Big Rock University Lecture Series: Remembering the Canadian Nursing Sisters: Courage and Carnage...

Event Date
2009-11-11 18:30

Location
Big Rock Grill, 5555 76th Ave. SE


Description
Single, female and unprepared for what they were about to face: that is part of the story nurse historian Diana Mansell will tell when she presents the Remembrance Day Big Rock lecture Remembering the Canadian Nursing Sisters: Courage and Carnage on the Front on Wednesday evening.

The story of the nursing sisters, a group of dedicated women who served Canada during war times, is not well known when studying the history of the First World War and the Second World War, says Mansell, an instructor in the Faculty of Nursing.

According to Mansell, there are only a few nursing sisters still in Calgary and they are reluctant to talk about their wartime experiences.

“When I visited one, who is now 94,” says Mansell, “she told me things were ‘too horrendous’ to recall; she worked in northern England during the Second World War and was most often alone with no physicians. When I asked her why she went, she simply said ‘the boys needed our help.’ That exemplifies the sentiment of the day.”

The Big Rock Brewery's Lecture Series showcases the diverse talent and subject matter of several University of Calgary researchers. Four lectures are held in the winter semester and four in the spring with all proceeds directed towards eight University of Calgary undergraduate scholarships.

Drinks 6:30 pm
Dinner 7 pm
Talk 8:15 pm
Cost $45 per person (includes drinks, dinner, talk)

All proceeds from the Lecture Series go to fund eight University of Calgary undergraduate scholarships per year, each in the lecturer's home department.


Presenter/Speaker
Diana Mansell, Nursing


For more info
http://www.bigrockbeer.com/#/events/lecture


Tickets
Tickets: Phone (403) 720-3239; Fax (403) 236-7523