Parade of Past & Present nursing uniforms

Parade of Past & Present nursing uniforms

  On May 12, 2018  the Vancouver Island University hosted & co-sponsored the Fashion Show Parade of past and present nursing costumes and uniforms called  “Dressing Up History: nurses uniforms and professional identity” The BCHNS received the...
Ann Thomas Callahan’s Story

Ann Thomas Callahan’s Story

We think you will enjoy reading this touching and amazing story about one of Manitoba’s first indigenous nurses. Ann Thomas Callahan spent 14 years in residential schools and after pursuing more education, became one of the first First Nations nurses in...
Successful Symposium

Successful Symposium

The theme for the 5th Nursing History Symposium,  “In Search of Nursing’s History” , was held March 8, 2018 in the UBC Woodward Library. Speakers from the Library described the history of the collections, preserving nursing and health history in a time of...