Becky Beck and Betty Smith Pay it Forward

Becky Beck and Betty Smith Pay it Forward

Many people want to be a part of something that does good in the world and makes a real difference in people’s lives. When you “pay it forward” you are hoping to change someone else’s circumstances for the better. This is exemplified by two nurses who were lifelong...
Congratulations to Nurse Author Marion Crook!

Congratulations to Nurse Author Marion Crook!

On June 4, 2022, the BC Historical Federation announced the recipients for the 2021 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing at the BCHF annual conference. The award recipients were chosen by a three-member panel of judges from 24 books published in 2021 and...
Stephany Grasset 1931 – 2022

Stephany Grasset 1931 – 2022

Tribute to Stephany Grasset  1931 – 2022 Born in Bulgaria, Stephany studied philosophy and history at the Sorbonne in 1949.  She immigrated to the US, and from there to Canada in 1961.  She graduated with a BSc from Louisiana State University in 1953, and from...
Tribute to Nina Rumen 1927 – 2022

Tribute to Nina Rumen 1927 – 2022

Tribute to NINA RUMEN  1927 – 2022 Nina Rumen, a founding member of the BC History of Nursing Society has passed at age of 95 years, following many years in a Care Facility. Nina was born in 1927 in what was then Poland, now Belarus.  At age 2 she “brought her...
Museum Week

Museum Week

A few members of the BC Nursing History Society celebrated Museum Week on May 17th  with a private tour of the Seaforth Museum, directed personally by Archivist,  Adrian French, who has been a friend to the BCHNS for several years.  The Military Medical Museum is an...
CAHN EARLY REGISTRATION

CAHN EARLY REGISTRATION

PRICE IS REDUCED IF REGISTERING FOR CAHN BEFORE MAY 1/22  https://web4.uottawa.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10153&catalogId=10153&productId=164072 More information under Events on this website