John
immigrated
to
Canada
from
England
where
he
had
qualified
as
a
SRN
and
RMN
and
began
working
at
the
Selkirk
Mental
Health Centre’s School of Psychiatric Nursing in 1957.
In
1958
he
moved
to
Winnipeg
to
work
as
a
nursing
Instructor
(Mental Health) at the Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing.
In
1962
John
moved
to
Saskatoon
to
study
for
his
Diploma
in
Nurse
Teaching
and
in
1963
returned
to
the
School
of
Psychiatric
Nursing
at
Selkirk.
He
taught
anatomy
and
physiology
to
the
first
year
students
in
1963
as
well
as
psychiatric
nursing
and
was
the
appointed
Instructor
in
psychiatric
nursing
for
general
nursing
students
affiliated
to
the
Centre
from
the
St
Boniface
Hospital
School of Nursing.
John
was
very
active
in
the
formation
of
the
former
Registered
Psychiatric
Nurses
Association
of
Manitoba,
now
the
College
of
Registered
Psychiatric
Nurses
Manitoba,
and
served as the second President of the Association from 1966 to 1971.
He
also
served
as
the
Chair
of
the
Psychiatric
Nursing
Education
Committee
of
Canada
and
in
1981
John
was
awarded
a
lifetime
membership
to
the
Registered
Psychiatric
Nurses
Association
of
Manitoba.
Not
only
was
John
the
founding
board
member
of
Tudor
House
Personal
Care
Home
on
which
he
stamped
his
philosophy
for
personal
care
he
also
served
from
1989
to
1991
as
a
member
of
the
Board
of
Trustees
for
the
Selkirk
and
District
General
Hospital.
John
died
in
September
2005
and
much
of
his
nursing
legacy
still
exists.
Psychiatric
nursing
today
is
enriched
by
his
perspicacity
and
tenacity
for
raising
the
professional status and independence of psychiatric nursing education.
