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How My Bursary Helped

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 …

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Celebrating Nursing Week

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 …

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Announcing RNFBC AGM

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 …

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Thanks to Donors in 2021 from RNFBC

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.

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Holiday Message from RNFBC Board

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.

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Message from the Board President

I am honored to be serving as your new President. The Foundation benefited me early in my career, and I am privileged to be working with the Board of Directors and operations team, helping to guide its future.

The ongoing COVID 19 pandemic has continued to be challenging. Among the gloom, however, a highlight has been the critical role nurses continue to play in all areas of the health care system.

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RNFBC Board Member Changes

The RNFBC Board expressed appreciation to Elsie Tan who is stepping down from the board.  Elsie has has been a Board member for the last 2 years.  Her connections with the nursing education community provided the Board with a vital link.  Elsie has also served on the Bursary committee, bringing her considerable expertise to the team.

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RNFBC Announces Change in Management

After an extensive review of our internal processes, costs and a comparison to other similar Foundations across the country, the RNFBC Board of Directors has agreed that engaging a management company to administer operations offers the best way forward.

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Compassionate, Curious, Courageous, Inspiration

by loving friends and family of Mary Bellis

Margaret Mary Bellis’s love of children is rumoured to have begun as the second child of six. Mary’s genuineness, curiosity, friendliness, compassion and loyalty to her family, friends and colleagues are legendary and reminiscent of the attributes of one who was raised in a large family.

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