue of Network News. CNAR will also contact you via email if you do not claim your prize.
- The complimentary ticket cannot be exchanged for cash, applied to another CNAR event, or deferred to a future CNAR Conference.
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