Working with the Victorian Order of Nurses

Working with the Victorian Order of Nurses

Lillie Johnson was born in Jamaica in 1922, received training there and in the UK. She came to Canada in 1960, receiving a BScN from the University of Toronto. She became the first Black director of public health in Ontario. The picture shows her working with the Victoria Order of Nurses at St. Joseph's Hospital in Toronto, 1960-1963. She is an example of an immigrant nurse's experience. I will use her story in building an image of what an immigrant woman from the Caribbean would have gone through in an attempt to work in patient care in Canada.

Sickle Cell Association

“Working with the Victoria Order of Nurses, St. Joseph's Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Kids”, 1960-1963, Sickle Cell Association of Ontario, https://sicklecellontario.ca/about-us/our-founder/, November 17 2025.

1960-1963

Sickle Cell Association of Ontario

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