Ontario Department of Health registration card, which consists of a rectangular paper card, printed, typed and stamped on one side, and stored in a wax paper envelope.
Ontario Department of Health registration card, which consists of a rectangular paper card, printed, typed and stamped on one side, and stored in a wax paper envelope.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - card - Size: Length 10.9 cm x Width 6.9 cm
b - sleeve - Size: Length 11.5 cm x Width 7.4 cm
Provenance
Owned and used by Nora Valleau, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Graduate Class of 1928; received after her death
The printing and typewritten text on the card read: "Ontario // Department of Health // This is to certify that Nora M. Valleau // having met the requirements of the Act respecting the // registration of Nurses, is registered under certificate // No. 29-429 // A. M. Mann, Reg N. // INSPECTOR OF TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR NURSES // N.B. This certificate expires on Dec. 31st, 1933 and may be renewed // on payment of $1.00 to the Department on or before Jan. 31st, 1934."; at the top of the card, the Ontario Department of Health crest is printed, and features what appears to be a moose, a stag and a bear surrounding a crest with three maple leaves, above a banner reading, "VT . INCEPIT // FIDELIS // SIC PERMANET"; a circular corporate seal is stamped into the paper in the lower left corner and reads, "PROVINCE OF ONTARIO // MINI [illeg.] OF HEALTH" surrounding the crest described above; "Please give registration // number when remitting" is printed in black in the top left corner.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 7
Condition Remarks
The card and sleeve had both yellowed slightly; there were no tears or creases in the card or sleeve; there was a horizontal and vertical strip of brown discolouration on the back of the envelope, possibly from adhesive deterioration.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Timeline
Reference Comments
"Oral History Transcript for Nora Valleau" by Rona Rustige
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. https://rnao.ca/sites/rnao-ca/files/RNAOs_Proud_Past.pdf
Research Facts
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.