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- 1990-1994, 2004
Series consists of membership lists, committee reports, and membership brochures for the PNG.
Series consists of membership lists, committee reports, and membership brochures for the PNG.
Series consists of memos and correspondence, agendas, budgets and financial statements for various conferences hosted by the Pediatric Nurses’ Group.
Series consists of minutes and other documents created by various committees and individuals from the British Columbia Operating Room Nursing Group. Series is organized into subseries: executive, regional presiding officer, regional reports, Vancouver region.
The Executive Committee reported to the RNABC. Meetings were held about once a month, with the addition of occasional special meetings. The executive consisted of four people: President, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Recording Secretary, with others often attending. In later years meetings were often held by teleconferencing.
Subseries includes agendae, minutes, correspondence, and other documents.
Vancouver is the only region whose records have been acquired by the archives. These include minutes of their regional meetings, with extensive administrative and operational records, including membership lists, financial information, announcements of events, and other records.
Reporting to the Nursing Education Council, this committee was formed to encourage evaluation of the effectiveness with which nursing graduates of nursing programs meet the employers’ expectations.
Subseries consists of one folder of minutes, correspondence and reports.
Series consists of correspondence on issues including those raised by the 1979 Kermacks Report, manpower issues, and other concerns related to the development of nurses’ education in B.C.
Series consists of membership lists from 1991 to 2001.
Series consists of course descriptions and notes related to Campbell’s teaching at UBC.
Subseries consists of four coil bound notebooks titled “Moving pages” and containing notes for writing. While they are numbered 1 to 4, some of the material in Notebook 4 is dated 1993.
In 2002 Blais responded to an advertisement in the Vancouver Courier for a “senior scribe”. Her column, titled “On the Seniors Side” was generally published the first Wednesday of each month until 2008, although it does not appear every month. It deals mostly with issues related to aging.
Subseries consists of originals as they appeared in the Courier, along with some copies. Dates and page numbers have been identified wherever possible.
West End Seniors Network Newsletter
Subseries consists of three copies of the newsletter, with an article by Blais in each.
Vancouver International Writers' Festival
Subseries consists of a 2003 unsuccessful submission to the Vancouver International Writers’ and Readers’ Festival Poetry & Short Story Contest, “Older Road Travel”, which appeared in the Vancouver Courier July 14, 2006, and a letter from the organization.
Subseries consists of two essays written by Niskala while a student at McGill University, and general material on courses taken.
Course Outlines and Teaching Materials
Series consists of materials prepared and/or used by Helen Niskala while teaching at different universities.
Publications and Presentations
Series consists of papers published and presented by Helen Niskala in the course of her academic career. Primary interests include the work of nurses in forensic settings, home hemodialysis, cardiac rehabilitation, community care and multiple sclerosis. Records include notes, correspondence and drafts.
Collection of works attributed to Vera McIver and the Priory Method
Series consists of a film, books, theses, and other published works written about McIver and the Priory Method.
Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence reflecting Ratsoy's numerous professional involvements. File of cards received is included.
Presentations by Bernadet Ratsoy
Series consists of notes for presentations to the Royal Commission on Economic Union and Development (McDonald Commission) September 7, 1983 on Don McDonnell, with a letter of thanks from him (2004), and on a history of St. Paul's Hospital.
From 1991-2002 Ratsoy was Associate Dean of Health Sciences at the B.C. Institute of Technology. Series includes a letter and clippings by and about Ratsoy and the School of Health Sciences at BCIT.
Series consists of textual and plaque awards granted to Bernadet Ratsoy.
Series consists of photographs related to Ratsoy's personal life, education and career.
Series consists of miscellaneous pins and badges from nursing and other sources gathered by Bernadet Ratsoy.
Series consists of materials related to McIlrath's experiences as a nursing sister in World War II. Includes military documents, certificates, newspaper articles and a scrapbook.
McIlrath worked at Shaughnessy Hospital from 1947 to 1976, and was Director from 1961 to 1976.
Series includes a history of Shaughnessy Hospital, Staffing Policy, Patient Profile, newsletters, photographs of Shaughnessy Hospital, and correspondence and notes concerning issues at the hospital.
[Photocopy] Photographs of Nursing Sisters in Field Hospitals During WW II
Subsubseries consists of six laser prints, five with a text describing the content. Subjects include “A Blood Transfusion”; “No. 22 Canadian General Hospital”; “Landing in Normandy: Nursing Sisters of No. 10 Canadian General Hospital”; “Members of the Field Surgical Unit —Lt. (N/S) Stephen (Rt.) and Lt (N/S) Hackland; “Mary C. Young and A. Kemp, Lt (N/S) of 12 Canadian General Hospital—in “full marching order”.
Includes one folder of program, abstracts and other information for this conference held at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver June 16-18, 2016, hosted by the UBC Consortium for Nursing History and the BC History of Nursing Society.
Subseries consists of audio cassettes containing discussions, interviews and lectures relating to nursing topics. These materials are not strongly related to any subfonds so are arranged under this subseries.
