by admin | May 25, 2016 | Member News
BCHNC Member is published BCHNS member, Lydia Wytenbroek wrote an article in Honor of Nurses Week- “The Stethoscope: A Tool of Nurses’ Trade since the 1930’s” that got published today May 12th, as a lead article on the Blog “Echoes &...
by admin | Mar 12, 2016 | Events, Member News
Dressed in a heritage nursing uniform and armed with artifacts and photographs, Glennis Zilm transports you back to pioneer Surrey, when health care was not what it is today. Surrey Museum, Cloverdale (on Highway 10), Saturday, March 19 2:00pm-3:00pm By donation See...
by admin | Feb 18, 2016 | Member News
Margaret Mainwaring recently celebrated her 105th birthday on February 5, 2016. Margaret is a 1933 graduate from VGH School of Nursing and served in WWII. She received the Queen’s Silver Medal at Government House in 2012. Attending her birthday celebrations were...
by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | Member News
Harriet ‘Hallie’ Jennie Todd Sloan, C.M., C.D., B.N., Lt Col (Retired),passed away peacefully at home in Ontario on January 21 2016, her 99th birthday. Born in Winnipeg, she grew up in Saskatoon and graduated in 1939 from the Vancouver General Hospital...
by admin | Jun 5, 2015 | Events, Member News
The Society was represented at the annual general meeting and conference of the BC Historical Federation in Quesnel near the end of May. The photo shows BCHNS representative Nan Martin standing by 1860s Cornish Waterwheel for gold panning on Williams Creek in a...
