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Back to School

September 8, 2022

September is traditionally back to school for many students. For those aspiring to be nurses it may be their first term in an RN, LPN or RPN education program or continuing in their second or third year on their way to entering nursing practice. For others already licensed it may mean advancing their nursing practice …

Pursue Your Dreams

May 12, 2022

To the donors of Agnes M. Publicover: My heart is overflowing with gratitude for your kindness that I was chosen to receive your generosity. I am a second-year student in the Baccalaureate Nursing Program at Vancouver Community College. In 2010, I moved to Canada from the Philippines to seek better career opportunities. Since then, Canada …

Goal: Public Health Nursing

May 12, 2022

I am writing to express my immense gratitude for the financial support that you have provided to me through the St. Joseph’s School of Nursing Alumnae Bursary. I was thrilled when I learned I had been chosen for this bursary for the fourth year in a row. I am truly and utterly grateful. I am …

Pay It Forward

May 11, 2022

Dear RNABC I am a second year student in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna.! I am very grateful for the bursary provided through RNFBC. Like many others, I have found it challenging to fund my education. This is even more difficult as a mature student, …

My Goal is Nurse Informatics or Manager

May 11, 2022

My name is Angela Sunarjo. I am a first-year, second semester nursing student at the BCIT BSN program. I know that there are not many materials that I have learned yet, but so far, I have been enjoying the nursing clinical class. I like it because I am finally able to actually apply my nursing …

How My Bursary Helped

May 10, 2022

I am honoured to receive the Registered Nurses Foundation of BC Challenge Bursary for 2021. When I first started nursing school, I pictured myself going into emergency nursing, where the environment is fast-paced and exciting. However, during my third year, I did a clinical placement in the impoverished Downtown Eastside, where I saw first-hand the …

Celebrating Nursing Week

May 9, 2022

CELEBRATING NURSING WEEK What is Nursing Week all about? National Nursing Week in Canada takes place every year to celebrate nurses and the work they do. This year, it will take place May 9th to 15th. The date is set to coincide l with International Nurses Day, which is celebrated on May 12th – Florence Nightingale’s …

Announcing RNFBC AGM

April 30, 2022

Hello to you – our valued and past members: I am pleased to advise you that the date of our 2022 Annual General Meeting will be held on June 16, 2022 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm via Zoom. Please mark your calendars! All our active members and those who have perhaps forgotten to renew their …

Thanks to Donors in 2021 from RNFBC

February 14, 2022

The Board of Directors is taking this opportunity to acknowledge and sincerely thank you – our – donors for your very generous donations. Your gifts enabled the Foundation to provide 212 bursaries to nursing students across BC.

Holiday Message from RNFBC Board

December 14, 2021

On behalf of the Board of the Registered Nurses Foundation of British Columbia (“RNFBC”), I would like to thank you, our members and generous donors, for your past and continued support.