Student Bursaries
The BC History of Nursing Society welcomes student members and tries to provide additional resources directed to students.
Students who are members of the BC History of Nursing Society and who are pursuing studies in historical aspects of nursing are eligible for financial assistance from the Society. The purpose of the bursary funding is to encourage undergraduate and graduate students to undertake a project or study to add to the rich heritage of nursing history. Students may join the Society upon application for this bursary.
Successful applicants are expected to present some aspect of their work to the BCHNS.
Application forms are to be submitted by March 01 and November 01 each year.
The Bursary Committee will review the applications and forward recommendations to the BC History of Nursing Society Board.
Bursaries may be awarded twice yearly to students doing projects in the history of nursing.
The study can be:
- A written essay
- Preparation of nursing biographies
- Collection and documentation of oral histories of nurses
- Preparation of historical nursing materials for display and educational purposes
- Other historical research or projects involving nursing
- To view a listing of previously funded projects click here.
BC History of Nursing Society Awarded Bursaries 2003-2018
2003
Connie Lapadat
- Paper: History and trend for doctoral prepared nurses in Canada.
- School: University of British Columbia
2004
Linda Lemke
- Paper: Analysis of a Primary Document “This is a friendly house which will cap lives of devoted service”.
- School: University of British Columbia
2005
Lenora Marcellus
- Paper: Tiny Cripples and the Sunshine of Life: 15 Years of Children’s Nursing at Vancouver Island’s Queen Alexandra Solarium 1927-1942.
- School: University of Alberta
Jaclyn Madsen
- Paper: Image of Nursing through History.
- School: Kwantlen University College
Deborah Hamilton
- Paper: The Historical development of the Critical Care Nurse.
- School: University of British Columbia
2006
Nerrisa Bonifacio
- Paper: The evolution of family visitation in the Post-Anesthetic Recovery Room.
- School: University of British Columbia
Georgia Ioannou
- Paper: Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Management Nurses Role in International Health Care.
- School: Grand Canyon University, Arizona (Online Masters)
2007
Erica Roberts
- Paper: An oral history of nurse educator’s experiences in developing Gerontological nursing.
- School: University of British Columbia
Jennifer Dunlop
- Paper: To provide a historical context to the current debate of the role of nurse anesthetists in Canada.
- School: University of British Columbia
2008
Margaret Scaia
- Paper: To explore and understand significant intersections between the history of women, work and motherhood as reflected in changes in the social construction of nursing during the 1960’s.
- School: University of Victoria
2009
Rosalyn Choi
- Paper: The History of Deinstitutionalization and the Emergence of Survivor Groups and their Perspectives on BC Mental Health Reform.
- School: University of British Columbia
Sara Tung
- Paper: Policy Development and Cultural Change in BC Residential Elder Care: 1950-2005.
- School: University of British Columbia
Nerrisa Bonifacio
- Paper: History of the Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit with emphasis on the development of specialty nursing.
- School: University of British Columbia
Charlene Ronquillo
- Paper: History of Immigrant Filipino nurses in Canada
- School: University of British Columbia
2010
Christine Switzer
- Project: Collection of documents and pictures of Mary Isabel MacDonald (1891-1970) detailing her life journey to become a nurse.
- School: Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Helen Vandenberg
- Paper: The History of Japanese, Chinese and East Indian Health Care and Services in BC from 1880-1920.
- School: University of British Columbia
2011
Dorolen Wolfs
- Paper: Self-Expressed Identity of BC Nurses who Commenced Their Careers in the Post WWII Period (1945-1950): A Historical Inquiry
- School: University of the Fraser Valley
2012
Lydia Wytenbroek
- Paper: I Don’t Think I Want a Career with this WHO: The Challenges of International Nursing as Experienced by WHO Nurse Margaret Campbell Jackson in Iran 1954-56
- School: Trinity Western University
Melissa Suzuki
- Paper: Public Health Nursing Education and the Child Guidance Clinics in British Columbia 1932-1950
- School: Trinity Western University
2013
Catherine Haney
- Paper: The Development of Abortion Nursing in Canada with Implications of Women’s Health Today
- School: University of British Columbia
Shari Caputo
- Paper: A Social History Study on Licensed Practical Nurse Development in Western Canada
- School: University of British Columbia
2014
Catherine Haney
- Paper: Towards Patient-Centered Reproductive Healthcare in Canada
- School: University of British Columbia
Sandra Hlina
- Paper: To explore and understand the transition of nursing education from the hospital based model to the academic model using the biographical framework of Mary Lewis Richmond
- School: University of British Columbia
2015
Lydia Wytenbroek
- Paper PhD: Contested Health Care: Gender, Faith, Professionalism, Nationalism and American Medicine in Iran 1920-1960
- School: York University
Hrag Yacoubian
- Paper: To Study the Humanitarian Relief Work of Missionary Nurses to Better Understand the Role that the North American Nurses Played During and After the Armenian Genocide.
- School: University of British Columbia – MSN
2016
Taranjot Gill
- Paper: To examine what has influenced the development and current status of Public Health Nursing in BC.
- School: University of British Columbia – MSN
2017
Sarah Cook
- Paper: The historical nursing experience of the Nichols sisters in northern BC from 1921-1935
- School: Trinity Western – Masters
2018
David Yacoubian
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- Paper: Canadian nurses’ transnational leadership during the Armenian Genocide
- School: UBC -Doctoral student
In 2019 the BCHNS Board changed the word Scholarship to Bursary in order to reflect the nature of the award
2020 Spring
David Yacoubian
- Paper: The History of Nursing and Humanitarianism in the Near East 1890-1930
- School: UBC Doctoral Student
2020 Fall
Michelle Danda
- Paper: A Historical Examination of the Evolution of Psychiatric Nurse Education in BC from the years 1913-2018
- School: University of Alberta Doctoral Student
Ismalia De Sousa
- Paper: Black Nurses in British Columbia: Exploring Their (in)visibility between 1850 and 1940
- School: UBC Doctoral Student
2021 Fall
Michelle Danda
- Paper: Exploring the History of Registered Psychiatric Nursing Education in British Columbia from 1913-2012
- School: University of Alberta Doctoral Student
2022 Fall
Michelle Danda
- Paper: Exploring the History of Registered Psychiatric Nursing Education in British Columbia from 1913-2012
- School: University of Alberta Doctoral Student
2023 Spring
Alistair White
- Paper: The Complex Role of Public Health Nurses in the Yukon: A Historical Analysis of Gender, Race and Colonialism, 1945-1990
- School: University of British Columbia School of Nursing
2024 Spring
Claire Pitcher
- Paper: 1. Analyzing how the historical & sociopolitical context in Canada has influenced the current state of nursing in the 21st century
- Paper: 2. Examining the impact of the current nursing landscape on adolescent access to mental health and substance use services
- School: University of British Columbia School of Nursing
Isamalia De Sousa
- Paper: Black Cross Nurses in Canada
- School: University of British Columbia