Directors of Nursing of Lower Mainland Hospitals
Beginning in 1964 Directors of Nursing from the Lower Mainland Hospitals met four times a year to discuss common concerns. Mrs. Lillies was key in the early organization. “Topics discussed at meetings included evaluation of personnel, staff orientation, role and licensing of practical nurses, education of clinical nurse specialists and principles and methods of nursing research”.
Subseries consists of one file of minutes of three meetings from 1964-1967 and other material, including a history of the organization from 1964 to 1979.
Subfonds consists of textual and photographic material. A number of photographs describe her career, while other photographs and some documents relate to her interest in infant feeding devices. Newspaper clippings, articles and other textual material feature articles related to Alice Wright, including articles regarding her work with the RNABC and the International Council of Nurses, her collection of infant feeding devices, and the celebration of her 100th birthday in 1994.
The subfonds has been arranged into the following series:
Wright, Alice
The subfonds consists of 9.8 cm of textual records dating from 1990-2009. By-laws and records of annual and executive meetings include meeting attendance records and other information. Extensive documentation of the partnership with Brazil and the “Living and Nursing Overseas” workshop are included, along with information on other partnerships and projects in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Nepal, Afghanistan, and other locations. Newsletters from 1991-2008 document other activities.
Global Health Interest Group
Delphine Rose Alexander (nee Fletcher)
The subfonds consists of a centimetre of material relating to the nursing career of Delphine Rose Alexander. Most of it concerns her service in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in World War I, although some later information is available. It includes photocopies of forms and photographs relating to Delphine's service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI, including a group of fifteen photocopied photographs depicting the aftermath of four German air raids on the No. 1 Canadian hospital in Etaples, France on May 18, 1918. Biographical information has been supplied by her son.
Alexander, Delphine Rose
Holistic Health Professional Practice Group
The subfonds consists of newsletters generated by the HNPPG.
Holistic Health Professional Practice Group
Records include correspondence, letters of acceptance, enrolment lists, diplomas, and transcripts relating to her education. Correspondence also relates to her nursing career, with an invitation and published material relating to her investiture in the Order of St. John. Photographs also chronicle her education and career, a collection of artifacts includes crests and a badge from the BC Public Health Service, a graduation hood.
Slaughter, Dorothy
The subfonds consists of two boxes of records dating from 1982 to 2004. These include copies of by-laws, descriptions of executive roles, newsletters, and other administrative records. Minutes of meetings and financial reports that include ledgers and budgets document the activities of the organization. Correspondence consists of both general communications and correspondence related to the PNG bursary fund. Membership lists and other materials are included, as are records related to the various conferences hosted by the Pediatric Nurses’ Group.
Pediatric Nurses' Group
Subfonds consists of two centimeters of records dating from 1997 to 1999. They include correspondence, conference programs for the 1997 International Conference in Vancouver, and newspaper and journal article clippings.
Thompson, Margaret Jill
Nursing Educational Council of British Columbia
Subfonds consists of two boxes of records generated by the Nursing Educational Council between 1978 and 2005 through their meetings and interactions among themselves and with different levels of government. Records include discussions of issues related to standardizing the education of nurses and the equitable provision of nursing care throughout BC. Committee records include the Task Committee on Competency Based Curriculum, the Task Committee on Mandatory Registration, and the Entry to Practice Steering Committee.
Nursing Educational Council of British Columbia
Subfonds consists of records of Florence Wilson’s education and other documents as the first LPN in BC. It includes three photographs of Florence Wilson and her 1952 graduating class.
Wilson, Florence
Student Nurses' Association of British Columbia
Subfonds consists of materials dating from 1962 to 1978. These include minutes, executive minutes, agendas, correspondence, and other administrative records. Minutes of meetings and financial reports that include ledgers and budget document that activities of the organization. Correspondence consists of incoming and outgoing communication by Margaret Kennedy, the last President of the association. A 1974 ledger is included relating to the bed race competition a major annual event hosted by the association to raise funds.
Student Nurses' Association of British Columbia
Series includes PPG Council meeting Minutes and a report on RNABC proposed legislation.
Series contains assortment of artifacts including graduation pins, insignia, rings, badges, medals, and a bracelet related to various BC and Canadian nursing schools, awards and other designations. Includes graduation pins from UBC School of Nursing, Vancouver General Hospital, Royal Jubilee Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Royal Columbia Hospital, Nanaimo General Hospital, Royal Inland Hospital among others. Graduation anniversary pins for UBC SON and several UBC Sorority pins also appear in the series. Also includes, pins for RNABC Award of Honour, Nurses Administrators Association of BC, Northern Territory Nurses Registration, Mary Agnes Snively Memorial Medal and Licensed Practical Nurses Association of BC. Series contains several artifacts from outside British Columbia, Trained Nurses Association of India, Winnipeg and Edmonton General Hospitals and The General Nursing Council for England & Wales. Contains 1 pin and a badge mounted in frames, some items arrived with custom storage boxes.
British Columbia History of Nursing Society