by admin | Jun 10, 2025 | HON News
June is Indigenous History Month in Canada and June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. We celebrate the contributions Edith Monture, a pioneering Mohawk nurse who leaves an impressive legacy. Born on April 10, 1890, on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford,...
by admin | May 27, 2025 | Conferences, HON News
The 2025 Spring BCHNS newsletter includes a full report and photographs of the successful 35th anniversary celebration, which took place on April 14th 2025 at Cecil Green Park House on the UBC campus. President Geertje Boschma’s opening remarks, along with...
by admin | May 16, 2025 | HON News
Nursing Week 2025: Celebrating Action & Impact May 12–18 marks Nursing Week 2025, a time to recognize and celebrate the vital role nurses play in shaping the health and well-being of our communities. This annual celebration is always tied to the May 12 birthday of...
by admin | Mar 26, 2025 | HON News
Congratulations Heather Mass, Don Ransom and Kathy Murphy On March 5th at the Arbutus Club in Vancouver, the Registered Nurses Foundation of British Columbia (RNFBC) celebrated and honoured three remarkable individuals, Heather Mass, Don Ransom and Kathy Murphy for...
by admin | Jan 29, 2025 | HON News
Lisa Smith, a noted author, and Board Member of the Friends of Old Hastings Mill Store Museum, invites BCHNS members to visit the Museum on BC Family Day 2025. (February 15/16 1 – 4 pm) The Museum is Vancouver’s oldest surviving building c. 1868. The theme of the...
by admin | Jan 15, 2025 | HON News
Postings on the blog have been few in the past few months as we have been working hard refreshing and updating the content on the website in preparation for a fresh look on our new website coming soon. Here are a few catch-up items that we saved that will be of...
by admin | Jan 15, 2025 | HON News
We are excited to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the BCHNS on April 14, at the 2025 Nursing History Symposium. Please check the Events Page for additional details Or click on this...
by admin | Sep 4, 2023 | Awards, Member News
Dr. Sally Thorne, a professor in UBC School of Nursing, and associate dean of faculty affairs within the Faculty of Applied Science, has been appointed Member of the Order of Canada. This honour recognizes Dr. Thorne’s extensive contributions to the practice and...
by admin | Feb 27, 2023 | Events
The annual BCHF conference will be held in Princeton this summer from July 20-23. The conference marks a return to the first time the BCHF will hold an in-person event since 2019. For Registration & Program...
by admin | Feb 26, 2023 | Awards, Member News
Congratulations to Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek who received the 2022 Mary Adelaide Nutting Award from the American Association for the History of Nursing “for outstanding research and writing produced by an experienced scholar for Nursing (Inter)nationalism in Iran,...