Oct. 4, 2015

CEO of the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre gives 2015 Schumacher Lecture

Bonnie Johnston, BN'75 delivers her lecture "Hope, Help and Healing: One Child at a Time" for the second annual Marguerite Schumacher Memorial Alumni Lecture
Bonnie Johnston, 2015 Schumacher Speaker
Bonnie Johnston, BN'75 is 2015 Marguerite Schumacher Memorial Alumni Lecture. Jae Im

The second annual Marguerite Schumacher Memorial Alumni Lecture celebrated Faculty of Nursing alumni, faculty and staff on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Ranchmen’s Club. 

More than 70 guests enjoyed a reception before and after the inspiring talk by this year’s lecturer Bonnie Johnston (BN’75), CEO of the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre. 

The faculty was honoured this year to also welcome Elizabeth Cannon, president, University of Calgary who brought a welcome from the university.

Included in the evening was the reunion of the Class of 1975.  Members of the class from this year kicked off their weekend with an event at the home of Sharon Banning. On Sunday, they were treated to a tour of the faculty’s Clinical Simulation Learning Centre.

The evening was emceed by current Faculty of Nursing Alumni president Tyler Hume (BN’13).