About Sara
Sara is an experienced nurse leader, advocate, storyteller and champion for raising awareness and improving the healthcare system.
Sara has been a registered nurse since 2007. Her expertise is in maternal child health, with clinical experience in obstetrics and the NICU.
She has worked in academic and community hospitals and home health as a bedside nurse, educator, advanced practice nurse and professional practice specialist. She is making a difference through healthcare advocacy and is passionate about issues such as mental health, psychological safety, advocacy, and raising awareness of the value nurses bring!
Featured Media
Amie Archibald-Varley & Sara Fung on ‘The Wisdom of Nurses’, The Social
Realities of being a nurse in Canada, CTV Your Morning
The problem with seeing nursing as ‘a calling’, CBC The Current
The Gritty Nurse Podcast and The Wisdom of Nurses: CP24
‘Nurses are hurting’: The latest organizations, efforts to support the mental health of nurses: Today.com
Raising their voices – U of T Nursing Alumni give nurses platform for change with The Gritty Nurse Podcast, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Finding the courage to move towards real action, Hospital News
One-year vaccine anniversary brings ‘bittersweet’ memories for health-care workers, Toronto Star
W5: Healthcare workers facing Covid-19 burnout
White Coat, Black Art with Dr. Brian Goldman
50+ Nurses to Follow on Instagram: Nurse.org
Should Overwhelmed Hospitals Fire Unvaccinated Workers? TVO: The Agenda
Events
Nov 6, 2025 – Serefin Health– Keynote Fireside Chat, Toronto, Ontario
Mar 3, 2025 – Public Service Alliance of Canada – panel speaker, Ottawa, ON
Dec 5, 2024 – Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (virtual)
Nov 20, 2024 – Canadian Nurses Association – Virtual Podcast for Third National Anti-Racism Summit (virtual)
Nov 14, 2024 – Horizon Health Network – Keynote, Saint John, Newfoundland
Oct 21, 2024 – Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba – Keynote, Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 15, 2024 – Beyond Bedside Nursing Job Fair (virtual)
May 10, 2024 – U of T Faculty of Nursing
May 6, 2024 – Nursing Week keynote – Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON
May 6, 2024 – Nursing Week keynote – Unity Health, virtual
Apr 24, 2024 – In-person keynote & panel – BC Nurses Union – Vancouver, BC
Apr 10, 2024 – In-person media appearance – The Good Stuff with Mary Berg
Apr 9-14, 2024 – In-person cruise attendee – NurseCon at Sea – Miami, FL
Apr 2, 2024 – Book release date – The Wisdom of Nurses – international
Feb 26, 2024 – Career workshop- York University School of Nursing – virtual
Jan 24, 2024 – In person workshop – United Nurses of Alberta Local 301, Edmonton, AB
SARA FUNG, MN, BScN, RN, received her bachelor of science in nursing from Western University and her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Toronto. Her expertise is in maternal child health, with clinical experience in obstetrics and the NICU. She has been practising as a registered nurse since 2007 and has worked in both academic and community hospitals and home health as a bedside nurse, an educator, an advanced practice nurse and a professional practice specialist.
Sara is a bestselling author of the book, The Wisdom of Nurses, and has written op-eds for organizations such as Chatelaine, The Globe and Mail, and Code White.
Author, The Wisdom of Nurses by HarperCollins Publishers
Op-Ed: Chatelaine, Nurses Are Burned Out—But COVID-19 Isn’t Over. Will Canada Take Care Of Us?
Op-Ed, The Globe and Mail: Nurses have helped protect Canadians from COVID-19. But who will protect nurses?
Op-Ed, Our Times, Code White: Sounding the Alarm on Violence Against Health Care Workers
