Kathleen Ellis: Canadian Nursing Pioneer

The story of Canadian nursing pioneer, Kathleen Ellis, by Ethel Warbinek of the BC History of Nursing Society

Congratulations Glennis!

Video Credit: UBC Alumni Affairs  www.alumni.ubc.ca

“Working Professionalism: Nursing in Western Canada, 1958 – 1977” considered the “Dark Ages in Nursing History” Presented by: Dr. Margaret Scaia

Video Credit: UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Centre https://ikblc.ubc.ca/margaret-scaia/

“Accepted in the Bella Bella: A historical exemplar of a missionary nursing education in BC 1921-25” Presented by: Sarah Cook

Video Credit: BCHNS and Danielle Driscoll, UVic School Nursing

The 2020 Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry in the UBC School of Nursing Presentation:  Black (in)Visibility: Black Nurses in Canada Who Paved the Way

Presenters: Karen Flynn, Ismalia De Sousa, Dzifa Dordunoo, and Lydia Wytenbroek

Video Available at UBC Open Collections

Preserving Nurses Cultural History: Nursing Uniforms and Professional Identity

2021 UBC Nursing Symposium from the UBC School of Nursing Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry and the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the BC History of Nursing Society

Presenters: Kathy Murphy, Geertje Boschma, Christina Bates, Margaret Scaia, Sheila Rankin Zerr, Lenore Radom

Video Available at UBC Open Collections

The 2020 Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry in the UBC School of Nursing Presentation:  Black (in)Visibility: Black Nurses in Canada Who Paved the Way

Presenters: Karen Flynn, Ismalia De Sousa, Dzifa Dordunoo, and Lydia Wytenbroek

Video Available at UBC Open Collections

Black History Month 2023:  Historical Considerations on Nursing Education across Canada

The UBC Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry presented the event to celebrate Black nurses throughout February 2023. This event included three presentations from members of UBC School of Nursing (recorded), UNBJ Department of History and Politics (not recorded), and USASK College of Nursing (recorded). Topics included Join a Rockefeller Foundation report written by Ethel Johns (the first director of nursing at UBC) on the status of Black women in the nursing profession in the United States (written in 1925), the entry of Black students to UBC Nursing and UNB School of Nursing, and racism in nursing education and practice.  To view the recorded presentation go to:

Nov 21 2023: Nursing History Symposium Webinar available in the UBC Library – Open Collection

Title: Using photo analysis to examine the history of nursing in political spheres : Canadian and European perspectives

The UBC Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry coordinated  this live webinar event to include panel members from Canada and Europe.

The panel showed how photographs can provide insight into nursing’s past that may not necessarily be captured by document analysis alone and may invite reflection on the ways in which nursing has interacted with different political influence.