This issue of the Buzz is archived at https://tinyurl.com/48kjaun6. The February issue has several interesting articles and video presentations for your reading and viewing pleasure. Supporter of BCHNS Lisa Anne Smith  recently spoke to the Vancouver Historical Society about the historic Old Hastings Mill Store Museum, Vancouver’s oldest surviving building (c. 1868). BCHNS member Anne Wyness is author of The Larder of the Wise, a book which tells the story of James Inglis Reid Ltd. a Vancouver business which operated from 1908 to 1986. Anne appears in conversation about the ..read more

The annual BCHF conference will be held in Princeton this summer from July 20-23. The conference marks a return to the first time the BCHF will hold an in-person event since 2019. More information will be released in the next few months.   ..read more

Congratulations to Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek who received the 2022 Mary Adelaide Nutting Award from the American Association for the History of Nursing “for outstanding research and writing produced by an experienced scholar for Nursing (Inter)nationalism in Iran, 1916-1947”. Mary Adelaide Nutting had a profound impact on American nursing. Born in Canada she was one of the key figures in modernizing the profession and her work is still influential in the field today. To read more about Mary Adelaide Nutting click here.   ..read more

LET US CHERISH FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON ..read more

The recording of the 2022 Nursing History Symposium is now available with its permanent link in the UBC Open Collection of the UBC Library Title: Public Health and Pandemic Caring in Context Item URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83409 ..read more

Dr. Sally Thorne recently received the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO/ACIO) Lifetime Achievement Award. The mission of the organization is to advance oncology nursing excellence through practice, education, research, and leadership. Dr. Thorne is “a most deserving recipient and someone who continues to influence and inspire nurses globally.”   ..read more

Jessie Lee Middleton passed away peacefully on May 22, 2019, at the age of 102. The youngest of 12 children, she was born and raised on the family farm in Murrayville BC. She entered the nursing program at the Royal Columbian Hospital and graduated in September of 1939 just one day after Canada declared war on Germany. Eager to serve her country, Jessie joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1942 and nursed injured soldiers both in Canada and England. She considered this work as “the greatest privilege for me.” A recent book by author Elise Baker highlights Jessie’s life and wartime e ..read more

Public Health and Pandemic Caring in Context November 8, 2022 at 9:30 am PT at the Cecil Green Park House ($10 admission – lunch will be served) and online via Zoom (free)* with Dr. Esyllt Jones, University of Manitoba Pandemic Caring: public health nursing and community in the history of infectious disease Dr. Esyllt W. Jones is a professor of history at the University of Manitoba. Her research interests include history of health, public health and pandemic history. She is the author of Influenza 1918: Disease, Death and Struggle in Winnipeg, and co-editor of the rece ..read more

Call for Applications and Deadline for submission: November 30, 2022 The Canadian Association for the History of Nursing (CAHN-ACHN) invites applications for the Vera Roberts’ Endowment (VRE). The purpose of the VRE is to fund research, publication, or other forms of knowledge dissemination on the history of outpost nursing, broadly understood. Eligible project proposals may include a wide range of topics relevant to the history of nursing and health care in rural, remote, or northern communities in any geographical area. Please Contact Dr. Margaret Scaia, mrscaia@uvic.ca for further ..read more

In March of 2022, the entire archival collection of the BC History of Nursing Society was transferred to the University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC). The Society fonds includes information on individual nurses, nursing groups, the UBC School of Nursing, biographical files, oral histories, photographs, reference material. To view the Fonds, click on link  https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/b-c-history-of-nursing-society-fonds If you require access to the original materials click on the link: https://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/visiting/ The Rare ..read more