A small card in an envelope; the card (a) is a certificate of the Registration of Nurses, the Ontario coat of arms is printed at the top (the Ontario crest flanked by a moose and a deer with a bear on top, and the words are printed in black ink with spaces where information has been filled in in bl…
A small card in an envelope; the card (a) is a certificate of the Registration of Nurses, the Ontario coat of arms is printed at the top (the Ontario crest flanked by a moose and a deer with a bear on top, and the words are printed in black ink with spaces where information has been filled in in black ink and blue ink; the envelope (b) is very thin and semi-transparent.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - certificate - Size: Length 10.1 cm x Width 6.6 cm
b - envelope - Size: Length 11.7 cm x Width 7.5 cm
Provenance
Owned by Cora Burnside who acquired it as proof of membership in the Registration of Nurses.
Printed on card: "Ontario // Department of Health // This is to certify that Cora r. Burnside, // having met the requirements of the Act respecting // the Registration of Nurses, is registered under Certificate // No 24-61 // A. M. Mann Reg. N. // INSPECTOR OF TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR NURSES. // N.B. This certificate expires on Dec. 31st, 1930. and may be renewed // on payment of $1.00 to the Department on or before Jan. 31st, 1931."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 8
Condition Remarks
Some minor wear.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Timeline
Reference Comments
Susan Muer-Simpson
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. https://rnao.ca/sites/rnao-ca/files/RNAOs_Proud_Past.pdf
Research Facts
Cora Frances Burnside was a graduate of Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1923; she worked in New York until 1971 and died in 1996.
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, by 1935, was instrumental in developing standards for nursing education and practice. The association protected the title “registered nurse” by making it mandatory to be registered. Nurses had to graduate from nursing school and subsequently be examined again in order to become registered nurses in Ontario. Examinations for the Registered Nurse Certificate began in 1923.