Lenora Marcellus receives the “Award of Excellence in Advancing Nursing Knowledge & Research”

25 November 2016March 14, 2017

BCHNS member Lynette Best receives “Lifetime Achievement” Award

21 November 2016November 25, 2016

Farewell to North Vancouver General Hospital Sunday September 25, 2016

8 October 2016October 8, 2016

The celebration held on Sunday, September 25, 2016 paid tribute to the history of the North Vancouver General Hospital which opened its doors in 1929 and was the medical focal point of the North Shore for many years.Continue reading

BC Historical Federation Conference Attended

6 June 2016October 10, 2016

Revelstoke Revisited. BCHF Annual Conference

May 26 to 28, 2016 – Revelstoke, B.C.

June Health History Events

6 June 2016September 29, 2016

On June 14th Visiting Scholar Dr. Tommy Dickinson presents his work on “‘Curing Queers’: Mental Nurses and their Patients 1935-1974” at the UBC School of Nursing. This is a lunch hour session from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in Room T182 on the third floor of UBC Hospital. Please click on the link below for more details.
From June 16-18, The Canadian Association for the History of Nursing Annual Conference will be held at St. Paul’s Hospital. You are invited to register for the entire conference (June 16-18) or for just the opening panel on “Health, History, and Indigenous Communities” on Thursday June 16th from 5:00 pm.

To register online for the conference or panel, please visit http://blogs.ubc.ca/nursinghistory/

VGH Alumnae & BCHNS Celebrate Nurses Week May 12th

25 May 2016September 29, 2016

VGH Alumnae & BCHNS celebrate Nurses Week together on Florence Nightingale’s Birthday, May 12, 2016.

May 10th Nurses Week Event

12 May 2016August 27, 2016

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

12 May 2016March 14, 2017

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.

RJH Alumnae Celebrate 125th Reunion and AGM

9 April 2016March 14, 2017

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.

Photo Credit: Lenore Radom Jan'72 — Photo Credit: Lenore Radom Jan’72

March 19, 2016 Glennis Zilm presents at Surrey Museum

12 March 2016March 14, 2017

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.

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