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...
by admin | May 31, 2019 | Member News, Uncategorized
Jessie Middleton (nee Lee) passed away peacefully on May 22, 2019 at the age of 102. The youngest of 12 children, she was born and raised on the family farm in Murrayville BC. She entered the nursing program at the Royal Columbian Hospital and graduated in September...
