by admin | Oct 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ron Hyde, from the BC Historical Federation presented Anita Petersen and Lenore Radom with their BC Best Website Award Sunday, Sept 16th at our TEA & TALES event. The Award consisted of a certificate each and $250.00 to BCHNS. Lenore then presented Anita...
by admin | Sep 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Tea & Tales event Sunday September 16th, at Hycroft mansion, featuring 3 authors, was another successful event enjoyed by all 31 who attended. Authors, Carol Harrison from Terrace, Sonya Grypma & Lisa Smith both from Lower Mainland gave very informative...
by admin | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
President Kathy Murphy sends this photo of the BC representatives at the CAHN/ACHN Conference held in Halifax from June 15-17, 2018. Gloria Stephens, formerly from BC, was Chair of the Hosting Committee. “In the three days we heard 32 interesting research papers,...
by admin | Jun 29, 2018 | Events, Member News, Uncategorized
Here is a photo of BCHNS members that visited the Rare Books and Special Collections at the UBC Library, guided by Archivist Krisztina Laszio, on June 21, 2018. Nan Martin in the foreground is viewing some of the Florence Nightingale letters. Many of the letters are...
by admin | Jun 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ethel Warbinek attends her last meeting of the lower mainland branch of the BCHNS on June 7, 2018. Ethel, shortly relocating to the Okanagan, plans to participate in our future meetings via skype from her new home in Penticton. Ethel has been an extremely...
by admin | Jun 4, 2018 | Awards, HON News, Uncategorized
May 28, 2018 The BC History of Nursing Society is the recipient of the 2017 Best Website award. Each year, the BCHF offers a certificate and cash prize of $250 for the best website on a topic of British Columbia history. The award honours individual or group volunteer...