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Honouring Kathy Murphy: A Lifelong Advocate for Nursing Excellence

Kathy Murphy’s distinguished career spans clinical nursing, education, administration, and advocacy. A graduate of Vancouver General Hospital, McGill University, and McMaster University, she began as a surgical nurse and educator before transitioning into nursing administration, where she played a pivotal role in advancing the profession. Recognized with the Award of Excellence in Nursing Administration from …

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Celebrating Excellence in Nursing: RNFBC’s 2025 Luncheon Wrap-Up

On March 5, 2025, the Registered Nurses Foundation of BC (RNFBC), hosted a Celebration Luncheon at the Arbutus Club in Vancouver. The event brought together donors, nursing professionals, educators, and supporters to celebrate the impact of education, philanthropy, and leadership in nursing. This year, we proudly presented the Distinguished Service Award to three extraordinary individuals. …

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Registered Nurses Foundation of B.C. Awards $901,000 in Bursaries in 2024

The Registered Nurses Foundation of BC (RNFBC) is proud to announce a significant milestone in its commitment to advancing nursing education and supporting healthcare excellence in British Columbia. Thanks to a generous $5 million grant from the Ministry of Health, awarded over five years, RNFBC has been able to expand its bursary program dramatically. This …

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Bernadet Ratsoy Award

This award was founded in memory of Bernadet Ratsoy by her husband along with contributions from her many colleagues and friends. A well respected Nurse and Educator with a 28 year career at St. Paul’s Hospital culminating in the role of Vice President of Nursing, as Executive Director of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses and finishing her career in 2002 as Associate Dean of the School of Health Sciences at BCIT.

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Vancouver Foundation: Publicover Award

The award established in honour of Agnes M Publicover provide an award for students at the Undergraduate, Graduate, or Certificate level in  any RNFBC Bursary Supported Education Programs.

Administered through the Vancouver Foundation, RNFBC was chosen as the beneficiary starting 2020. Born in Scotland in 1915 and passed away in 2014, Mrs. Publicover valued her extensive circle of family and friends. Although not a nurse herself, she also had an immense respect for the nursing community and the costs associated in nursing education. She was a strong supporter of many worthy organizations in her community such as St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Art Gallery and especially the YWCA and RNFBC is so pleased to be included in that list.

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Thanksgiving Message

To our nurses: While we are all snug at home enjoying family, friends and the delicious aroma of Thanksgiving cooking, many of you are working diligently to make sure our loved ones are cared for. On this day of giving thanks, all of us at RNFBC wish to take a moment to recognize all of …

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Thank You!

As we enter the fall academic season, RNFBC would like to give a shout out to all the people and organizations that are so important to health care in British Columbia.  First, we wish to recognize our nurse educators who work very hard to instill knowledge and skills into  our future generation of nurses.   We are …

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