Upcoming Presentation: Nursing on the Battlefield 1885-1945

Posted on: October 24, 2014

DATE  Sunday, November 16

This illustrated presentation by Glennis Zilm will give an overview of Canada’s war time Nursing Sisters, from the first paid nurses to be hired by the Canadian militia in 1885 through the Boer War, World War I and World War II.  The main focuses will be on nurses from BC, especially from the Victoria area, and on how nurses have served on the battlefields.

Glennis is an Honorary Professor in the University of British Columbia School of Nursing.  She is a retired nurse, writer and editor, and was a founding member of both the B.C. History of Nursing Society and the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing.

  • Newcombe Auditorium, Royal BC Museum
  • 675 Belleville Street
  • Victoria, BC
  • 2 – 3:30 pm
  • $5 general public

Free for members of the Friends of the BC Archives

For more information about this event please contact Patricia Dirks, President of the Friends of the BC Archives, 250-383-2006

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