Grasset (nee Haimov), Stephany (1931- )
See Oral History files, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8
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 UBC in Public Health Nursing in 1968. Her many positions have included adolescent counselling, instructor in nursing, and district nurse for the VON. She has also been a nurse practitioner and Public Health nurse. She regards her internship in the Palliative Care Hospice at Victoria General Hospital in Montreal as a highlight in her career.
In the latter part of her career, especially, she was involved in work, research and teaching in the psychiatric field, especially at UBC and BCIT. From 1977-1985 she instructed in the Psychiatric Nursing program at BCIT, during which time she also lectured in UBC’s SON and other institutions. In 1985-1986 she consulted in Psychiatric and Geriatric Nursing for the WHO in Barbados. From 1989 she instructed in Acute Psychiatric Nursing in BCIT’s RN diploma program. She was also President of RNABC in 1980-1981.
Contents of Biographical File
- Biographical Information Profile
- Curriculum Vitae
- Photocopied photographs, with identification.
- Bateson, Helen, “She Tries a Little Tenderness,” Vancouver Province, January 18, 1973.
- “Visiting Nursing Coordinator Practicing Expanded RN Role,” The Canadian Nurse, Dec. 1972/Jan. 1973.
- “Nursing Where the People Are,” The Canadian Nurse, Jun 1974, pp. 17-19.
- Excerpts from The Canadian Nurse, including four articles by Grasset in The Canadian Nurse 1980-1981 as President of RNABC,
- Bateson, Helen, “Guardian Nurse,” Vancouver Province, June 7, 1975, p. 45.
- Photographs