The first female physician is hired at Essondale but the hospital itself remains gender-segregated until the early 1960s.
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NNPBC serves and supports nurses and nurse practitioners working across the full breadth of what is today known as British Columbia, home to 202 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities.
As an organization committed to anti-racism, within a profession dedicated to social justice and equity, we stand in these relationships with humility and respect.
As an organization committed to anti-racism, within a profession dedicated to social justice and equity, we stand in these relationships with humility and respect.

