Kingston Nursing Education Past and Present

Kingston Nursing Education Past and Present: Exploring, Remembering, and Honouring Nursing

The Museum of Health Care partnered with the Kingston Nursing Education Past and Present group to host a nursing history event every Nursing Week from 2011 to 2016. The Kingston Nursing group is comprised of local nursing schools alumnae dedicated to exploring, remembering, and honouring contributions to the nursing profession.

Each annual event was co-hosted by the Museum and one of the five nursing schools involved—Kingston General Hospital Nurses’ Alumnae, Kingston Psychiatric Hospital Nurses’ Alumnae, Hotel Dieu Hospital St. Joseph’s School of Nursing Alumnae, St. Lawrence School of Nursing, and Queen’s School of Nursing.

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2016

Confessions of a Third Generation Nurse: 45 Years of Caring, Learning and Critiquing from Both Sides of the Sheets

A Free Lecture by Sue Williams

In celebration of the Queen’s School of Nursing’s 75th Anniversary, the Museum of Health Care presented an exhibit on Tuesday, April 5th in the Biosciences Atrium, (116 Barrie Street) at 2:00 p.m. Light refreshments were available from 3:00 – 4:00, followed by Sue Williams’ talk at 4:00 p.m. in Room 1102.

The Queen's School of Nursing was very excited to welcome back Sue Williams, alumni of its Nursing Program and Queen’s Master of Education Program on Tuesday, April 5th. Sue retired from Ryerson University in 2007, after a nursing career spanning 33 years. She was Dean of the Faculty of Community Services for 5 years, and Director of the School of Nursing at Ryerson for 10 years. She chaired the 2006 President’s Commission on Student Engagement and Experience. Her professional hat spanned many roles, e.g. past president of RNAO, Ontario representative to the Board of the CNA, former chair of the RNFO, chair of COUPN, and Co-chair of the Provincial Steering Committee on the Future of Nursing Education. Throughout her career, Sue worked tirelessly to promote nursing education, nurses and the nursing profession.

 

 


2014

Nursing Practice and Public Policy: A Mandate to Care

A Free Public Lecture by Dr. Barbara Mildon
Featuring a presentation on the Rockwood Training School for Nurses by Megan Kerrigan

To celebrate National Nursing Week and the 125th anniversary of the Rockwood Training School for Nurses, Canadian Nurses Association President Dr. Barbara Mildon discussed the CNA’s advocacy on behalf of healthy public policy including initiatives to promote mental health. Providence Care Archivist Megan Kerrigan offered a pictorial history of the first forty years of the Rockwood Training School for Nurses. The lecture was held at 7 pm on Thursday, May 8 at Providence Care Auditorium (752 King St. W). A reception with refreshments and archival displays followed.

View photos from this event. View the media release. Download the poster.

The Museum would like to thank Providence Care for providing the venue.

Videos from May 8, 2014 Event

                        

Bios:

Dr. Barbara Mildon is the Vice-President, Professional Practice and Research, and Chief Nursing Executive at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores). Dr. Mildon’s nursing experience spans the domains of clinical care, clinical education research, regulation and administration. The recipient of several awards, including the CNA Centennial Award and the Award of Merit from the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO), Dr. Mildon has published and presented widely.

Megan Kerrigan has been the archivist at Providence Care since 2007. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Toronto, a Master of Arts in History from Queen’s University and is currently completing a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Abstracts

Nursing Practice and Public Policy: A mandate to care (keynote by Dr. Barbara Mildon)

This presentation will draw on the Canadian Nurses Association’s activities to advocate on behalf of healthy public policy. Mental health as a key subject area will be emphasized and the discussion will demonstrate the imperative of all nurses to integrate public policy awareness and involvement into their practice.

A New Approach to Mental Health Nursing: The Rockwood Training School for Nurses, 1887-1930 (Megan Kerrigan)

The first of its kind in Canada, and one of the first in North America, the Rockwood Training School for Nurses was established by Dr. C.K. Clarke, in 1887. The school marked a departure from the use of untrained asylum attendants to the formalized education and training of mental health nurses. A pictorial history of the first 40 years of the Nursing School offers unique insight into the professional, educational, and social lives of the school’s first students.


