Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing
Dr. Minerva Reid, chief of surgery, and her sister, Dr. Hannah Reid, chief of anaesthesia, hosted the graduating Class of 1926 at their summer home. Dr. M. Reid […]
The Class of 1925 held their graduation ceremony in the backyard of Women’s College Hospital, a house on Rusholme Road.
Unlike today, newborns were cared for in a central nursery by nurses, not in their mothers’ rooms.
The Rules of the Women’s College Hospital Training School for the Guidance and Information of Pupil Nurses outlined in detail the morning routine for the student nurses.
The nickname “Peaches” was given to her by classmates because of her peaches-and-cream complexion.
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).
Before standard nursing uniforms were available through department stores and mail order catalogues, probationers were responsible for making their own uniforms. A fabric swatch and a letter detailing […]
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.
