Meeting April 2010
January 18, 2010
The Margaret Allemang Society is pleased to announce an upcoming meeting on Saturday April 24th, 2010 at 3 pm
Speaker: Joyce MacQueen
Title: Nursing in a Northern Ontario one-industry town 1933-1974: Forty-two nurses tell their story
Place: to be announced
Nurse historian Joyce MacQueen, chair of the Sudbury Nursing History Group, will base her discussion on interviews with Sudbury nurses. As lead researcher, she spearheaded this five year oral history project now successfully concluded. The project was supported by the Allemang Society and local Sudbury benefactors.
Admission is free. Non-members are welcome.
Upcoming Meeting and AGM
July 29, 2008
Advance Notice of Next Allemang Society Meeting
Date: Saturday September 26th, 2009.
Time: AGM at 2pm followed by illustrated talk at 3pm
Speaker: Christina Bates, historian, Canadian Museum of Civilization
Topic: Starched White Bibs: Moulding the Student Nurse’s Body, Behaviour and Identity
Place: Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Room 100. The nearest subway is Queens Park. There is parking at College/McCaul.
Members and non-members welcome
History of Nursing Writing Prize for 2011
April 23, 2008
Eligibility: Open to undergraduate and graduate students, from any faculty, at Canadian universities and community colleges.
Value: $250, a one year membership in the Allemang Society, and an opportunity to publish your paper in our newsletter
Deadline: June 30, 2011 for the 2011 prize
Criteria for submission
The paper may deal with any topic in the history of nursing in any period and in any country.
Papers should be a minimum of 8 pages and maximum of 25 pages in length.
Papers may be submitted by email or in hard copy. Electronic copies should be in Microsoft Word and include academic affiliation, address, and telephone number. Those submitting hard copy should send 3 copies one copy only with name, academic affiliation, address, telephone number and email.
Send papers to:
Lynn Kirkwood
Email: kirkwood@rideau.net
Mailing address to be posted