BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Buckland (nee Wilshire), Gertrude “Billie” (1881-1961) Back to all Biographical Files Gertrude was born in Australia where she trained as a nurse to help ease her family’s financial burden occasioned by her father’s death., graduating from Sydney...
BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Bullen, James Back to all Biographical Files See Oral History files, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8 James Bullen was the first male nurse to graduate from a BC hospital (St. Paul’s). He states that he developed an interest in medicine during the...
BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Calnan, Rob Back to all Biographical Files Rob Calnan was president of the RNABC from 1997-1999, and subsequently served for a number of years as President of the Canadian Nurses Association. He graduated from BCITs nursing program and later...
BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Campbell, Helen (1902- Back to all Biographical Files See Oral History files, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8 Helen Campbell was born in Medicine Hat. After four years of teaching in one-room schools, she commenced nursing study in 1926 at...
BIOGRAPHICAL FILES: Campbell (nee Fergusson), Joyce May (1921-2013) Back to all Biographical Files See Oral History files, Fonds 18, Series 3, Subseries 8 Joyce took her nursing at Vancouver General Hospital, receiving her nursing registration in 1944, ranking...
