title: Profile of a leader: pioneer government advisor: Laura Holland, RN, RRC, CBE, LLD (1883 - 1956).
abstract: Laura Holland, nurse and social worker, became one of Canada's first official "nurse advisors" to government when she was appointed Advisor to the B.C. Ministry of Health and Welfare from 1938 to 1945. Before that appointment, she had served, with distinction, as a Nursing Sister in World War I, brought innovative Red Cross and public health advances to northern Ontario, reformed Children's Aid services in Vancouver and B.C., and started a new department that combined nursing/social work in the field during the Great Depression of the 1930s. She was an extraordinary leader.
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paulson
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authors.lastname: Zilm
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authors.lastname: Warbinek
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000266:history; D003253:Consultants / Q000266:history*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000266:history*; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D012011:Red Cross / Q000266:history; D012947:Social Work / Q000266:history*