Conference-Conférence

25th Anniversary Conference

2012 CAHN/ACHN Annual Conference

Canadian Association for the History of Nursing
Association Canadienne pour l’Histoire du Nursing

June 15-17, 2012- Medicine Hat, Alberta

The 2012 Annual CAHN/ACHN Conference, to be held in Medicine Hat, Alberta June 15-17, marks the 25th anniversary of our association. Founded in 1987, CAHN/ACHN has an ongoing commitment to stimulate and promote historical scholarship of nursing and health. We are pleased to invite you to this conference.

The conference theme is: Places and People’s Health: Exploring Nursing in Diverse Contexts. Aiming at a critical understanding of connections between place and practice, the conference seeks to examine the history of nursing and health care in diverse geographic, social, and political contexts, including rural and remote locations, specialty areas, and various communities. How did communities engage with health politics or respond to professional claims? What tensions arose as health services had to be established or transformed and professional identities changed? How did nurses pioneer new practice domains? How did local, regional, and global contexts of health care shape nursing?

The conference will bring together scholars, professionals, and students from different fields and various areas of nursing and health care history. Longstanding members are especially invited to attend.

The Hannah Lecturer at the conference will be Carol Helmstadter, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. She is an award winning nurse historian and expert on the history of 19th century nursing. She has published widely on Florence Nightingale and nursing in Victorian Britain, including a recent chapter in Notes on Nightingale (2010). Her new book, Nursing before Nightingale, co-authored with Judith Godden, will be released in Nov. 2011 by Ashgate.

2012 CAHN Conference Brochure/2012 CAHN Conference Program

CAHN Conference registration

Registration form and information on Medicine Hat can also be found here: http://cstudies.mhc.ab.ca/Forms/Conference.aspx?Id=17.

For information on local arrangements see below:

The venue for the conference is the Medicine Hat College campus in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Medicine Hat is a small city situated in southeastern Alberta, along the South Saskatchewan River. The nearest international airport is in Calgary, Alberta, which is three (3) hours driving distance from Medicine Hat. There are daily connecting flights from Calgary to Medicine Hat on Air Canada Airlines. Greyhound Bus Lines provides service from Calgary to Medicine Hat and east to Regina, Saskatchewan (5 hours driving distance) and Winnipeg. There are also two other services from Calgary to Medicine Hat:

J & L Shuttle Service (1-403-528-8851) or (1-877-217-5577)

TRAXX Coachlines (1-403-527-6986) or (1-877-872-9977) or charters@traxxcoachlines.com

If arriving by air to Medicine Hat and staying on campus, MHC will arrange for van pick up at the Medicine Hat Municipal Airport. If staying at the Best Western Hotel, there is hotel shuttle service to and from the airport. Taxi service in Medicine Hat include: Care Cabs (403-529-2211); Deluxe Central (403-526-3333); and Hat Taxi (403-527-3334).

Residence on Campus: Rhonda Parahoniak

Phone: 403.529.3820

Email: parahoniak@mhc.ab.ca

Rates: Individual (with taxes)—40.33/night; Family (with taxes)—91.56/night

Best Western Plus: 722 Redcliff Drive SW

Phone: 403.527.3700

Fax: 403.526.8689

Email: bwmh-frontdesk@fortisproperties.com

Conference Rate (2 Queens)—129.79/night

Further information on Medicine Hat: http://www.tourismmedicinehat.com