Laura-Lynne Funnelle is a Clinical Nurse Educator for the In-House Perioperative Program at Abbotsford Regional Hospital within the Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia. She has completed her Bachelor of Arts in Leadership after completing her diploma program in nursing.

She has 25 years of experience as a Registered Nurse in the operating room. During her time in the OR, she shared her passion for patient advocacy and implementing best practice and took on various leadership roles including a Patient Care Coordinator.

Laura has spent some time as a Surgical Clinical Review Nurse for the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and is an active member of the Quality Improvement Team. She is the current President of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island region of the Perioperative Nurses Association of British Columbia and is excited to begin her journey as an ORNAC director.

Gillian Gosse is an Operating Room Nurse at the Janeway Children’s and Women’s Health Hospital in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. She began her perioperative nursing career in a tertiary care setting and has since expanded her practice to include travel nursing in Labrador, where she provided care in limited-access and resource-constrained communities.

Throughout her career, Gillian has been a strong advocate for patient-centered care, with a particular focus on access to safe, high-quality, and compassionate surgical services. Her experiences in both specialized pediatric and women’s health surgery, as well as in remote practice, have strengthened her commitment to advancing perioperative nursing practice across diverse care settings.

Gillian has taken on professional leadership roles and is currently serving as President-Elect of the Newfoundland and Labrador Operating Room Nurses Association (NLORNA). She is eager to continue building her knowledge, leadership experience, and national connections as she begins her role as a Director on the Board of the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC).

Special Advisor to the Board of Directors

Angelina is the Clinical Resource Leader of the operating room, outpatient procedure unit & MDRD at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. She currently holds a Master of Nursing from Athabasca University and her CNA Certification for Perioperative Nursing.

She is also part of the faculty at Centennial College where she has taught within the perioperative nursing program for over the past 20 years. Angelina really enjoys teaching and has found it very rewarding to support new and upcoming perioperative nurses.

Through her work in the Master of Nursing Program, Angelina has found the importance of maintaining quality control for academic journals and has identified an interest in supporting the ORNAC journal where she has peer reviewed several articles and has supported its re-development to an Open Access platform which increases its accessibility and widens the dissemination of research.

She has volunteered her time as a member of the board of directors for ORNAC where she is currently in her third term.

Nursing is Shannon’s second career, having originally earned a Bachelor of Management degree before returning to university to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 2010. She found her passion in the Operating Room in 2014 and has remained dedicated to perioperative nursing care ever since. From 2022 to 2025, Shannon served in the Public Relations role of her provincial OR nursing group (SORNG). She is excited to join a passionate and dedicated group of perioperative leaders as a member of the ORNAC Board of Directors. She looks forward to continuing her promotion and advocacy for the unique specialty of perioperative nursing.