A Long Tradition

About Us

In 1899, the Vancouver City Hospital Training School for Nurses opened with eight students. They wore ankle length blue cotton dresses with five-inch linen cuffs, a high stiff bishop’s collar and a long bibbed apron.

In 1899, the Vancouver City Hospital Training School for Nurses opened with eight students. They wore ankle length blue cotton dresses with five-inch linen cuffs, a high stiff bishop’s collar and a long bibbed apron.

Our Purpose is to provide an organization for the graduates of the VGH School of Nursing and the UBC/VGH Collaborative programs:

The VGHSON Alumnae Education Committee announces changes to the Bursary Award Program for 2023.

If you are a former student of the Nursing Diploma Program at The Vancouver General Hospital, your Transcript is on file with The Clinical Education Department.

Information on how to obtain your transcripts is available through Vancouver Coastal Health. Click the button below to get the information you need.

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