2013

Nursing Education...A New Beginning. The Move from Hospital to College

A Public Event hosted by the St. Lawrence College Alumni

To celebrate National Nursing Week and the 40th Anniversary of Nursing at St. Lawrence College, a brief history of the school was presented, along with tours of the nursing simulations labs and digital histories from SLC Nursing Alumni. Refreshments and memorabilia displays followed at the Museum of Health Care.

During Nursing Week 2013, the public was invited to the Museum of Health Care to view St. Lawrence College nursing memorabilia displays and speak with Alumni members onsite to interpret this temporary collection. Class photos, nursing student uniforms, slideshows, and ephemera offered insight into the past & present of nursing education at St. Lawrence College.

Date:  Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Location & Times: Davies Hall, 100 Portsmouth Avenue, St. Lawrence College (for speaker & tours) from 4:00-6:30 pm, and the Museum of Health Care, 32 George Street (for reception & displays) from 6:30-8:30 pm
Parking: Free parking at SLC. Shuttle between sites provided.
Cost: Free

Download the poster for this event 

Videos from May 7, 2013 Event


2012

The Women Religious Orders and the Catholic Hospitals in Canada: A French Heritage Based on Christian Origins

A Public Lecture by Brigitte Violette. Featuring a presentation on the Origins of the St. Joseph's School of Nursing, Hotel Dieu Hospital by Rodney Carter.

To celebrate National Nursing Week and the centennial of the St. Joseph’s School of Nursing, Parks Canada Historian Brigitte Violette presented a lecture on the religious orders that contributed to health care in Canada.

The lecture was held at 7pm on Friday, May 4 at Etherington Auditorium (94 Stuart St., Queen's University). A reception with refreshments, historical reenactors, and musical entertainment followed at the Museum of Health Care (32 George Street).

The Museum of Health Care's galleries were open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4pm during Nursing Week.

Location: Lecture at Etherington Auditorium, 94 Stuart St., Queen's University // Reception to follow at the Museum of Health Care, 32 George St. 
Date & Time: Friday, May 4 at 7pm

Cost: Free
 

Click here to view the media release about the 2012 event.

 

Video of Rodney Carter's lecture on May 4, 2012


2011

The Purpose-Built Nurses' Residence: Creating Space for Women in Early 20th-Century Health Care in Canada

A Public Lecture by Dianne Dodd and James De Jonge

Kingston Nursing Education Past and Present: Exploring, Remembering, and Honouring Nursing

The Ann Baillie Building National Historic Site was one of the first purpose-built nurses’ residences in Canada. Historian Dianne Dodd and Historical Architect James DeJonge of Parks Canada explore what this symbol reveals about nurses' achievement, professionalization, and identity.

This lecture was held at 4pm on Wednesday, May 11 at Etherington Auditorium (94 Stuart St., Queen's University), follwed by an early evening reception with refreshments and musical entertainment at the Museum of Health Care (32 George Street). 


Location: Lecture at Etherington Auditorium, 94 Stuart St., Queen's University // Reception to follow at the Museum of Health Care, 32 George St. 
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 11 at 4pm
Cost: Free

Download/view the poster for May 2011 event

Video of lecture on May 11, 2011

Image credits from presentation.

Photos from 2011 event:

 

Further Reading about Kingston General Hospital's School of Nursing:

Group from KGH Class of 1959, on the eve of their graduation. Left to right: Colleen Millar Darling, Sheila Singleton Ryan, Elizabeth Botting Spafford, Margaret Mason Polk, Elizabeth Drysdale Somerville, Louise Theissen Amo, Susan Blackwell Ready, Georgina Sigsworth Ingram, Marionrose Verwey Savage.

The nurses' residence pictured here was also called the Ann Baillie Building . Built in 1927-8 and demolished in 1992, this larger residence was on the corner of George and O’Kill, just down the street from the Ann Baillie Building that still stands today. The newer structure had 4 stories, 150-beds, a beautiful reception room and lounge, a library, a sun room, and a large classroom in the basement.

 

 

Ann Baillie Building National Historic Site

Onsite Gallery For Service to Humanity: Nursing Education at Kingston General Hospital

 Badges of Honour or Devices of Control? Abstract  ||  Presentation

Contribute to the KGH Nursing Memory Book

Museum’s Nursing Week Trolley at KGH

KGH Nurses' Alumnae Museum Endowment Fund