Series consists of records documenting the various administrative functions of the School of Nursing.

Series is arranged in the following subseries.

1. General Administration
2. Relations with Other Organizations
3. Celebrations and Conferences
4. Distance and Continuing Education
5. Various Nursing Topics

Series consists of transcriptions by Beth McCann of taped interviews with nurses. These may have been done with the intention of gathering material for a history of UBC School of Nursing.

Series consists of papers on various topics by UBC School of Nursing students, mostly upper level or graduate. Many are for courses, particularly Nursing 440 (Nursing Care of Adults and Families), offered by Ethel Warbinek or Denise Fargey. Five of the papers are by Anne Wyness.

Arranged alphabetically by name of student.

Standing Committees of the UBC School of Nursing were responsible to the Faculty Caucus through the Internal Committees.

Series consists of records of a number of these committees, which in 1980 numbered thirteen. Not all committees are represented, and some are represented by only a small portion of their records. Most include some minutes, and some include other records relevant to their operations.

Series is arranged in the following subseries.

1. Student Affairs Committee.
2. Coordinators’ Meeting Minutes
3. Instructional Resources Committee
4. Education, Practice Interrelationships Committee
5. Entry to Practice Ad hoc Committee
6. Criteria Evaluation of Faculty Committee
7. Nursing Outreach Committee
8. Committee on Instruction in Service
9. Program Orientation: Strategic Planning
10. Faculty Status Subcommittee
11. Faculty Organization Committee

Work began in the late 1960s on a theoretical framework that would provide a basis for specific standards against which the quality of nursing care could be evaluated. Under the guidance of Muriel Uprichard, with the committee chaired by Margaret Campbell, the UBC Model for Nursing ”a mental image of nursing’s unique mission in the real world of nursing”, resulted. Implemented in the early 1970s, it was conceived to provide a “framework for viewing nursing’s unique function”.

Series consists of Margaret Campbell’s 1987 report on the nursing model and minutes of the committee to create, implement and monitor the program.

Series consists of frameworks for evaluation with proposed revisions, as well as
examinations, questionnaires and reports, primarily concerned with the UBC nursing program. Some forms for the evaluation of students and nurses are included.

Team meetings co-ordinated efforts by faculty to impart consistency and
high standards to courses offered, and facilitate communications among instructors in the nursing program.

Series consists of minutes of meetings and materials related to the offering of courses in the nursing program.

Series is arranged in the following subseries.

1. First Year
2. Second Year
3. Third Year
4. Fourth Year
5. Graduate Programs

Series consists of records of the history of the UBC School of Nursing, along with documents relating to the vision for the School and its graduates. Policies and Procedures are included.

Series consists of records relating to the overall administration of and planning for the curriculum of the UBC School of Nursing program.

Series is arranged in the following subseries:

1. Graduate Curriculum Committee
2. PhD program
3. Undergraduate

Series includes fourteen photographs of members of the B.C. Occupational Health Nurses Group. Some identification.

Series includes “Occupational Health Nursing: Achievements in Certification by Gai Thomas, a letter from CNA re ”affiliate membership”; and the CCOHN annual report to BCOHNG.

Series consists of administrative documents related to the publication of the newsletters. Group newsletters from 1982 to 2005 also included.

Meetings of this Occupational Health Nurses group, a Professional Practice Group of the RNABC, were held, generally semi-monthly, in the Lower Mainland.

Series consists of materials created by the communications committee.

Correspondence includes letters expressing concern about the cancellation of the Occupational Health Nursing Program at BCIT.

Series consists of surveys, annual and general reports and briefs prepared by the Group.

Series consists of by-laws, policies and other administrative records from the group.

Series consists of miscellaneous records gathered by Niskala which reflect her interests.

Series consists of miscellaneous correspondence, photographs and newspaper articles.

Series consists of papers and theses written by Niskala’s students.

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.

Series consists of materials prepared and/or used by Helen Niskala while teaching at different universities.

Series consists of essays and other academic records by Helen Niskala.

Series consists of records relating to Niskala’s education and career. Certificates for First Aid, swimming and skiing are included, as well as a detailed curriculum vitae.

Includes funeral program, article on Blais in the Vancouver Courier, an obituary, two unsigned articles on her life, and an itemized list of materials donated to the archives from her estate.

Series consists of various photocopied articles, publications used by Lois Blais, includes one photograph.

Textual records include two programs for the 1994 Member Recognition Awards with supporting documentation. Photographs are of Lois Blais along with mostly unidentified people at formal and social occasions. Most are on the occasion of her receiving the 1994 Recognition Award and a tea. Others are taken on her November 28, 1996 graduation from a Masters in Nursing program at UBC.

Series consists of various publications by Blais for several journals, newsletters, writer's festivals as well as research she performed on Madeline Harrower.

Series consists of materials related to presentations by Lois Blais.

Series consists of materials related to professional involvement of Blais.

Series consists of academic records, certificates, and course assignments created during Blais' education.

Series consists of two versions of Blais' resume, personal correspondence and documents.

Series consists of publications and papers presented by Margaret Campbell in her capacity as a UBC nursing professor.

Series consists of course descriptions and notes related to Campbell’s teaching at UBC.

Series consists of records related to Campbell’s studies for her MSc at Western Reserve University and her Phd at Columbia. They include a number of papers prepared in the course of study for these degrees, as well as copies of her two theses.

Series consists of general records related to Campbell’s life and achievements.

Series consists of reaction to the Kermacks Report and various other reports and documents related to the development of nursing in BC.

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 drafts and revision of by-laws for the Nursing Educational Council.

Series consists of documents related to the various committees of the Nursing Educational Council of British Columbia.

Series consists of the following subseries:

1. Nursing Education Council Committee
2. Executive Committee
3. Diploma Articulation Committee
4. College Wide Youth Training Option Committee
5. Curriculum Committee
6. Task Committee on Competency Base Curriculum
7. Task Committee on Mandatory Registration
8. Committee on Recruitment/Counseling
9. Entry to Practice Steering Committee
10. Post Basic Education Committee

Series consists of photographs, particularly of McIlrath’s military years, mostly gathered from other sources. Information accompanies most of these photographs, which also have written numbers on their reverse. A typed list of information on photographs from the Canadian National Archives is included, but most of these do not have corresponding prints.

Series consists of personal correspondence, cards and memorabilia.

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.

Series consists of photocopied materials and handwritten notes relating to Nursing Sisters.

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.

Series consists of reference materials related to or collected by Bernadet Ratsoy.

Series consists of an album of photographs of people attending a reception for Bernadet Ratsoy on January 31, 1990. Most are identified. Photographs have been left in album as they could not be removed without damage.

Series consists of miscellaneous pins and badges from nursing and other sources gathered by Bernadet Ratsoy.

Series consists of 3 cassettes containing interviews with Bernadet Ratsoy and others on nursing-related topics.