Honourees Recognized for Making a Difference
100 people received the Dean’s Medal of Distinction created to honour the University of British Columbia and the Faculty of Applied Science’s 100th anniversary.
BCHNS member gets article posted on Bates Center Blog
BCHNC Member is published
BCHNS member, Lydia Wytenbroek wrote an article in Honor of Nurses Week- “The Stethoscope: A Tool of Nurses’ Trade since the 1930’s” that got published today May 12th, as a lead article on the Blog “Echoes & Evidence” at The Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
Click on link to view this article & others… Congratulations Lydia!
VGH Alumnae & BCHNS Celebrate Nurses Week May 12th
VGH Alumnae & BCHNS celebrate Nurses Week together on Florence Nightingale’s Birthday, May 12, 2016.
May 10th Nurses Week Event
Vancouver Community Nursing Week Celebration
This annual event was held at Van Dusen Gardens on May 10, 2016. BCHNS was invited to have a display table where Cheryl Entwistle & Jackie Ratzlaff manned the display in vintage costumes.
May 4, 2016 Members of BCHNS attend Student Nurse event
BCHNS members attended the first Grad Students Symposium where BCHNS had a partial sponsorship of a display table at the Irving K Barber Center.
Sheila Z, Glennis Zilm & Cheryl attended and all appreciated and were very impressed with the presentations.
Cheryl dressed in costume while attending the display table.
JUNE 16 – 18 CAHN CONFERENCE DETAILS
Registration and information about the Annual Conference, “Brains, Guts and Gumption: Historical Perspectives on Nursing Education, Practice and Entrepreneurship” (Vancouver, June 16-18, 2016) is now available on the CAHN/ACHN website.
Early bird registration is open until April 30th. This option allows you to register for parking at the Century Plaza Hotel for $10.00/day on Friday and Saturday.
To register, please follow this link: http://cahn-achn.ca/annual-conference/
To view a preliminary program, please follow this link: http://cahn-achn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/CAHN-2016-Preliminary-Program-Final-Version-2.pdf
CNA Nurse Emeritis
The Canadian Nurses Association is now providing retired nurses with a Nurse Emeritis membership. This includes receiving the Canadian Nurse Journal, certain 3rd party benefits and certain discounts with Telus.
Full membership fee for retired nurses is $54.95 / year and will be pro-rated if registering part way thru the year. BC Tax rate of 5% added = $57.70
Registration form on website and Online registration is also available https://www.join.cna-aiic.ca.
RJH Alumnae Celebrate 125th Reunion and AGM
Sat April 9th, 2016 Graduates from the Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing celebrated the 125th reunion/ AGM combined with 210 attending. Special congratulations to the class of ’66 on their 50th anniversary.
CAHN Conference open for Registration!!
Online registration button for the CAHN conference to the Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry blog is now available.
Everyone is invited to the conference, which is held in Vancouver June 16-18, 2016 at St. Paul’s Hospital. We are very excited and hope to see many of you in June!
All the information (such as the preliminary program, information on accommodation, transportation, parking and the registration button) is available on our blog at: http://blogs.ubc.ca/nursinghistory/
March 19, 2016 Glennis Zilm presents at Surrey Museum
Dressed in a heritage nursing uniform and armed with artifacts and photographs, Glennis Zilm transports you back to pioneer Surrey, when health care was not what it is today.
Surrey Museum, Cloverdale (on Highway 10), Saturday, March 19 2:00pm-3:00pm
By donation
See more at: http://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/2382.aspx#sthash.RPI72T2c.dpuf
The home pages are, http://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/2382.aspx – one should be able to bring up a map. There is lots of free parking, which one accesses from the back of the building on 56A Avenue.