by admin | Jul 8, 2020 | Events
Survivors of Vancouver’s great fire of 1886 took refuge in Hasting’s Mill Store. The building survived the fire and exists today as the Old Hasting’s Mill Store Museum, Vancouver’s oldest building. Emily Patterson, Vancouver’s pioneer first...
by admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Events, Uncategorized
The HMHS Llandovery Castle was one of five Canadian military hospital ships during the First World War. It was hit by a torpedo from a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on June 27, 1918. Of the 234 people who died, 14 were Canadian nurses. The story of the...
by admin | Mar 4, 2020 | Displays, Events, Uncategorized
Lynette Harper, a niece of Dr. Helen Mussallem, recently contacted us to let us know that one of her aunt’s WW2 nursing uniforms was on display at the Maple Ridge Museum and Community Archives. The Museum’s curator (Shea Henry) shared pictures of the displayed uniform...
by admin | Mar 1, 2020 | Events, Uncategorized
Hot off the press today: Feb 29, 2020 This Week in History: Royal BC Museum receives an incredible donation from Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae. Spotted by one of the RJH alumni members, this news-worthy item was passed on to us to share with our...
by admin | Mar 1, 2020 | Displays, Events, Uncategorized
Gloria Stephens, a former BCHNS member left BC a few years back and established the Nova Scotia History of Nursing Group. She was recently interviewed by the CBC Atlantic News that featured the group’s archives located at the former Victoria General Hospital...
by admin | Feb 1, 2020 | Events, Uncategorized
The role of nursing and midwifery has been recognized by the World Health Organization as they designate 2020 “The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife” in honor of Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday. The designation comes with a push for expansion: “the world needs 9...
