On May 6th a celebration of the Centenary of the Women’s College Hosptial School of Nursing Alumnae was held in Toronto with over 320 graduate nurses in attendance! This celebration, planned by the alumnae Anniversary Committee, was two years in the making. Coinciding with this momentous occasion two nursing history articles were published in the Toronto
« Alors qu’en France, on commémore les 75 ans du Jour J sur les côtes normandes, retour sur le rôle des femmes pendant les grands guerres. Exemple au Canada: tandis que les hommes partaient au front, les femmes participaient elles aussi à l’effort de guerre dane le civil, mais certaines aussi sous les drapeax. Retrouvez
Congratulations to this year’s Vicky Bach Memorial Prize winner Lucy Vorobej (University of Waterloo) for her paper “‘By Their Own Efforts’: Alcohol Abuse and Disease Concepts in Ontario’s Colonial Past 1945-1980.” The prize recognizes the best student paper on the history of nursing presented at the annual conference. More information on the Vicky Bach Memorial
