Nina Rumen Award Now Offered

This new award, created to recognize nurses who have made a difference in patient-centered care, has been  generously funded by Nina Rumen. The award of $5,000 will provide financial assistance to a nursing student in a Doctoral Program in Nursing or Nursing related...

Congratulations to Beth Fitzpatrick!

The BCHNS is proud to announce our latest recipient of an Honourary Membership Award to Beth Fitzpatrick at our recent AGM, April 11, 2013 Please visit  Online Exhibits and drop down to Honourary Members and click onto her name for the full write up.

Congratulations Dr. Geertje Boschma!

Congratulations to Dr. Geertje Boschma of the UBC School of Nursing. Geertje received a  UBC Killam Teaching  Award  (one  of  three) given  to  UBC faculty  who have been nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni for excellence in teaching. “They have been...

NEW BOOK!!

Christina Bates, curator emeritus in history at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, has written a new book, A Cultural History of the Nurse’s Uniform. This first and only in-depth analysis of the attire worn by the largest workforce in the health care system explores...

Nursing Leader leaves us,Dr Beverly DuGas

Dr.Beverly Du Gas,  a founding member and the first President of the BC History of Nursing Professional Practise Group, now  Society, suffered  a  severe  stroke  mid  November  and  died  on  November  22nd. Until  about  a  year  ago, Beverly  regularly  attended ...

Beloved BC Nurse, Dr Helen K Mussallem

Dr.Helen Kathleen Mussallem, Canada’s most decorated nursing leader  and  a  native  of  British  Columbia,  died  on  November  10th in  Ottawa  at  98  years  of  age. A graduate of the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing, she served overseas during World...