Happenings - Three Quarters of a Century: Cause for Celebration

Abstract

Four Canadian university schools of nursing recently celebrated their 75th anniversary. In 1919 the University of British Columbia founded the first degree course for nurses in the British Empire. In 1920 programs were established at McGill and the Universities of Toronto and Western Ontario. In 1994 and 1995 the occasion was marked by events at all four institutions. University schools of nursing face particular challenges in today's climate of health-care reform. Slogans reflecting this theme were reproduced on stationery, posters, and banners.