several philanthropic organizations, to set in place the rudiments of a public-health program. He is credited with the establishment in 1919 of a public-health nursing program at UBC – the first of its

). Christian Guardian, 13 Oct. 1909. J. S. H. Brown, “A Cree nurse in a cradle of Methodism: Little Mary and the Egerton R. Young family at Norway House and Berens River

private schools, belonged to the National Council of Women of Canada and the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada [see Ishbel Maria

WYLLIE, ELIZABETH JENNET (McMaster), philanthropist, hospital administrator, and nurse; b. 27 Dec. 1847 in Toronto, second

years nursing his health in Madeira, Italy, the Riviera, Algiers, and Malta, while occasionally contributing to the Gentleman’s Magazine and the Church Review. He returned to England in

, and their Negro nurse, and took the family prisoners. In the harsh trek northward to Montreal 18 prisoners, including Mrs Williams, were killed. Williams, his sons, and daughters were

WILKINSON, CAROLINE HELENA (Armington) (named at birth Helena), artist and nurse; b. 12

1759 and 1760, when they had acted as nurses for the British troops and Esther had been assistant superior, the Ursulines elected her superior on 15 Dec. 1760. The serene strength which made her

nurses’ institute building. She was also treasurer for funds raised to provide Ottawa soldiers with comforts during the South African War. A staunch member of St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, she was

hazardous winter trip to Canada. Littlefield wrote Governor Joseph Dudley of Massachusetts that the “Norridgewock Indian” had nursed him back to health, and had “been like a father.” The following summer

Taché* of St Boniface. Among the many groups were hospital nurses and college students, tobogganists and hockey players, and societies of all types. She also photographed landscapes of the

visit the island daily, but he would not stay there. Without proper care Vondy’s condition worsened. His sister persuaded some friends to take her to the island, where she nursed her brother until he died

studies in Paris. In 1815 he was invited to accompany a group of wounded Germans to Brandenburg as a nurse, and he amused them so well that some Berlin doctors advised him to make a career in ventriloquism

organized classes for native, mixed-blood, and white settler children, home nursing, and care of the bishop’s residence and cathedral. In writing to her superior she stressed the need for English-speaking

monthly magazine, she stressed the importance of avoiding alcohol as medication for sick children and advising nursing mothers against drinking. For Vail, word of mouth and door-to-door campaigns were the

Nursing Society, the ladies’ auxiliary to the Young Men’s Christian Association, and the Women’s Canadian Club, of which she was president from 1912 to 1921. The two organizations in which she was most

-Mathilde, and known also as Mathilda), teacher, Sister of Charity at the Hôpital Général of Montreal, nurse, and school administrator; b

interest in Thompson, could provide for his young protégé. In the spring he was carried down to Cumberland House where he was gradually nursed back to health. By the end of the summer of 1789 he had regained

) (1896), and the Jubilee Nurses’ Home (1897), a handsome villa-like structure, the residence for the Montreal General Hospital’s nursing staff. Further afield was the Ross Memorial Hospital (1901–2) in

there, travelling regularly to Cuba and resuming his work on a smaller scale. He married his nursing aide, Mathilde Savard, who accompanied him during his Florida stay