Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing
Strong lifelong bonds were formed between classmates at the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing.
The Alumnae Association held a variety of social events for its members, including dinners, teas and educational lectures.
The Alumnae Association held annual bazaars to help support scholarships for the graduates of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing.
This home movie was filmed on May 28, 1953. It is silent and a bit grainy due to the age and quality of the footage. It shows highlights […]
The Class of 1969 was the second class to complete the new two-year nursing diploma program that was introduced at the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing in […]
Graduates of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1920 with hospital superintendent, Harriet Meiklejohn.
Beginning in 1922, a pearl-encrusted pin, donated by Mrs. Mary Kate Pellatt Hamilton, was awarded annually to a graduate who exemplified “personal neatness, cheerfulness and kindness to patients.”
Agnes Chan, the first Chinese Canadian student to graduate from the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing, was awarded prizes for highest standing in theory and obstetrical nursing.
All graduation pins from the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing feature the school’s motto Non Quo Sed Quo Modo (Not What We Do But How).
Nursing students attended scientific lectures at the University of Toronto. By the 1960s, the curriculum grew to include lectures about public health and social needs.
Congratulatory note from a Big Sister to a Little Sister on the occasion of completing her probationary term and receiving her nurse’s cap.
Students in the Class of 1954 proudly display their nurses’ caps after the capping ceremony.
