She has worked as a nurse in adult cardiology, community care, and as an education coordinator in mental health. She completed her PhD in nursing at the University of Toronto. Her research interests are strategic health human resources retention – specifically, understanding the factors that encourage nurses to stay in their current job. Her thesis is entitled: “Part-time nurse faculty intent to remain employed in the academic organization”. For the last 2 years, Era Mae has worked in the field of occupational health and safety – first with the Institute for Work & Health and now with the Public Services Health & Safety Association. Her work has focused on workplace violence prevention in healthcare. Currently, she is the Project Lead of PSHSA’s Ontario-wide initiative to prevent and manage workplace violence in the acute care, long-term care and community care sectors.