History of Nursing in Pacific Canada

Black History Month 2023 : Historical Considerations on Nursing Education Across Canada Wytenbroek, Lydia; Adique, Maria; Alazar, Winta; Binning, Navi; Bishop, Samantha; Bobyn, Anna; Chau, Sandy; Chiao, Ariel; Hussein, Tamasha; Kwong, Dawn; et al.

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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 in Canada today.

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