1985 Fredericton Convocation - Ceremony A
Rodger, Ginette Lemire
Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)
Orator: McWhirter, Jeananne
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L to R: Dr. James Downey, Ginette Lemire Rodger
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Source: PR-Convocation, 1985; Photo by Don Johnson
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CONVOCATION, OCTOBER, 1985
GINETTE LEMIRE RODGER
to be Doctor of Science
In February 1981, Ginette Rodger became the Executive Director of the Canadian Nurses Association.
Much of her professional career has been spent in administrative positions where she has been instrumental in improving the practice of nursing provincially, nationally and internationally. Provincially, she participated in developing legislation pertaining to the practice of nursing and the legal responsibilities of directors of nursing.
Nationally, she was one of the active nurse participants involved in developing and introducing amendments to the Canada Health Act.
Internationally, she is a member of the Canadian delegation to the World Health Organization where they have been responsible for changing the organization's emphasis to the goal: "Health for all by the year 2000."
As a Canadian representative, she has participated in diverse projects in South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Presently she is one of a project team to develop standardized exams for nursing students in 13 Caribbean countries.
As a nurse researcher at Hôpital Notre Dame in Montreal, she was instrumental in establishing a hospital-based research department. She has a particular interest in the complex area of stress and has conducted research studies in relation to the effects of stress on post-operative patients.
She is in great demand as a speaker and has presented papers across Canada and throughout the world on a variety of topics that range from "The Senior Manager and His/Her Partners," to "Access to Health Care in Canada: At the Crossroads," presented at the Northeastern Canadian/American Health Council.
She has given the Joan Stock Memorial Lecture at Ottawa University, and presented the Marion Woodward Lecture at the University of British Columbia.
In 1980, she was awarded the Vigor Prize by the Quebec federation of health services administrators, as the best administrator of the year.
In 1984, she received the Ryerson fellowship award in recognition of her contribution to nursing and health policy.
The places where she has been invited to present papers, or to conduct workshops, reads like a travelogue — Yellowknife, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Fredericton, Halifax, New Orleans, Bogata, Bankok, London,England, Nigeria.
She informs me that she spends about 60 per cent of her time traveling across Canada and to other parts of the world. With such a busy professional life, she has learned how to organize her time so that for one week every three months, she puts her job behind her and enjoys her personal and family life. In the winter time she leaves her skis at the airport in Ottawa, flies in from Africa and goes directly to the Laurentians to join her family for a few days of skiing.
When she steps down as Executive Director of the Canadian Nurses Association next year, I hope that one of the things on her agenda will be to run workshops for the rest of us - so we too can learn how to organize our time in a similar fashion.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
GINETTE LEMIRE RODGER
to be Doctor of Science
In February 1981, Ginette Rodger became the Executive Director of the Canadian Nurses Association.
Much of her professional career has been spent in administrative positions where she has been instrumental in improving the practice of nursing provincially, nationally and internationally. Provincially, she participated in developing legislation pertaining to the practice of nursing and the legal responsibilities of directors of nursing.
Nationally, she was one of the active nurse participants involved in developing and introducing amendments to the Canada Health Act.
Internationally, she is a member of the Canadian delegation to the World Health Organization where they have been responsible for changing the organization's emphasis to the goal: "Health for all by the year 2000."
As a Canadian representative, she has participated in diverse projects in South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Presently she is one of a project team to develop standardized exams for nursing students in 13 Caribbean countries.
As a nurse researcher at Hôpital Notre Dame in Montreal, she was instrumental in establishing a hospital-based research department. She has a particular interest in the complex area of stress and has conducted research studies in relation to the effects of stress on post-operative patients.
She is in great demand as a speaker and has presented papers across Canada and throughout the world on a variety of topics that range from "The Senior Manager and His/Her Partners," to "Access to Health Care in Canada: At the Crossroads," presented at the Northeastern Canadian/American Health Council.
She has given the Joan Stock Memorial Lecture at Ottawa University, and presented the Marion Woodward Lecture at the University of British Columbia.
In 1980, she was awarded the Vigor Prize by the Quebec federation of health services administrators, as the best administrator of the year.
In 1984, she received the Ryerson fellowship award in recognition of her contribution to nursing and health policy.
The places where she has been invited to present papers, or to conduct workshops, reads like a travelogue — Yellowknife, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Fredericton, Halifax, New Orleans, Bogata, Bankok, London,England, Nigeria.
She informs me that she spends about 60 per cent of her time traveling across Canada and to other parts of the world. With such a busy professional life, she has learned how to organize her time so that for one week every three months, she puts her job behind her and enjoys her personal and family life. In the winter time she leaves her skis at the airport in Ottawa, flies in from Africa and goes directly to the Laurentians to join her family for a few days of skiing.
When she steps down as Executive Director of the Canadian Nurses Association next year, I hope that one of the things on her agenda will be to run workshops for the rest of us - so we too can learn how to organize our time in a similar fashion.
From: Honoris Causa - UA Case 70, Box 2
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