{"id":6032,"date":"2026-04-13T15:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=6032"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:45:53","slug":"celebrating-indigenous-nurses-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/celebrating-indigenous-nurses-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Indigenous Nurses Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>April 10<sup>th<\/sup> marks the annual celebration of Indigenous Nurses Day in Canada, a day to recognize and honour the many remarkable contributions of Inuit, First Nations and M\u00e9tis nurses across the Canadian healthcare system. This day specifically honours the memory and legacy of <strong>Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture<\/strong> <strong>(Kanien\u2019keh\u00e0:ka)<\/strong>, Canada\u2019s first registered Indigenous nurse, whose trailblazing career continues to inspire generations of nurses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading and learning are powerful ways to learn about the stories and experiences of Indigenous nurses. Stories written by and about Indigenous nurses offer insight into their knowledge, leadership, advocacy, and lived experiences within health systems shaped by colonial histories. They also highlight the strength and continuity of Indigenous nursing practice today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a curated selection of textbooks, memoirs, and lived-experience narratives by Indigenous nurses in Canada. Click on the book cover of interest to find it in the McGill Libraries&#8217; catalogue. These works invite reflection, learning, and deeper appreciation of Indigenous nurses\u2019 enduring impact on health care and community wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about Indigenous Nurses Day from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casn.ca\/2025\/03\/indigenous-nurses-day\/\">https:\/\/www.casn.ca\/2025\/03\/indigenous-nurses-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-canva wp-block-embed-canva\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1_Indigenous Nurses Day Reading List 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAHGw3oADFo\/9wIuc87IR1vCozXqb_vcnQ\/view?embed&amp;meta\" height=\"779\" width=\"584\" style=\"border: none; border-radius: 8px; width: 584px; height: 779px;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"fullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-canva wp-block-embed-canva\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2_Indigenous Nurses Day Reading List 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAHGwywsTo4\/DnZvO6QgD8cKzcP28dspjQ\/view?embed&amp;meta\" height=\"779\" width=\"584\" style=\"border: none; border-radius: 8px; width: 584px; height: 779px;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"fullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-canva wp-block-embed-canva\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Online_Indigenous Nurses Day Reading List 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAGkKwDFVCI\/wztiscByt4ov64NAykcPeA\/view?embed&amp;meta\" height=\"779\" width=\"584\" style=\"border: none; border-radius: 8px; width: 584px; height: 779px;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"fullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 10th marks the annual celebration of Indigenous Nurses Day in Canada, a day to recognize and honour the many remarkable contributions of Inuit, First Nations and M\u00e9tis nurses across the Canadian healthcare system. This day specifically honours the memory &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/celebrating-indigenous-nurses-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2089,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6032"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6056,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6032\/revisions\/6056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}