(a) Registered Nurses' Association certificate of membership and registration certificate, a rectangular piece of paper folded in half with the printed seal of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, date of issue and validation, registration number, serial number, printed signatures of the …
(a) Registered Nurses' Association certificate of membership and registration certificate, a rectangular piece of paper folded in half with the printed seal of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, date of issue and validation, registration number, serial number, printed signatures of the association president and registrar, district number, registrant's name and address, and attached printed receipt; an addition rectangular receipt (b) is folded in half within the folded certificate.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - certificate - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Width 14.5 cm
b - receipt - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Width 14.5 cm
Provenance
Owned and used by Nora Valleau, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Graduate Class of 1928; received after her death. Accessions 996.028.153-.183 were all stored together.
Printed on front: "RECEIPT OF PAYMENT // ONTARIO REGISTRATION // 1952 // Incl. in membership // REGISTRATION FEE // INITIAL REGISTRATION // RE-REGISTRATION X // REINSTATEMENT // THE // REGISTERED NURSES ASSOCIATION // OF ONTARIO // NOTE IN THE CASE OF ORIGINAL // REGISTRATION THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL // RECEIPT OF PAYMENT. THE OFFICIAL // RECEIPT HAVING BEEN ISSUED AT // TIME OF APPLICATION. // SERIAL 02918 // FOLD AND DETACH HERE // THE REGISTERED NURSES ASSOCIATION // OF ONTARIO // REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE - 1952 // THIS CERTIFICATE IS VALID UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 1952, AND MUST BE RENEWED ANNUALLY. // SIGNATURE OF REGISTRANT // Miss Nora Marguerite Valleau, // 205 Collingwood St., Kingston, Ontario. // THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE ABOE NAMED HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS // OF THE ACT RESPECTING THE REGISTRATION OF NURSES IN THE PROVINCE // OF ONTARIO, CANADA, AND IS REGISTERED UNDER // ONTARIO REGISTRATION NO 29-429 DATED Feb. 21, 1952 // SERIAL 02918 // Gladys J. Sharpe // PRESIDENT // Mildred F. Weir // REGISTRAR"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 7
Condition Remarks
No tears or creases; paper is slightly yellowed
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Timelines
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
RNAO’S PROUD PAST, June 2013. https://rnao.ca/sites/rnao-ca/files/RNAOs_Proud_Past_-_June_2013.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.
The Nurses’ Registration Act, 1951 gave the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario responsibility for: creating regulations regarding standards of admission to schools of nursing; determining courses of study in these schools; setting examinations for registration; and issuing, renewing, and cancelling certificates of registration.