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Cap. St. Joseph's Hospital School of
Nursing, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Gloria (Barwell) Kay Nurses'
Caps Collection
Mary Christene Sutherland, graduated 1951.
The black band denoted the graduate nurse.
CMC 1999.267.24
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Identity Discs. Matron M.D.F. Wright,
Second World War. Canadian Nurses Association Collection
Military personnel, including nursing sisters, had to wear
identity discs like these ones around the neck for easy
identification in the event of death or serious injury.
CWM 20000105-042
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Medals Set. Colonel Elizabeth Laurie
Smellie, First and Second World War. Canadian Nurses Association
Collection
As military personnel, nursing sisters received military medals.
This set belonged to Elizabeth Laurie Smellie, Matron-in-Chief
of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in Canada from 1940 to
1944, and the first Canadian woman to attain the rank of
colonel. The medals, which reflect her service in both world
wars, are the Royal Red Cross; the 1914-1915 Star; the British
War Medal, 1914-1919; the Victory Medal, 1914-1919, with Oak
Leaf (Mentioned-in-Despatches); the Canadian Volunteer Service
Medal; the War Medal, 1939-1945; the King George V Jubilee
Medal; and the Canadian Centennial Medal.
CWM 20000105-049
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School Pin. University of British
Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, 1968. Canadian Nurses
Association Collection
The University of British Columbia was the first to offer a
university programme for nurses, starting in 1918.
CMC 2000.111.175
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Cape. St. Boniface Hospital School of
Nursing, Manitoba, 1947. Canadian Nurses Association
Collection
The nurse's blue cape with red lining is an enduring legacy of
the Florence Nightingale era.
In 1844, the Grey Nuns of Montreal
sent four missionaries to start a hospital in the Red River
colony of St. Boniface, near Winnipeg, Manitoba.
CMC 2000.111.381
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