Kingston Nursing Education Past and Present

The Museum of Health Care is partnering with the Kingston Nursing Education Past and Present group to host a nursing history event every Nursing Week from 2011 to 2015. The Kingston Nursing group is comprised of local nursing schools and alumnae dedicated to exploring, remembering, and honouring contributions from the nursing profession.

Each annual event will be 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.

Click here to view the 2011 media release announcing the project.

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Previous nursing history events

2012

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May 4, 2012 at 7pm

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

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

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 are be 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

May 11, 2011 at 4pm

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

Full video of lecture on May 11, 2011

Image credits

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.