by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Events
LET US CHERISH FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!
by admin | Aug 8, 2022 | Events
In March of 2022, the entire archival collection of the BC History of Nursing Society was transferred to the University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC). The Society fonds includes information on individual nurses, nursing groups,...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | Events
May 9-15, 2022: The National Nursing Week annual celebrations take place from the Monday to the Sunday of the same week as Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12. In 1971, ICN designated May 12, the birthday of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, as...
by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | Call for Papers, Events, Uncategorized
Annual Meeting of CAHN University of Ottawa 9th-11th June 2022 The history of healthcare was for a long time devoted only to the history of doctors and their inventions and theories. It was not until the 1970s that a history of health emerged that at first focused on...
by admin | Oct 31, 2020 | Events
Shirley Ridalls graduated from the Calgary General Hospital School of Nursing in 1954 and shortly after joined the Royal Canadian Medical Corps as a reserve nursing sister. Her job was to train medical assistants to provide care to wounded and sick soldiers. After a...
by admin | Oct 2, 2020 | Events, Uncategorized
School District 60 received more than 70 public submissions about a name for Fort St. John’s new elementary school, and pioneer nurse Anne Roberts Young was top among the suggestions. Roberts was the first registered nurse stationed in the North Peace, arriving...
