The history of the Native and Inuit Nurses Association of British Columbia

From: The Aboriginal Nurse | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

The Native and Inuit Nurses Association of British Columbia (NINA BC) became a registered society in British Columbia in April 1990. This was the beginning of the formal association, but the real roots of NINA are closely tied with the developing years of the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.). Evelyn Voyageur, a past long-standing A.N.A.C. Director representing British Columbia carried one of the A.N.A.C. principles home with her. That directive was for each provincial and territorial Aboriginal nurse to go home and assist in the creation of a provincial/territorial ...

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