by admin | Oct 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
This Ontario memorial, located in Manitoulin Island’s Monument Corner, is dedicated to the women of Manitoulin who served and died during the two World Wars. Special tribute is paid to those who served as Canadian Nursing Sisters. The memorial was dedicated in...
by admin | Sep 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Two Nurses from “the past” addressed the incoming class of nursing students. Cheryl Entwistle & Sheila Zerr dressed in costume to share traditions of nursing and “what it means to be a nurse”. Cheryl & Sheila are teachers at heart and...
by admin | Jun 16, 2019 | Conferences, Displays, Member News, Uncategorized
The joint conference of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine and the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing, held during the Congress 2019 at UBC from June 1 – 3, was host to a special program celebrating the centenary of the UBC School of...
by admin | Jun 16, 2019 | Conferences, Displays, HON News
2019 BCHF Annual Conference June 6 – 9, 2019, Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland B.C. Glennis Zilm and Nan Martin were delighted to represent our Society at yet another very successful BC Historical Federation conference in...
by admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Awards, HON News, Uncategorized
Joanne Whitelaw, daughter of the late June Newton, sent us an e-mail telling us that her mother’s friend and fellow nursing sister Maxine Bredt, had recently received a Quilt of Valor. Maxine, a graduate of the Royal Jubilee Hospital served with her classmate June...
