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Bernice Redmon broke barriers as Canada’s first Black public health nurse and first Black nurse to be appointed into Victorian Order of Nurses in Canada. Photo courtesy of www.bernicecarnegie.com/carnegie-family

February marks Black History Month across Canada. To honour the legacy of Black communities, the Faculty of Nursing is featuring nursing pioneers and difference-makers, past and present. We will share their history, successes, sacrifices, and victories.

Bernice Redmon

Born Bernice Isobel Carnegie in Toronto in 1917, Bernice Redmon would become a trailblazer in nursing by breaking barriers as a Black Canadian nurse.

Students learn about job opportunities at the nursing career fair, Nov. 30 in the Ambassador Auditorium.

More than 180 students took time Thursday to speak with representatives from 25 health-care organizations from both sides of the border at the Nursing Career Fair in the CAW Student Centre’s Alumni Auditorium. The event was jointly hosted by the Office of Career Development and Experiential Learning (CDEL), a unit of the Office of Experiential Learning, and the Faculty of Nursing.

“The nursing fair not only connects aspiring students with invaluable opportunities, but it also fosters meaningful partnerships between academia and healthcare employers by getting them on campus and exposing them to the exceptional student talent UWindsor has to offer,” said CDEL manager Krista Kelly.

As associate dean of nursing for graduate programs and Research, Kathryn Pfaff aims to promote compassionate and interprofessional healthcare models while emphasizing collaboration in her approach to leadership.

Associate professor Kathryn Pfaff (BScN 1988, MScN 2008) began a five-year appointment effective July 1 as associate dean, graduate programs and research, in the Faculty of Nursing.

Dr. Pfaff’s nursing career spans over 35 years in acute care, community care, and academics. Born in Edmonton, Pfaff moved with her family to Windsor in the early 1970s. After earning undergraduate and master’s degrees in nursing at the University of Windsor, she completed a doctorate at McMaster University.

Building Blocks for Better Babies is a service offered through the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program in Windsor and Essex County that provides support and health education for expectant moms experiencing social and financial challenges.

For moms-to-be, the health of their unborn child is undoubtedly top of mind. When social and financial challenges come into play, worries intensify as the thought of the everyday struggles associated with an expanding family becomes harsh reality.